soft dome speakers


i'm in the market for some bookshelf speakers that cost under $1200pr new. after hearing some different brands i noticed that my ears seem to prefer soft dome tweeters vs. metal and horns. i liked a set of ushers that were out of my price range and the totem mites. what other companies have bookshelves with soft tweeters??? any recommendations
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Lots of bookshelf speakers use soft domes. Vienna Acoustics, Dynaudio, Reference 3a, Usher, Quad, PMC, Spendor, Fritz, Morel, Sonus Faber, Silverline Audio, RBH, LSA, and others, I'm sure. FWIW, I tend to agree with you. Some people are more sensitive to the ringing metal domes typically produce. Also, I think a lot of this has to do with the voicing and crossover design. The KEF Referrence line, which uses metail tweeters, sounds as smooth as silk to my ears. Also, you might want to audition speakers that use ribbon tweeters. Although they don't sound like soft domes, they sure don't sound like metal domes, either, IMHO.