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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: A Plasma Tweeter made in Poland
Post Subject: I am not a big fan of Plasma tweetersPosted by Romy the Cat on: 6/3/2010
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Partially is because not one was able, in my view, to integrate with playback that made me to like the Sound. The plasma tweeters always sound separate from the rest of channels, very nice itself by separate. Of cause I did not hear all plasma tweeters but from what I heard I was not impressed.

There is another factor that makes me very uncomfortable with plasma tweeters and I do not talk about the RF noise. The nature of departure of high voltage corona in air and forming ion plasma is unavoidably connected with producing ozone gas. This artificially-produced ozone prone to create cancer – not a good gas at all. Most of the plasma tweeters producers do use different type of catalytic converted to deal with ozone – it helps a little. The key is do not driver the plasma tweeter too hard in order do not produce high amount of ozone. The fun part is the harder you drive those damn plasma tweeters the more “interesting” HF you get but the more ozone you will inhale. It is not always a fan… I learned about it what I was standing the idea behind the Chizhevsky chandeliers.  Alexander Chizhevsky and his inventions are unfortunately not well known on west and it is a shame – he was a truly genius. BTW, whatever they call Chizhevsky lamps in west are truly jokes…

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