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In the Thread: Exceptional loudspeakers drivers
Post Subject: Compression tweetersPosted by noviygera on: 8/27/2018
TAD TD-2002:
I have been evaluating these without horns. Essentially, listening to them without the horns, but also with original horns. No difference, as I will describe what I am hearing in both configurations (applies to their high frequency reproduction). The original horns are ok and they do not change the essence of the sound. So...
2002 is an interesting driver. Not good but interesting. If you have ever heard an arch welder, well, the 2002 has that high frequency noise superimposed on all the sounds above about 10Khz. This is a problem for me because listening to it over 10 minutes is a heck of a torture. It's a bit of a shame because otherwise this is a very capable driver with enough depth and sophistication to like it and not disgrace music. Let's say you want to use a compression tweeter over 3Khz. This one can do it and it has good texture and decent tone, not flat sounding at all. But the problem manifests itself constantly, no exception, for all sound information above 10khz. It is this high frequency "glossy cloud" of noise. The solution that is very effective is a low pass 6db/oct filter around 10 to 15khz. Your personal preference. Only then, the 2002 provides good simple sound, if you don't want to listen to an arch welder. Those TAD guys -- they had an agenda. Were they deaf? Not completely but partially because without a low pass filter to tame the high frequency mess, this driver is unusable. With the filter it sound fine indeed.Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site