lonemountain
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| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused I think many of theses posts attribute qualities to "active" that are not due to the active vs passive nature of the system. Truth is a proper active system is MORE holographic and MORE detailed than an ordinary passive system, in the same room us... | |
| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen I have a question to "active in the hobby" audiophiles. Here's the background: If you use a super low distortion [active] speaker system, it reveals more about everything upstream. I find that when I use an ATC active, what drives it ( preamp, C... | |
| ATC 19's modified using Gr Research kit phastm3 I only want to add that ATC is not price motivated when it comes to engineering. Those of us in the business of making things and selling them call a company "engineering driven" meaning they pay no attention to cost until after its built... | |
| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen Hey Kota1 Nice post on your system. Yes Galaxy has been one of the top players in "good sounding" studios in the EU for a long time. Check out the latest from MIraval, the revival of an old room. Also British Grove in the UK is spectacular. ... | |
| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen kota1, I missed your comment about my post asking if I was a designer or engineer? Forgive my oversight. I am neither, I am the ATC importer to the USA for the last 20+ years. Before that I worked at JBL as in charge of theater and installed so... | |
| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen I think ATC has the right idea in reducing complexity while they increase performance. At least it works for someone who wants high end performance but doesn't have the time or desire to DIY. That being said, I would not expect that type of buye... | |
| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen Phusis is right, you can build your own active. This would make sense if you want to DIY. If you have the ability to adjust crossover point, slope, output level and driver phase, you have it all. JBLs M2 was an attempt to build a system that c... | |
| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen Erik I agree with you I wish more people understood what they were buying. At ATC, we build both active and passive of nearly every model from 2 way to big high power three ways. Understanding the advantages of an active system is not well un... | |
| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen Invalid Most recording engineers don't listen to music "at home" period- not when they are listening for work 15 hours a day. Plus during the pandemic many built studios in their houses so they could keep working despite commercial rooms being s... | |
| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen The additional wire and type of wire should NOT be passed over, there are many measurements to indicate the issues there. Dampening factor losses, power losses, capacitance added with length, etc are the simple issues. There are more complex on... | |
| Higher sensitivity - more dynamic sound? Valid points all Duke- my point about dynamic range was "system dynamics" not one system vs another. The 86dB efficiency speaker on a 250W amp has more total dynamics to cover incoming source material of a wider dynamic content than the 102dB/20w... | |
| Higher sensitivity - more dynamic sound? Phusis I think your post makes my point. Efficiency alone is not the sole issue or a spec to chase. Amp power, purpose and many other factors matter a lot. In live sound, 127dB SPL is important. In home audio, its damaging to our hearing. Th... | |
| Higher sensitivity - more dynamic sound? Duke, nice post on thermal/mechanical driver compression. It’s an esoteric topic, but almost every transducer designer has to come to terms with what steps to take in their driver design to cope with heat, bandwidth, efficiency and intended perfor... | |
| Higher sensitivity - more dynamic sound? I know Doug Button, one of the brilliant engineers of the late 80s and 90s who led us to a series of higher output JBL drivers called "vented gap" which enabled dissipating higher heat which enabled higher SPL (and more reliable live sound systems... | |
| ATC SCM 40 question THis is exactly the dilema we face in pro, when the "warts" make some people think it "sounds worse". To avoid this in record making, there's a secret method some top mixers use: turn on subs or even different [EQ’d] speakers for the clients to he... |