After replacing the tweeters in some DSP420's and hearing how wonderful they sounded and reading calenw's successful use of new tweeters, I ordered 3 Seas H1212 tweeters from madisound for my DSP5500's (mark 1's so they are about 15 years old) they should be here Thursday or Friday.

Right now I'm doing some critical listening to the 5500's pre tweeter switch and the highs seem to missing the last bit of shimmer and air - the mids and bass are spot on, but the upper frequencies seem to be slight less balanced with them.

Calenw, before you replaced tweeters could you tell the highs were rolled off?

I guess I should also ask forum members who have 5500's if the high frequencies are more like the highs on other Meridian speakers (I have the DSP420s to compare to, highs were more prominent but of course the bass was not a strength of this speaker).

Of course I'll keep the original tweeters around to include if I ever sell them.

1. 568.2mm & 3xDSP5500 2. 565/562 & DSP5000's 3. Director & 568.1 & Edge Amp & Klipschorns