Electrostat transparency from conventional speaker


What should be kept in mind when attempting to achieve the transparent sound quality of an electrostatic speaker from a conventional boxed speaker? Is this more electronics or speaker? Or is it really a combination of the both?

In your opinion, how much does placement or acoustics factor into this?
cdwallace

Showing 1 response by twl

I'd say your best chance at doing that would be to find a dynamic speaker that has nearly full range out of a single drive element. And one who's drive element has exceptionally low mass and also has a very strong magnetic drive motor.

There are some drive elements that are made primarily for low power SET systems that come close to this equation, although none will actually equal the electrostat for speed.