I have the Mini Dancer 2's with BE tweeter. They sound very good. I am going to replace the crossover components with better ones, and possibly replace the internal wire.
Eugene, to answer your question, from my research, the DMD tweeter is:
On the positive side: smoother, and maybe more detailed.
On the negative side: less dynamic, and maybe less "musical".
This is all hearsay, from folks I trust. I haven't heard the DMD myself.
However, as you see in this thread, people obviously disagree as to whether the DMD is clearly an improvement over the BE.
Unlike the DMD, the crossover provided by GR Research (Danny Richie) should make a clear, substantial improvement to a pair of 718's. It was this crossover which convinced the folks at Usher America to really push the 718 bookshelf speaker in the first place, and it was this crossover that the reviewers all received (the 718's seem to have received unanimous praise in the audiophile press).
Your first step should be to determine whether your 718's have the Richie crossover. About the first 200 pairs of 718's sold in the U.S. had it. After that, they got the crossover from Taiwan (China?).
Cheers,
Hukk
Eugene, to answer your question, from my research, the DMD tweeter is:
On the positive side: smoother, and maybe more detailed.
On the negative side: less dynamic, and maybe less "musical".
This is all hearsay, from folks I trust. I haven't heard the DMD myself.
However, as you see in this thread, people obviously disagree as to whether the DMD is clearly an improvement over the BE.
Unlike the DMD, the crossover provided by GR Research (Danny Richie) should make a clear, substantial improvement to a pair of 718's. It was this crossover which convinced the folks at Usher America to really push the 718 bookshelf speaker in the first place, and it was this crossover that the reviewers all received (the 718's seem to have received unanimous praise in the audiophile press).
Your first step should be to determine whether your 718's have the Richie crossover. About the first 200 pairs of 718's sold in the U.S. had it. After that, they got the crossover from Taiwan (China?).
Cheers,
Hukk