Habeth SHL5 tweeter and supertweeter models


Hi everyone,

As my question has been censored on the Harbeth User Group (HUG), I'll ask it to you. What are the tweeter and supertweeter models used in the Harbeth SHL5 speaker? I know that they are from SEAS, but I'd like to have the exact models.

Thank you,

Sébastien
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Similarly not too sure why they didn't publish your post. Usually they will only censor posts that are not in line with their interest. One possibility I can think of is the variation in the frequency range between the super-tweeter and tweeter. A super-tweeter is supposed to respond higher in the frequency spectrum, usually above 25kHz which is the upper frequency limit of human hearing. However, the specs of the SHL5 shows a frequency response of 40Hz-24kHz. That implies both tweeter and super-tweeter do not extend above 24kHz in the frequency spectrum.

A thread on tweeters may raise questions on the use of the super-tweeter in the SHL5. There was a discussion on this topic on HUG once and if I'm not mistaken, Harbeth had clarified that the super-tweeter is in the SHL5 to satisfy market demands. If someone were to interpret it in another way, well you know what that means. They may be trying to avoid this sort of discussion, hence the censorship.
I can't imagine the designer not being able to help out with your question if you really need to know the model of the SEAS tweeter, presumably to facilitate a replacement. It's a shame really as Harbeth can always send you a private message or something. I'm afraid the designer may be the only person who is in the best position to advise on this subject. Or probably someone who has opened up the speaker and looked at the drivers.

For what it's worth, I did not post on HUG as frequently as I used to since they started this active moderation whereby each and every post will need to go through the moderator before they appear on the forum. Sometimes posts made by forummers are edited by the moderator before they show up on the page. Personally I'm little perturbed by this overly-protective policy they are practicing.

Sorry I can't be of any help.
I'm not sure if the super-tweeter is sourced from SEAS as they don't have a 20mm titanium dome listed in their webpage. All their Excel series are in 25mm whilst the Prestige series are in aluminium. The titanium is only available in 25mm sizes.

SEAS PRESTIGE Tweeter
http://www.seas.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=48

SEAS EXCEL Tweeter
http://www.seas.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38&Itemid=44

In the SHL5 brochure(from Harbeth's webpage), the drive units are described as follows:-

"HF: Custom 25mm ferrocooled aluminium dome ; Supertweeter: 20mm titanium dome neodymium magnet, waveguide face"

"SEAS 25mm HF unit and 20mm titanium super tweeter"

http://www.harbeth.co.uk/uk/uploadfolder/shl5bro1a.pdf

Note that they did not mention SEAS 25mm HF unit and "SEAS" 20mm titanium super tweeter. Having said that, they do have inaccuracies in their description from time to time so best to take all that's written in their general papers with a grain of salt.