SEAS Prestige 22TAF/G (H1283) Alum/Magn. Alloy 22 mm Dome Tweeter

'I ordered a pair of these 22TAF/G tweeters a few days ago, as I write this. After they got here, I hooked them up to a third-order Butterworth filter crossed over at 3000 Hz, with an added Zobel network strapped across the tweeter terminals. I originally purchased these because I was looking for a 3/4" dome tweeter that would be capable of low distortion and high output. Originally, I was going to get a pair of Hiquphon OW-1 tweeters but a fellow speaker builder suggested that I try out these much cheaper Seas tweeters instead. "Why spend more than a hundred bucks apiece, if you can get the same sound from Seas for a lot less?" he pointed out. Well I was skeptical but for less than forty bucks each, I figure that I could take a chance on these Seas units. Well after a full day of testing them, I got to say that these Seas 22TAF/G tweeters must be one of the best kept secrets in the realm of small dome tweeters. I have listened to hundreds of tweeters during my lifetime, and VERY few of them sound anywhere near as beautiful as these Seas units do. That includes other tweeters made by Seas, some of which cost anywhere up to five or six times what the 22TAF/G costs. For starters, these gorgeous little metal dome babies sound almost as good off-axis as they do on-axis. There is almost no sibilance at all, no matter how loudly I play them. Cymbals sound nice and crisp, without any "ringy-ness" or other such undesirable distortion. The overall output level from these drivers was surprisingly high. I had to pad them down a bit with some resistors in order to tame their brightness. Once their level had been properly adjusted, they simply sound crisp, clean and smoooooth as silk with none of the harshness that I usually associate with metal dome drivers. There are certainly better tweeters on the market but not for anywhere near this price. Highly recommended for applications where they will be crossed over at 2500 Hz. or higher. You definitely won't regret it.' Review by Richard Chapman. Posted by Madisound.