Best Tweeter Design?

[Brandon_4078]

I know this is my first actual audio topic post so try and bare with me.

I'm looking into replacing factory dash tweeters (irrelevant), but I began thinking there is a good handful of tweeter designs out there and a few more oddball brand specific ones. I know there are other factors to consider ( I.E. material, power handling, and other specs), but assuming everything else the same which design will give you the best accuracy, dispersion, and overall quality? What designs if contribute to or prevent that harshness we all hate?

I did a Google and forum search didn't come up with much of anything. I figured that this would be a good topic for people to post there experiences and ideas. Perhaps a person who works in the audio industry can chime in.

Some of the types that I have seen are cone, dome, inverted dome, ring radiator, horn, and bullet.

Thanks!

[Noobtastic14]

I personally like the sound of a good silk dome tweeter. They are plenty loud enough for my taste without being overly obnoxious like other metal type tweeters.

my .02

-Drew

[Brandon_4078]

They seem to be one of the more popular combos, the factory one I have right now is 2.5 inch Infinity paper or plastic cone, literally looks like a small woofer.

[CleanSierra]

I'm with Noob on this one. I've always preferred silkies. They aren'y too bright usually and I'm happy with how loud they can get. I've never been a huge fan of the aluminum tweets as they are just too harsh.

[Brandon_4078]

I had a feeling the metal material is what was producing the harshness. Now what about the shape of the tweeter, that's what I'm more interested in.

[Watch the bass]

[Bump4life]

silk dome tweeters all day. sound great and can get plenty loud.

[SmallTruk]

Silk and ring radiators are my favs

[neuspeedescort]

a 2.5" tweeter? wouldn't that classify as a driver at that point?

NEUMAN

[kirill007]

NEUMAN, any tweeters,midrange,woofer is a driver. A tweeter is a high freq. driver, mid is a mid freq. driver and subwoofer is a low frequency driver.

I like silk dome tweeters, horns, ring radiator, ribbon tweeters and a few composite tweeters.