Anyone try Townshend Super Tweeters?

Sirspeedy,

I am very interested in trying super tweeters myself.... curious to see who responds here. I thought the Townsends looked pretty good, but recently read the review of the Elac's in HiFi+.......... These look killer. Have you seen them........ Anyone else out there have experience?

Chris

Chris,though the Elacs look great,I want to keep my speaker acting like it was originally designed.A point source.I contacted Townshend,and hope to hear from them soon.My concern is,that since my speakers are so clean,up to 25 khz,will the Townshends really do much?

Best!

I have just heard the Elac super tweeters placed on top of Revel Studio which I thought would be overkill. First off the Revels and the Elacs were finished in a silver grey and were a close match.Adjust the crossover points on the Elac,10 seemed best when I heard them.The Pre amp was the VTL king of the pile linestage, power amp was the newest Levinson,as was the cdp,a Brinkman tt was used as well,all cables were top of the line Shunyata.
The bass with the Elacs was not as tight as with the stock Revels but there seemed to be more bass in the room(overload?)but the over-all sense of relaxation with the Elacs added in the mix was something you immediately missed when the Elacs were disconnected.In summary if I had the money I wouldn't hesitate to add them to the Revels.
How they fair on other speakers will mean another trip to the dealer. He says they are amazing on the Audio Physik Scorpio. I will see?hear for my self.So far I am sold on the Elacs.In this case the reviews of the Elac were similar to mine.

I have used the Townshend, I could'nt hear a thing I am afraid. Probably says more about my ears than the product. At least in the UK they are sale or return and townshend took them back. Cant say fairer than that

Any decent ribbon tweeter will work well as super tweeters.I use Fountek JP2s with 1 or 0.5 mF caps.Other friends use Ravens or Fostex.Some attenuation using resistors may be required.
Many of the high priced super tweeters look like rip offs to me.This is not rocket science.

JT