mapman
Responses from mapman
| What is wrong with negative feedback? You guys are in way over my head! I can sort of follow the tech talk but have no way to translate that into results regarding actual sound quality to expect via the various design approaches.I'm curious to see the bottom line in the end ie what ke... | |
| Why not horns? Its an interesting horn design, but of course it is essentially only one driver to be built into a full range speaker system. Like most things, the results would depend on how well the whole end package is executed and the only way to know if it w... | |
| Why not horns? "but an upgrade for most people in terms of sound."In what way and based on what?You are not just saying that because it uses a horn, are you? | |
| Why not horns? Ok, enough beating a dead unicorn.Ha Ha Ha! Dead unicorn, a horse with a horn, get it? | |
| Why not horns? One last point on the horn loaded Walsh driver used in the German Physiks Unicorn.The increasingly pistonic operation of the DDD Walsh driver towards the lower end of the sound spectrum is what would produce the pressurization at the mouth needed ... | |
| Why not horns? "Mapman, the original Walsh Drivers had 2 such mechanical cross-overs. I suspect that there was some cross-over in the lower than the extreme upper frequencies as well."That is correct the original OHM Walsh drivers used three distinct sections fo... | |
| Why not horns? "Again the DDD doesn't have the mechanical cross-overs that the original Walsh driver had. Of course the catch is; they're pretty darn expensive."no, but with teh exception of the Unicorn, it is not full range and supplemental drivers with electro... | |
| Why not horns? Yes horns and omni drivers are a unique combo for sure.Most GP designs appear to limit the coverage of the DDD driver to the upper frequencies where Walsh drivers operate in a mostly wave bending manner, as I understand it. This is supplemented by... | |
| Why not horns? One other thing that struck me is that despite being horn loaded, the Unicorn is still only 87 db or so efficient, according to the specs I found. A horn loaded speaker that is still that inefficient is certainly a unique beast as well. | |
| Why not horns? BTW, I was quite disappointed to read Mr. Lindich's findings regarding the GP Uncorns in that I am a big fan of Walsh technology and I do believe horns have the potential to break certain common performance barriers as well, so my expectations for... | |
| Why not horns? "German Physics is a legitimate and highly credible manufacturer who is unlikely to market a product that is utterly without merit."I would not say that. The $1000 speakers are quite good (similar to design to the Walshes in my system but smaller)... | |
| Why not horns? He also indicates he is "a longtime proponent and user of Walsh speaker technology".And he indicates he writes a syndicated consumer electronics column. So he is apparently a (gasp) journalist!So much for credibility? | |
| Why not horns? He apparently has ears and has listened to a lot of stuff. The same credentials as most of us I would say. | |
| Why not horns? "he's entitled to his opinion"Yes, opinions are opinions but for any somewhat credible source to indicate that $1000 low end speakers from one line can match $21000 lower end models from another and higher end models selling for only a few thousan... | |
| Why not horns? http://www.soundadviceblog.com/sound-systems/ces-2009-21000pair-german-physiks-unicorn-speaker-system/I found this article that mentions both older and newer OHM Walsh designs compared to the German Physiks. The reviewer indicates that the $22000 ... |