Tri-Lam vs. Silk Dome - Which Do You Like?

[Dr. Spec]

Is the timbre close between the tri-lam tweet in the RT...i and the the silk dome tweet in the RTi..?

If I can't find an f/x500i, and I might settle for an F/Xi50.

Has anyone heard both A-B and what is your opinion on how well a F/Xi50 would timbre match (or mis-match) in my system as di-pole side surrounds?

Thanks,

Doc

[Zero]

Tri-Lam

[Dr. Spec]

Originally posted by ATCVenom
Tri-Lam

will the silk dome timbre match OK with the tri-lam?

[RuSsMaN]

Per Ken S, yes it will. The differences he described as 'subtle'.

[Dr. Spec]

Originally posted by RuSsMaN
Per Ken S, yes it will. The differences he described as 'subtle'.

Thanks, Rooster - exactly what I needed to know - and from the horses mouth no less. F/Xi50 here I come. Thanks very much for that bit of research - I really appreciate it.

The CS245i's are going to now be run as rear surrounds off the rear surround pre-out on my Kenwood using a Y-splitter and both channels the Harman Kardon h/k870 stereo amp. Having two back there should give a rock solid rear sound stage.

The F/Xi50's will be mounted on the side walls and serve as side surrounds in di-pole mode.

I'm digging this upgrade. But I've been really struggling with how to run the friggin' speaker wire for the side surrounds. Any ideas?

[organ]

You have nothing to worry about. I have the silk on my CSi40 with the 800i as mains before I upgraded and the timbre matching was excellent. The silk sounds slightly brighter but it won't mess up the soundfield.

Maurice

[Zero]

Tri lam and silk will go together well. You will be hard pressed to notice the difference.

You *MAY* have to toy around with positioning.

[scottvamp]

Per Ken S, yes it will. The differences he described as 'subtle'.
Very little diff. I know first hand.
Can we post a top ten question list and list this one.:D With a speaker line like this - the only alternitive would be to replace all the speakers.
Not practical at all.

[bigsexy1]

I kind of like the sound of the newer series' tweeters from what little I've heard of them in CC "sound rooms". I think they sound a little brighter, which I seem to like better (must be from all of those years that my ears got "Klipschified").

[izafar]

I agree on the brightness point. My front soundsatge(RTi70, CSi30) has all silks whereas the RT25i surrounds have TriLams. The silks do sound brighter than the TriLams, but I persoanllly think that having a brighter speaker on surrounds is a better idea.

[Ron-P]

will the silk dome timbre match OK with the tri-lam?
I had the fx300's for surrounds matched up with my RT55's and CS400. The 300's sounded much flatter than what I now use, the RT25i's with the Tri-Lams.

In my case, the differences were more than subtle. The Tri-Lams fq range is 26kHz where as the silks max at 22kHz. I noticed the difference and sold my 300's for that reason alone. They were not near as bright as the Tri-lams.


Peace Out~:D