Planar tweeter, bored question

subster87 · Post by **subster87** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:36 pm

ive been really busy and just got a chance to look at tc sounds new company. I liked their old stuff alot so decided to take a peak. Whats the thought of these 2 way planar tweeters???? how much would one of those run ya think? and those mid basses look sexy. I know we already had a tc sound post like last month but im bored

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:14 pm

Expensive probably.

PE has planar tweets

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:43 am

I have a set of BG Neo3 planars. I like the sound, although they won't cross low and won't take much power. The Neo8s look to be a bit better, but they're also much bigger. The next logical step would be ribbons which you can look up on Madisound, check out Fountek. They have some smaller ones that aren't ridiculously priced.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:55 pm

biggest issue with planar tweeters is that they function a lot like electrostatics.
they are bipolar, and use 2nd order reflection from the rear for imaging, so in a car they aren't really ideal.

make good computer speakers though

subster87 · Post by **subster87** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:23 pm

i kinda figured it wasnt a good idea, i like how tc sounds always talks up there product by bashing the ideas of other companies. in the description of the planar, they make it sound like dome tweeters are possibly the worst invention in the world. which makes their product sound better.

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:17 pm

GlassWolf wrote:biggest issue with planar tweeters is that they function a lot like electrostatics.
they are bipolar, and use 2nd order reflection from the rear for imaging, so in a car they aren't really ideal.
make good computer speakers though

The BG Neo3s have optional back cups, I guess for car use. They sounded neat, that's for sure. Extremely "airy", I guess because of that wide horizontal dispersion.

When you say bipolar, you mean they fire from the front and back, right?

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:22 pm

subster87 wrote:they make it sound like dome tweeters are possibly the worst invention in the world. which makes their product sound better.

retarded

Morel says otherwise

subster87 · Post by **subster87** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:42 pm

O i know when i read it i was thinkin hmm.. ive heard some pretty nice dome tweeters lol. O well so does anyone know why tc has this new company???

snoogins · Post by **snoogins** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:25 pm

subster87 wrote:O i know when i read it i was thinkin hmm.. ive heard some pretty nice dome tweeters lol. O well so does anyone know why tc has this new company???

The almighty dollar.

subster87 · Post by **subster87** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:37 am

yeah you cant complain with that haha. I did like the looks of there old stuff anyway. No way i could ever afford any of it. and the new stuff is probably the same way. O well nice to dream lol.