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Hi @MartinThat's unfortunate. I have a deep rooted hatred for aluminum dome tweeters. I am sure it's due to the brightness of the Paradigm Reference Studio 100 v3's I once owned. They were extremely fatiguing. Measurements from Stereophile:
My reference track for tweeters is I Love You by Sarah McLachlan:
IME I have found the track virtually unlistenable on speakers with aluminum domes. (It's also a good track for bass extension.)
I find silk and beryllium domes much less fatiguing. This song is wonderful on a good speaker / headphones. I'd love a chance to hear the Sointuva but, alas, Albany, WA is a loooong way away from southwest Florida.
Martin
From the looks of the measurements you posted there that tweeter may be suffering some break up at the top of the audible range plus it has a rising response from about 7kHz so its possibly not a good example of the breed or a good implementation. Your response of "fatiguing" doesn't really surprise me from a superficial eyeballing of the data.
I would suggest not getting hung up on the material. Assuming the tweeter doesn't have fundamental issues then overall implementation and integration of the drivers is more important. I can assure you that it's possible to make a soft dome sound fatiguing if you get things wrong
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