Monitor Audio Loudspeaker Platinum Series User Manual
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Platinum C-CAM high frequency ribbon transducer.
A pure ribbon tweeter is highly regarded in the world
of high-end audio as being the best way to reproduce
ultra-high frequencies and provide the most lifelike
transient response. While this belief is well supported
by fundamental physics, one listen will tell you that
this driver is very special indeed.
Platinum’s ribbon tweeter design uses an ultra-thin
sandwich of C-CAM alloy suspended in a powerful
transverse magnetic field of high energy NeFeB rare
earth magnets. The ribbon serves as both voice coil
and radiating diaphragm, with every part of the ribbon
driven directly and simultaneously without energy
storage. Having a mass of just 18mg, its diaphragm
is able to start and stop in an instant, producing a
transient response capable of defining the leading
edge and natural harmonic resonance of complex
musical sounds. Specified to reach ultra-high
frequencies up to an elusive 100 kHz, Platinum’s
magical ribbon tweeter will reproduce with ease
every last nuance and detail from vinyl, CD, DVD-A
and SACD, together with the wider bandwidth of
HD-DVD and Blu-ray.