electrostats vs ribbon drivers

I too can agree that some ribbons (not all) are hot in the treble, but that is a generalization.

I've also owned and have heard many different electrostatic speakers from Quad, Acoustat, Audio Static, King Sound, Sound Lab, Infinity, and InnerSound.

There are a lot of different tweeters in both groups and all have different response and dispersion characteristics, so generally I feel it is pointless to make broad generalizations and better to compare specific brands and models.

But I will add that many electrostatics use wide-diaphragm tweeters, which by design, have time smear in the highs due to the diaphragms being physically much wider than the short wave-lengths they are emitting. Most ribbon tweeters are rather narrow and thus do not suffer from this type of distortion.

Mrtennis- On what are you basing your assertion, that ribbons are, "hot?"

He apparently has not listened to a ribbon done right and is is just making a foolish statement that has no global foundation.