L1 Pro Tweeter
Attributes
The Legatia SE L1 Pro is a 58mm (2.3-inch) O.D.
“low resonance” wide-bandwidth tweeter driver.
Continuing on in the tradition of exceptional
tweeter design and manufacturing by Hybrid Audio
Technologies, the Legatia Pro L1 is an articulate,
detailed, and tonally-correct tweeter in a slightly
larger diaphragm than its sibling, the Legatia L1V2.
The Pro L1 is a light and transiently fast tweeter
in a 25mm body that doesn’t suffer from typical
“heaviness” in tonal quality, typically associated
with damped, large-diameter dome tweeters; the
L1 Pro can be used for the reproduction of treble
frequencies in dedicated two-, three-, and four-way
front stage systems. The Pro L1 has exceptional
polar response, and remains small enough to install
in typical locations within a vehicular environment.
At the onset of the Special Edition and Pro-Series
Legatia program, we wanted to be sure that the
Pro-Series tweeter could be listened to for long
listening sessions with no noticeable listener
fatigue, and the Pro L1 answers the call. The Pro L1
does an immaculate job of recreating tones well into
the vocal midrange frequencies, should the user
decide to employ an exceptionally low crossover
frequency. The Pro L1 sets the new benchmark for
car audio tweeters; it is the best soft-dome car audio
tweeter available today, irrespective of price. The
L1 Pro is available in two finishes: brushed (natural)
aluminum and anodized black.
Dome
The Pro L1 starts with an impregnated fine cloth
silk dome diaphragm for a linear, smooth frequency
response, with a treated silk surround to damp
edge modes and resonances. The Pro L1 is efficient,
exhibits low distortion, and has a wide dispersion;
the dome is of exceptionally low mass and has
an extremely high power handling with proper
filtering. The Pro L1 dome design is much less
susceptible to mechanical deformation than other
designs, and yet yields a smooth response over the
extent of its range.
Motor
The motor assembly is conventional dynamic, with a
Φ24.5 × 3 H NdFeB neodymium magnet structure to
ensure a relatively small footprint size and shallow
depth. A perforated grille protects the dome. The
Pro L1 boasts a fully machined aluminum body; the
body is machined aluminum, not cast aluminum.
The dense metal structure of the tweeter housing
helps to reduce resonances within the body of the
tweeter for effective reproduction of extremely
low music tones. Additionally, the Pro L1 has a
polypropylene tuned and damped chamber at the
rear of the motor assembly; the chamber helps
to reduce backwave distortion and significantly
lower the tweeter’s resonance frequency to allow
it to be used to play tones in the vocal spectrum, if
desired. A machined aluminum Φ47.5mm knurled
attachment nut at the base of the tweeter provides
optimized clamping strength to the mounting
media.
Mounting Flange and Dimensions
The 58mm wide mounting flange, only 3mm
larger than the Legatia L1V2 tweeter, provides a
solid-aluminum mounting surface for the tweeter
without the necessity of mounting cups or external
hardware. The overall dimensions of the driver are
very amenable for use in the car audio environment,
boasting an exceptional depth of just 30mm (nearly
unheard of in a tuned-chamber tweeter).
Terminals Cap and Spring-Loaded
Terminals
The L1 Pro includes an extruded polypropylene
tuned chamber with integrated high-end
nickel-plated spring-loaded push terminals at
the rear of the tweeter’s motor assembly. The
spring-loaded terminals give the end-user flexibility
in direct connection with large-gauge tinned wiring,
without the need for crimp terminals.
Summary
The Legatia SE L1 Pro tweeter is an excellent step-up
in performance over the Legatia L1V2 tweeter
driver offered in the Stage V Legatia series, and is a
bench-mark low-resonance soft-dome tweeter in
Hybrid Audio’s complete product offering. Equally
at home in two-way configuration paired with a
midrange or midbass, or as the dedicated tweeter
transducer in a three-way application, the Legatia
L1 Pro is an exemplary performer.
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