alexberger
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| Low Sensitivity Speakers Compression Issue. Hi @georgehifi ,I think horn coloration issue was exaggerate by modern audiophiles.Why most recording studious have been using horns for monitoring, from old Tannoy, Altec and JBL to modern Ocean Ways, Tad and Kinoshita?IMHO beryllium tweeters sou... | |
| Low Sensitivity Speakers Compression Issue. I don't understand why do you contrapose high sensitivity and natural tone of speakers?There is not trade off between high sensitivity and natural tone. But there is a very clear correlation between low sensitivity and compression. | |
| Low Sensitivity Speakers Compression Issue. Hi @glupson, All those links worked for me. I do not know if there are some "requirements" in design of such speakers. Of course, talking strictly about sound, there may be a lot of discussion. However, it is also understandable if majority of peo... | |
| Low Sensitivity Speakers Compression Issue. Hi @georgehifi , Yes for me this has always been the downfall of high sensitivity speakers, they are usually too coloured for me. If you can live with that fine, but I’ve always chased the opposite, I’d sacrifice a little sensitivity for neutrali... | |
| Low Sensitivity Speakers Compression Issue. Hi @roxy54 Sorry. Here are links: Tune Audio Marvel - https://youtu.be/JCLuH_NeVgI Avantgarde Uno - https://youtu.be/4s8AeLSdk2M Avantgarde Duo - https://youtu.be/-cjmSP574Y4 Tri-Audio - https://youtu.be/oed2nHBWVJY | |
| Low Sensitivity Speakers Compression Issue. Here are my fresh memories from Montreal audio show this year.I listened a number of very high efficiency speakers systems there.There are different solutions for different price and with different kind of sound: Tune Audio Marvel - https://www.yo... | |
| Low Sensitivity Speakers Compression Issue. I don't say all high efficiency speakers are good and all low sensitivity speakers are bad.For example, I like Harbeth and Spendor Classic speakers.What is interesting they sound much more dynamic compared to similar efficiency speakers (probably ... | |
| Low Sensitivity Speakers Compression Issue. Hi @viridian ,I heard first about TD in speakers and transistor amplifiers from Russian audio designer and guru - Anatoly Markovich Lichnitsky. This person liked to listen mono records (mostly classical from 78RPM era) and didn’t care about all au... | |
| Low Sensitivity Speakers Compression Issue. Hi @atmasphere ,All transistor amplifiers (maybe, except pure class A) have thermal distortion.Worst at all - thermal distortion have inertia and they are nonlinear.Our brain is very sensitive to this kind of distortions because they are not natur... | |
| Low Sensitivity Speakers Compression Issue. Thank you. @roxy54 ,I'm pleased to know that other people knew about this problem.The actual article was written by Derek Alexander-Wilson.I like high sensitivity speakers. IMHO they have a lot of advantages:1. They sound alive, musical.2. Th... | |
| Best Computer Speakers Does anybody new what was happens with Serene Audio company that produced Talisman speaker. IMHO Talisman speaker where a number of levels better then any Audioengine and other computer monitors.They were a real Hi-End sounded computer monitors... | |
| Bought some `Vintage Gear` 1. I had McIntosh MC30 from 50x. It exchanged Plinius 8200 in my system. No comparison MC30 was other level of tone, natural organic sound and musicality. 30 watt McIntosh controlled bass and had bigger sound than 175 watt Plinius.2. Lenco L78 ... | |
| DIY is not all about saving money DIY is exactly like home cooking.Someone cooks great food that is batter that most restaurants do, someone else cooks not testy food.I listened many systems with DIY components. Some of them sounded horrible but some sounded amazing.Actually I rar... | |
| Jupiter Copper Foil, Paper & Wax Cap Versus Jensen Cap 0.10uF 630Vdc Copper Foil Ceramic I never tried Teflon capacitors.But I tried a lot of different polypropylene from different producers meta-lased, film and foil.All of them sound bad for my test. Synthetic, flat tonality, not natural, not musica,l not smooth not organic,...I wold... | |
| Jupiter Copper Foil, Paper & Wax Cap Versus Jensen Cap 0.10uF 630Vdc Copper Foil Ceramic I put Jupiter VT 8uF to LPF crossover.The break-in period of large capacitors takers a lot of time.I burned it in cable burner for 3 days fist. But after that it sounded very dull.Then, I burned it other 6 days. Now it sounds much better.But I ste... |