Re: SSTC Plasma Tweeters

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>

Actually, I'd have to argue against your argument.  Most of the perceived
advantages of tubes over solid state is actually due to the transformers
that accompany the tubes - not really the tube itself.
This smoothing of the second order harmonics is almost entirely due to the
output transformer, not the tube.

This is getting offtopic, so I will end this discussion here.

Dan


 > I'd argue about the audiophiles living and dying over tube gear....  Tubes
 > tend to sound better than SS because the distortion produced by tubes is
 > primarily even order, which is more pleasing to the ear than the odd order
 > distortion that many SS amps produce.  Tubes also clip much more "nicely"
 > than SS, which is why tube mic amps and guitar pre-amps are generally
 > preferred, and the amplification "better" than SS.
 >
 > That aside, I know that at least a couple people on DIYAudio have built
 > plasma tweeters.  There may or may not be some threads in their archive
 > about plasma tweeters.  http://www.diyaudio-dot-com
 >
 > Mark Broker
 > Chief Engineer, The Geek Group


 > >
 > >Well, you really aren't going to be replacing bass or midrange speakers
with
 > >a plasma speaker especially if you want
 > >high quality audio.  However, plasma speakers do wonders when it comes to
 > >imaging and high frequency reproduction. One of the more noticeable
effects
 > >is that plasma tweeters are not directional.  Mechanical tweeters are
very
 > >axial and require your ear to be in direct line with the tweeters for
good
 > >sound imaging.  However, plasma tweeters, being unidirectional, aren't
 > >limited in that respect.
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 > >This week I did get a chance to see some high end plasma tweeters and the
 > >results were astonishing. I definitely want a pair!
 > >It was totally awesome.  Crisp, clear audio response for those high
 > >frequencies.  Cymbal crashes were spectacular!
 > >
 > >The Captain
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > > > Please keep me in touch. I am very interested in replacing
 > > > all speakers w/
 > > > solid state plasma speakers.
 > > >
 > > > Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > > > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz "
 > > >
 > > > Anyone ever try building some solid-state plasma tweeters?
 > > > I'm looking to build some prototypes which would most likely
 > > > run around 1MHz
 > > > or higher. The SSTC topology would
 > > > be similar to what we are using now, but with vast
 > > > improvements. I'd like
 > > > to get a frequency response of about 5kHz up to 50kHz. Could be an
 > > > interesting project.
 > > >
 > > > The Captain
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