"... let’s talk directivity."
While we're at it, let's measure it.
https://www.princeton.edu/3D3A/Directivity.html
While we're at it, let's measure it.
https://www.princeton.edu/3D3A/Directivity.html
Do active speakers interest you? Also, let's talk directivity
"... let’s talk directivity." While we're at it, let's measure it. https://www.princeton.edu/3D3A/Directivity.html |
11-09-2020 4:50amYes I have gosta. Tapping feet & bobbing head...it's not cute but I try not to judge it. ;-) The warm box colored sound? A lot of audiophiles (they won't be on this thread) will call it musical or use words like natural or analog and talk about how Harbeth or DeVore brings them closer to the music.... In reality these passive systems take them farther away from the recording studio sound...by adding ambience, warmth, reverb, harmonics, etc. I have a nice pair of curved aluminum billet studio monitors...active & DSP. They reproduce the sound of the recording very well. They are quite analytical and unforgiving. Bass quality, imaging, and instrument separation will destroy any passive design near it's price... But I still don't listen to them much because they are not enjoyable. I prefer my lightly damped, thin walled, first order crossover monitors much more. (The warmth etc. should be in the recording, not the speaker.) Should be? That's a personal preference. Some audiophiles want as close to the recording as possible. Many others want sound that is better than the original recording (to their ears). If you look at who is using euphonic warm reverb boxes and who uses studio monitors or Kii Three type speakers...you can see which camp folks are in. |
Your approach has my attention. Here is an audiophile who finds fewer components of interest. Since each component requires connectors and a power cord, and they are important, to my ears, a small number of component means you can invest more in each piece and in all important room treatment. A system that sounds attractive is power supply -> streamer/dac-> active speakers. Active Speakers might have their own power supply separate from streamer/dac since the power needs of the speakers will be very different from source. Like your hesitation about implementing DSP for speakers given current SOTA or lack thereof. Peace. |
bosssound, there is a lot more complexity inside the speaker you can get rid of, the crossover. With my system there is no additional complexity at at. All the heavy lifting is done by the preamp which is connected to amps and speakers as usual. There are no additional components and better yet there is no streaming. The drop outs you get streaming are intolerable. I only use it for back ground music not serious listening on my Sonos network. If you have a great system that images correctly you can go accurate with Hi Res digital or you can go romantic with vinyl. They both sound great. |