best driver all brands

[Ian Mackenzie]

If you are prepared to go for a 10cuft box try the 2245.

Ian

[Maron Horonzakz]

lets not forget the new classics....12" 252....8" 2250 .... 15" 2255 & 1500al

[LE15-Thumper]

I didn't mention Dynaudio because you can't buy them raw anymore, but I do agree with you 100% . The 30W100 is one of the nicest woofers I have ever seen or heard. JMTC

The finest dome tweeters I have ever used were from Dynaudio. Unfortunately they no longer sell to the DIY crowd. Here are a pair of their top of the line Esotar tweeters. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...731441727&rd=1

These are used in their $80,000 statement speakers. The Esotar tweeters are most likely the very best dome tweeters made. They are not cheap.

Vifa is more in the bang for the buck category. JBL buys and uses some of their drivers in some of their lines. Morel is pretty good. Some of their early designs were licensed copies of Dynaudio models.

Seas makes a very fine tweeter. The T25CF-002 "Millennium" is very nice and costs about $160 each from Madisound.

Scan Speak also makes a very good tweeter. Their Revelator "ring radiator" is used in many excellent sounding speakers. It is also on the expensive end of the spectrum at $450 each. Even though it is a ring radiator don't confuse it with JBL's ring radiators as it isn't horn loaded. It has a smoother more extended top end than any of the JBL ring radiator models but is far less efficient. Though it is no slouch with a published rating of 94.5 dB/watt. It can also be used from 2KHz up.

I really have no comment about the JBL offerings.

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