"Starting with a new custom design pure Titanium tweeter 2 x faster than most typical soft domes, new magnetic drive for the coaxial mid-range driver and increased power handling for the twin woofers.
The result is an amazing 108dB output, with bass as low as 15hz and high frequency response to 27Khz! All of which may mean a lot, or nothing until you hear the new Phantom Gold for yourself."
http://www.hifi.com.sg/journal/sview.asp?id=798
Guillaume
Wouldn’t it be interesting if the “old” phantoms could be upgraded with the new tweeter?
My ears are ringing just reading about it.
(29-Jun-2016, 15:08)Dr Tone Wrote: [ -> ]My ears are ringing just reading about it.
Maybe you have Titanium ears
(29-Jun-2016, 18:26)Silvertouran Wrote: [ -> ] (29-Jun-2016, 15:08)Dr Tone Wrote: [ -> ]My ears are ringing just reading about it.
Maybe you have Titanium ears
No just sensitive.
(29-Jun-2016, 15:05)Herman Wrote: [ -> ]Wouldn’t it be interesting if the “old” phantoms could be upgraded with the new tweeter?
If that would prove to be a tangible difference (not just the extra power) then I would bet many of us here would be interested in such an upgrade.
I am told that the difference is very tangible. Time will tell as reports by actual users come in who also own the Silver. I do believe that there will be substantial improvement.
Here is what f1eng had to say about Titanium tweeters:
I am bemused by the suggestion of a Ti tweeter. With few exceptions (Be, B) most engineering metals have more or less the same specific stiffness, that is to say ratio of density:modulus.
Titanium is quite a bit heavier than aluminium, so a titanium dome of the same weight as the existing aluminium dome will have to be thinner. Since the bending stiffness is proportional to thickness cubed that means a Ti dome will break up at a lower frequency than an Al one. On top of that anodising Al leaves a hard coating which may well increase its stiffness still further (I haven't checked the modulus of the aluminium oxide anodised layer).
So whilst this may be a better tweeter than the current one it won't be because it is Titanium.
As far as metals go only Beryllium has much better properties for tweeter domes than others, Magnesium may have a touch higher breakup frequency than aluminium, which will be slightly higher again Titanium if each are the same weight, since the less dense materials will be a tiny bit thicker.
I'm not sure if just the tweeter upgrade by itself will make any remarkable difference given the mid and woofers are still the same. Midrange is where I felt at times needed a little boost but the highs and the lows are perfectly fine for me. A combination of SAMV2 ADHV2 and Devialet DAC upgrades will probably make the mids sound better which remains to be heard once the golds are out in the wild.