[billmcc]

I'm considering a used pair of HT2-TLs to replace my 1801-TLs. It would be a change from the dome tweeter to the ribbon and an additional bass driver. For those that have possibly heard both speakers what improvements would I find with the HT2-TLs over the 1801-TLs? My listening room is fairly small at 13' deep by 17' wide (open on one end). My music listening is a mix of jazz and rock in two channel as well as multichannel. Of course if I get the HT2-TLs then I'll need an HTC-2. Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this !

Bill

[gregcss]

Do the 1801-TL's have the same tweeter as the standard songtowers?

[billmcc]

Do the 1801-TL's have the same tweeter as the standard songtowers?

Looking at the Salk website the 1801-TL has the Hiquphon OW1 tweeter and the SongTowers have the Hiquphon OW2 tweeter. I'm not sure of the differences between the two tweeters.

Bill

[Tone Depth]

The OWII has a coated dome as compared with the uncoated OWI, and has a flatter frequency response around 10kHz. The OWII also has slightly higher sensitivity. It seems to me that most important is to match the tweeter to the mid/woofer selected.

Looking at the Salk website the 1801-TL has the Hiquphon OW1 tweeter and the SongTowers have the Hiquphon OW2 tweeter. I'm not sure of the differences between the two tweeters.

Bill

[gregcss]

Looking at the Salk website the 1801-TL has the Hiquphon OW1 tweeter and the SongTowers have the Hiquphon OW2 tweeter. I'm not sure of the differences between the two tweeters.

Bill

Oops - I see you already mentioned a change from dome to ribbon. In any case I switched from standard song tower to supercharged. Not exactly the same scenario here, but should be close. The benefit to me was a little better in the high frequency detail, bass was more noticeable. I did not do side-by-side comparison. For you, you'll get the benefit of the ribbon tweeter (however some do prefer the dome), and two larger mid woofers. I suspect bass will be more forceful in your room - perhaps less strain on them too.

[billmcc]

Thank you both for your thoughts ! I decided to pass on the HT2-TLs as I'm just very happy with the 1801-TLs and 1801B center. My concern is buying the HT2-TLs and then not hearing a significant SQ improvement. Then I'm in a tough spot of either having to resell them (no boxes) or spending more for a matching HT2C center.

Bill

[charmerci]

Thank you both for your thoughts ! I decided to pass on the HT2-TLs as I'm just very happy with the 1801-TLs and 1801B center. My concern is buying the HT2-TLs and then not hearing a significant SQ improvement. Then I'm in a tough spot of either having to resell them (no boxes) or spending more for a matching HT2C center.

Bill

Well, for movies, I doubt that you would need to upgrade the center plus someone's just put up their HT2-TL's in the AC classifieds!

[billmcc]

Well, for movies, I doubt that you would need to upgrade the center plus someone's just put up their HT2-TL's in the AC classifieds!

I would have to disagree with you on that. The 1801B has a dome tweeter and the HT2-TLs have the ribbon tweeter. So in my opinion for movies and multichannel music having a center with a matching tweeter is very important. The HT2-TLs I was looking at are the ones for sale in the classifieds. Chris was great to deal with but I decided to stay with the 1801TLs for now.

Bill

[Saturn94]

Well, for movies, I doubt that you would need to upgrade the center plus someone's just put up their HT2-TL's in the AC classifieds!

I would have to disagree with you on that. The 1801B has a dome tweeter and the HT2-TLs have the ribbon tweeter. So in my opinion for movies and multichannel music having a center with a matching tweeter is very important. The HT2-TLs I was looking at are the ones for sale in the classifieds. Chris was great to deal with but I decided to stay with the 1801TLs for now.

Bill

I used an NHT 3 way center (dome tweeter) with my HT2-TLs.  IMO they blended very well for movies.

[billmcc]

I used an NHT 3 way center (dome tweeter) with my HT2-TLs.  IMO they blended very well for movies.

Before I got the 1801B center from Jim I was using a Song Center with the 1801TLs. It worked fine but once the 1801B arrived it was a much better blend with the 1801TLs. I listen to quite a bit of multichannel music which is best with a matching center IMO. With that one gets an almost seamless blend of the LCR speakers.

Bill