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What speaker has the best high frequencies?

I have a Spatial Audio X5 with a wide band horn loaded AMT (Air Motion Transformer) which handles high frequencies (1k and up?). It is big, about 6” x 1”. I feel it is much better than the 1” tweeter found in most speakers.  I honestly don’t know how this AMT is different from, say, ribbon tweeter.  This leads me to think, who or what speaker has the best high frequencies?  I heard good things about the B&W diamond tweeter, but it is still a 1” tweeter.  What else is out there?  I think size makes a difference.  In this case, is it a larger ribbing tweeter better than most 1” tweeters?  
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erik_squires
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I've not heard it, but if that's the Beyma AMT I've read from many a DIY'er it is among the best performing tweeters in the world.  Great dynamic range without compression, very low distortion, and the horn adds controlled dispersion, guaranteeing a clarity at the listening location you are unlikely to find anywhere else.

While not AMT's are created equal, some manufacturers use really awful versions, they all share in low stored energy, the equal or better of Be or diamond tweeters in this specific regard.

B&W diamond tweets are not nearly as natural.  If you've ever walked into a store and said "Oh, I hear a B&W speaker!" you know what I mean.
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