What causes listener fatique? cure?


For me it's speakers with forward high frequencies combined with CDs with hot high-end. Anyone with suggestions for speakers in the 2000 to 4000 range that has smooth and non-fatiquing mid and highs?
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Showing 1 response by paulwp

Ok, I have to disagree with Trelja here. First, we agree that a bad or hot tweeter can certainly irritate. But I find that beamy soft dome tweeters are also irritating. The speaker recommended by Trelja may be fine, there are lots of good soft domes out there, but there are also a lot of good metal domes. My Harbeth Compact 7's have metal domes and I can listen to them forever.

If caused by the speaker, I think listener fatigue often comes from a bright upper-mid lower treble region, where the larger driver is working outside of its optimum range. I can think of a speaker with an 8 inch woofer a 3/4 inch tweeter and too high a crossover that tires me.