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| Are advances in technology making speakers better? The very high efficiency, and thereby all-horn systems of yore weren't really intended for a domestic environment - the likes of cinema speakers from RCA, Altec, Western Electric, Klangfilm and Vitavox - but they arguably were and still are among,... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? @larryi -- +1 Advance in tech only gets you so far when the overall package of a speaker is diminished in size; it’s the one thing we can’t miniaturize without severe sonic implications. Like on the driver side: a several thousand $$ 1" dome twe... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? @mbmi wrote: One thing no one ever mentions when talking about speakers....Speakers have voice coils and they take up to 30 minutes to heat up and expand. THAT’S when you’ll hear the optimal sound from that speaker...not until. People will run t... | |
| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen @lonemountain wrote: If you use a super low distortion [active] speaker system, it reveals more about everything upstream. Agreed. So my question: How is active taking choice away or reducing the [audiophile] hobby? There is far more to a s... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? @jumia wrote: How much more effort is required too perfect a speaker? my speaker is several years old and all the gear and the speaker are all broken in. And now I'm being told to upgrade. You're not being told what to do, if anything you're l... | |
| What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers? Few bring up high efficiency subs from a point of home experience, probably because they take up too much space (i.e.: Hoffmann’s Iron Law), and yet others seem not to believe high eff. down into the lower octaves is even possible. Well, it is, an... | |
| Magico Titan 15 $32,000 active subwoofer overview $32k for a dual 15"-loaded active sub is just bollocks. Sorry, but it is. One could have more for much less, like arrays and bigger overall displacement area, and with a plethora of bigger cones moving much less cabinet vibrations would be the les... | |
| Experienced only: What have you done with room correction? At one point used DRC Designer - a room correction software working in both the amplitude and time domain - over my previous, passively configured all-horn speakers. At the same time at had those speakers high-passed, digitally, just below 80Hz in... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? @larrykell wrote: True Class A amplifiers require large power supplies, huge heat sinks, have many output devices, consume lots of electricity, and generate a lot of heat. They’re expensive to build. My Colosseum has 48 Sanken bipolar transistor... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? @atmasphere wrote: The other advantage of easier to drive speakers is the amplifier, regardless of technology, will make less distortion. That will result in a smoother and more transparent presentation, since a lot of that added distortion will... | |
| Why not horns? @rolox -- +2 | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? @jumia wrote: It can get terribly confusing and I just wish your phraseology could've done a better job communicating what you're probably thinking. Apologies for not being able to bring about my views more clearly. I'll try and expand on them... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? @atmasphere wrote: One example I've seen given to showcase this is college tuition. Colleges found that if they decrease tuition enrollment goes down and goes up when they increase it. Another example is Campagnolo, a well-known bicycle parts b... | |
| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen @johnk wrote: Those fearing passive networks and driver integration issues seem to be a logical choice for a full-range driver system. Since it's active. 1 amp selected to best match transducers 1 driver no network. Maybe that's where you active... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? Irrespective of a "house sound" and what may float one over the other's boat between different brands of amplifiers, there are ways to more effectively harness the potential of a given amp with how it's loaded. Looking into a passive cross-over of... |