mikewerner
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| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Has an understanding of the physics involved in making a loudspeaker gone anywhere in the past 80 years? Of course it has. Ideal is a goal.Colorations, resonances, compression, high harmonic and IM distortion, … BAD- not ideal. Consideration of dr... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? So, what characteristics does an ideal speaker have?Who is going to discuss this? Generalities don't help. I think this is where the comparison with violins falls apart. In theory there is no ideal violin - they are all different, but in theory th... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Thank you Tim. At least someone gets the point.Speaker design has come a long way and active speaker design is pushing the envelope considerably.I don't keep repeating "optimize the step response" for no reason (another way of saying get the phase... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? OK again.Measurement, analysis, and opinion are not the same thing. I understand that. Listen to an uncolored system. Either it is to your liking or not. When you have something you like, then there are no arguments.Mike | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? OK. Thanks for your clarification of the point. What if you could have a dead neutral (not bright or strong, Merriam-Webster's definition) speaker with great equalization.Then add lots of power - modern technology, you see. Distortion from lots of... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Wrong! Clearly you don't know anything about Violins and there is no comparison that makes any sense between an old Violin and an old speaker. An ideal speaker should have no voice of its own. If it does, some things will sound better than they s... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? High power is pretty fun! | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? The physics has not changed. Speakers can now be optimized in ways that no one even dreamed about 70 years ago. Active designs have the ability to control variables way beyond what passive speakers and an amplifier (or two) can do. Amplifiers, act... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Great topic. I have been thinking about (and listening to) speakers recently. The diversity of opinions is colorful!My observations are:- Expectations play a large role in preferences.- There are more ways to get it wrong than right. (Same applies... | |
| Sony XA 5400 ES display has gone blank x2 No problems yet.Why not just replace it with a new one, same model.I see them available from time to time. | |
| Klipsch heresy questions Have you taken the plunge? | |
| How close to the real thing? I think a Very Large Part of It (VLPoI) has to do with a Very Large Number of Things (VLNoT). Impulse Response tells it all in an ideal amplifier. See "Linear Time Invariant Systems." In a room, controlled dispersion is very important.Then, there ... | |
| How close to the real thing? How close is a lap dance to the real thing?Oops!Honestly, lately I feel this is like pornography. Here we sit, bring it on! | |
| Klipsch heresy questions These are hard to beat for the price. Bass can be boomy but the mid and high horns are great. I agree that you should listen for yourself, though. I grew up with a pair of these speakers in the '70's and unfortunately many modern hifi speakers jus... | |
| JBL M2 speaker system .... I guess not :( |