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| What does the term "Speed" mean in a speaker? Another way of talking about "speed" is "lack of stored energy." I supposed that has more to do with "driver break up" or suffering from "impedance anomaly". Paper cones may have a clean water fall plot, but an aluminum cones may have "faster ... | |
| Was the Snell Secret a Wide Baffle? Erik, your other thread about “this being a great time to build a speaker” got me thinking about the A26. I would recommend www.diyaudio.com | |
| What does the term "Speed" mean in a speaker? Here is a question: if both speakers have the same frequency response, why does one speaker have better speed vs the other? Another question: if one speaker uses a 4in. driver for the midrange, the other uses a 6.5in driver for the midrange, and ... | |
| Was the Snell Secret a Wide Baffle? There is definitely debate between wide baffle vs narrow baffle. Objectively, wide baffle has diffraction issue at low frequency whereas the narrow baffle diffraction happens at higher frequency. Subjectively, wide baffle does not quite have the... | |
| Need Perfect Speakers for Acoustically Hostile Placement Then it hit me—center speakers are designed for horizontal placement. Actually center speakers are often designed with horizontal orientation is purely for cosmetic reason NOT for acoustic reason. | |
| Need Perfect Speakers for Acoustically Hostile Placement The most perfect speaker is Ms. Kate Upton but you probably can't afford her :-) But seriously, I don't think there is anything perfect. In general, speakers with well behaved bass usually are easier to place. If a speakers too bright then it w... | |
| I am Looking for That Elusive 3 Dimensional Room Filling Soundstage There is pair of Thiel CS3.7 here at Audigon for about $7K. For room filling, 3D soundstage, it's really hard to beat them and they sound natural too. | |
| I gre out of Be Tweeters Salk uses a SB Acoustics Satori. Not quite as good as the ScanSpeak AirCir. I've used both and the AirCir sounds more 3 dimensional. | |
| I gre out of Be Tweeters I agree you can make a pair or triad of drivers sound bright, or dull or bassy or boomy with the crossover, but I also think drivers can bring a lot of character to the design. I was speaking of drivers that don't have any inherent issues. Of ... | |
| I gre out of Be Tweeters Ultimately a large percentage of the final sound all comes down to implementation. Even Be dome can sound very natural if implemented properly. Inversely, one can have a pair of speakers with soft domes that can sound harsh and unpleasant if not... | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 You will have to settle for an ear-to-ear grin and goosebumps I get that from just a cup of tea. | |
| I gre out of Be Tweeters Change to Maggies and you will feel much better at the bar, I promise! Hm... Interesting because I've listened to couple of Maggies and they lack the details of the conventional drivers. | |
| I gre out of Be Tweeters If you could afford it, diamond tweeters are probably the best. The one from Seas costs around $7K each. Ouch but I wish I could get my hands on a pair :-). If not, then a high end soft dome from ScanSpeak or Seas can be very good. Good soft domes... | |
| Thiel Owners That's a third for visiting the Grand Canyon.Going through the canyon in an inflatible raft is an awesome experience. and snake hunting lols. | |
| Any monitors clearly better than Pulsars? At low frequency, our hearing may not be that sensitive to distortion since the wavelength is so long. At low frequency, what's more important is how well the bass is properly damped - otherwise the bass will be lose or flabby. Two most importan... |