Best MTM monitor 2 way kit or design?

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I am fascinated with MTM designs. Correct me where I am wrong here but here's how I see it:
MTM allows two smallish woofers to be used so they are superior in speed to two ways with a single , larger woofer. At the same time, the two woofers have sufficient surface area for equivalent bass depth and response.
I think I prefer certain tweeters and am looking for a good mid/tweet combo for optimum speed without being dry or etchy/analytical.
Here is what I gather:
Focal tioxid tweeter [inverted ti-oxide dome]= very revealing, but etchy, with a possibility of hardness, and metallic zing in some instances. Can be fatiguing in some applications
Silk: very musical, but softish highs. Suited to choral, and acoustic music [like a lot of Audax units] not for high dynamics
Dynaudio esotar- very good but overpriced, and can be bright-ish, no longer avail to diy kits.
Scan speak- very airy and detailed
Seas excel/millenium- very detailed without metallic ring
Vifa al= detailed, smooth for a metal dome, but not the last word in detail
Raven ribbon: detailed, fast, expensive and a pain to integrate...

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Topic - Best MTM monitor 2 way kit or design? - DIY4now 01:21:07 02/27/02 (3)

Re: Best MTM monitor 2 way kit or design? - Chuck 18:51:21 02/28/02 (0)

Does the Linkwitz Phoenix qualify? (nt) - MikeCh 16:35:26 02/27/02 (0)

Re: Does the Linkwitz Phoenix qualify? (nt) - tecnofossil 09:03:01 02/28/02 (0)

NCMS Rhythm - pick the version you can afford - Cousin_Dupree 09:52:58 02/27/02 (0)

Re: Best MTM monitor 2 way kit or design? - Elmo 08:35:12 02/27/02 (0)

Re: Best MTM monitor 2 way kit or design? - R. Hertz 07:33:04 02/27/02 (0)

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