lonemountain
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| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? Again: efficiency is just ONE aspect out of many that has to be addressed in high performance loudspeaker design. High performance drive units are so much more complicated than "how loud they are", with so many more aspects to them than efficienc... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @atmasphere Im going to depart with your thinking when you say things like "There are attempts to get around the thermal compression problem with lower efficiency speakers, such as vented pole pieces and the like. The incentive is high because ... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? Can we say then that efficiency in speakers is not the #1 goal? That the idea that dynamic range is improved or noise floor is changed due to speaker efficiency alone is simply not true? While there may be examples that support this idea, there ... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @daveyf You are right about the amp issues regarding hi vs lo efficiency designs, well said. Yes, a low efficiency design might require more power. But these issues are truely complex and trying to make a blanket statement that some performance... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? Again Speaker sensitivty alone is not an indicator of quality or sonic virtue in loudspeakers. I can think of other values that might be related to sonic virtue, such as widely varying impedance (in a passive design), high distortion, limited di... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @phusis Nicely written! I enjoy your perspective. When you say that efficiency is not the most important aspect of performance, you and I are on the same page. I disagree that efficiency is the "preferred route" in achieving lower distortion, im... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @phusis I normally agree with your posts, but not this one. A transducer engineer like Doug Button (he worked at EV when I did, and then again at JBL when I was there) or Rich at ATC would agree with my post (maybe not exactly the way I say it).... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? I think many of the values discussed here and elsewhere assigned to high efficiency speakers are not accurate. First the entire discussion of what is delivering the improved efficiency is not differentiated- is it drivers or how the driver is used... | |
| Sony Studiolabo Room Isn't this a practice room or vocal/recording booth? Cannot imagine you could use this for playback, its too small. Brad | |
| External XO Question High end "graphic" EQ’s are a tough thing to find today. Most were professional (like the dbx) so they were balanced. Klark Technique was well known graphic EQ manufacturer back in the UK a long time ago, considered a good sounding one. Not neutra... | |
| Bad sounding recordings Well there is aiming for a market that requires differnt production- such as FM radio. I would say the majortiy of the older records that dont sound good (Led Zepplin comes to mind) are usually about the gear used and the limits of mastering and ... | |
| Steve Guttenberg reviews an ATC active? And to add to what @deep_333 just said, I think there is far more sonic variations to discover in what's BEFORE the amplifiers: preamps, linestages, DACS, phono cartridges, arms and turntables, cables , streamers, etc. Brad | |
| Steve Guttenberg reviews an ATC active? Sorry @spoutmouzert Sort of looked like I picked on you when I didnt mean to do that. I meant to take issue wirh the idea that pro people are clueless and have no idea what sounds good. While one can find plenty of examples that support this, ... | |
| Steve Guttenberg reviews an ATC active? @spoutmouzert i don’t agree with your statement that studio folk don’t buy a good “preamp”. Most hi end pro folks do indeed spend a lot on preamps in the form of expensive mic preamps (API or Neve or A Designs or Daking), expensive consoles (AP... | |
| Hi End Audio Technician in Las Vegas Have you called Elite AV? Pretty sure they will work on a system that isn't their own. Brad |