Heres a good question... What kind of tweeter can put out the most power and hold the lowest distortion? Ring radiator, dome, or horn?
Derek
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Usually horn. That's one of the reasons they are used in sound re-enforcement equipment. Thier compression drivers' throat and waveguide shape better couple the acoustic energy to the air (as Klipsch has found) and thier directivity make them 2 to 9 times louder on access.
Hope that helps.
Marc Racine
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Derek is absolutely right. If you are looking for power, horn is the choice. If you are looking for perfect reproduction and sweet sound, titanium domes would be best.
Hawk
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On the other hand, titanum domes can sound very harsh and edgy to many people. I usually don't like titanium dome speakers and I don't care for horn tweeters as a rule, either.
However, I think the type of tweeter is less important than the execution of the system design. There are literally hundreds of different tweeter designs out there and a good tweeter can sound bad if the speaker maker hasn't matched it well with a good cabinet and cross-over, and matched it to appropriate mid and bass drivers.