charles1dad
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| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? Grannyring,No ono`s denies that very good sounding inefficient speakers exist(certainly not me) just as there are very good high efficiency speakers. The mass market/mainstream production of early transistor amps was a major impetus for increasing... | |
| Amp more important than speakers? Inna,? | |
| Amp more important than speakers? No one`s completely wrong. If a person decided he wants to try an SET,lower powered OTL or say a First Watt type amp, they would then just find an efficient speaker(there`s quite a few) to match the amp of choice. Let`s not make things artificiall... | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? Hi,Unsound, Yes I believe you understand my point,With the delvelopment of solid state power amplifiers it became possible to offer to the marketplace much higer power for considerably less money. Tube amplifiers that could yield 150 watts or high... | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? It seems the popularity and proliferation of low efficiency speakers can be traced to the advent of transistor amplifiers. Speaker builders were`nt compelled to take the time/skill required to design high quality high efficient speakers, instead y... | |
| Amp more important than speakers? Stickman451 makes a good case for "speaker first" and Taters makes an equally compelling case for"amp first" approach. Come on guys either way can lead to satisfaction. What I don`t get are the insults toward those who don`t agree with the speaker... | |
| Amp more important than speakers? Orpheus10, very astute posts! | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? JohnK, I would love to hear your informed opinion. I`m no speaker designer nor an engineer, but I just don`t believe weseixas`s numbers are accurate in the horn/planar comparison. At least they don`t match what I have heard in my experiences conce... | |
| Amp more important than speakers? As many have already stated all components in an audio system matter. But specifically regarding power amp vs speaker, I `d rather have a great amp upstream of a good speaker than a great speaker downstream from a good amp. The speaker can`t impro... | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? Grannying,Thanks for the kind comments, I have equal admiration for your system(Dude and Sound Labs, nice). The bass performance in my system is very good although a 300b SET is`nt the final solution for bass freaks of rock and electronica,hip-hop... | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? Would any builders of horns care to comment? I don`t believe horns lose 6db per 1 meter at all, 3db is the correct value. | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? Grannyring, We`re in agreement, I`m just expressing my personal experiences as you are yours, we`ve just found different routes. If you`re as pleased with your music as I am then we`re both very happy. | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? Hi,Weseixas, basd on your example of the two systems above, the horn/SET 20watt wouuld have much more available headroom (dynamic reserve)than the inefficient system. At 15 feet(roughly 5 meters) to achieve a sound level of 94db the horn/SET would... | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? "But,to each his own"Triode , words of wisdom. The low power amp/high efficiency combination seems to more sucesfully present the flesh and blood, living breathing presence that`s so convincing. This ability to consistently create such realism is ... | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? Mapman`s analogy ignores that obvious fact that those portable devices are built to a price point and meant for very affordable(cheap!) entertainment purposes. The truth is within all speaker catagories there exist a hierarchy of performance. Some... |