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| Thermal Distortion your loudspeaker most likely suffers from it. But do you care? @atmasphere -- "Back when tubes were king, high efficiency speakers were very common because tube power was (and continues to be) expensive. When solid state amps were commonplace, speaker efficiency started to go down. The problem here is t... | |
| Thermal Distortion your loudspeaker most likely suffers from it. But do you care? @johnk -- Thanks for starting this thread. "But do you care?" Most certainly, but not for the reasons outlined by quite a few here about avoiding one's speakers going up in smoke. What's interesting to me is how thermal compression/-distortion... | |
| Speaker relative efficiency/sensitivity when using a high pass filter @erik_squires -- "100 Watts is not enough, but it is enough.. ... but you can't tell by wattage... Funny." And we also read and make of it what we want to, right? :) As I'm sure you can assess from my original reply I'm not, depending on the con... | |
| Speaker relative efficiency/sensitivity when using a high pass filter @erik_squires How did I refute myself? | |
| Speaker relative efficiency/sensitivity when using a high pass filter @erik_squires -- "Truthfully, 100W is overkill for most speakers and your average or modest listening room." 100W (depending on their specific iteration as an amp) may be deemed sufficient to quite a few, but as a blanket statement and going so... | |
| Montreal Audio Show - anyone hear the FR30’s? "It's audio speakers, not rocket science. There are almost never massive technology leaps. It isn't a fast moving technology space, to say the least. Pretty unrealistic expectation if that is what your bar is." Well said, @kren0006 | |
| Speakers: Anything really new under the sun? Thank you, @mahgister. | |
| Speakers: Anything really new under the sun? There's a distinction between an older design and an older speaker per se. The prevalent issue it seems is how an older design compares to a newer ditto in very basic terms (and not whether age has had a deteriorating affect on SQ), and what strik... | |
| Intriguing inquiry, are floor-stand speakers always better than active speakers? @ghdprentice -- "Yes, as in all things there are advantages and disadvantages in different system designs. It is great to discuss different approaches to system design. Most audiophiles are very cautious when trying a new paradigm. I have never h... | |
| Intriguing inquiry, are floor-stand speakers always better than active speakers? @ghdprentice -- "There is an economic aspect of active speakers that has a big impact on the market. In general, creating the best system possible at say $25K, $50K, or $200K… typically speakers would be the most expensive investment. You start a... | |
| Intriguing inquiry, are floor-stand speakers always better than active speakers? @preston8452 -- "Intriguing inquiry, are floor-stand speakers always better than active speakers?" To begin with above formulated question doesn’t really make sense, that is; an active speaker is defined by an electronic cross-over/DSP functioni... | |
| What is Tight Bass? @mijostyn -- ".. good for you. It sounds like you are working on a great system. There are no passive crossovers in my system either, wouldn't do it any other way. The best crossover is no crossover, passive at least. In my system there is only o... | |
| Please Recommend Highly Efficient Floor Standing Non-Horn Speaker Suggestions Strictly speaking “highly efficient” means more than 100dB sensitivity, and there’s no way around that sans horns - indeed we’d be in all-horn territory here. If the 90-95dB sensitivity range will suffice - that is, it seems it must - that are som... | |
| What is Tight Bass? Standing in closer proximity to an upright bass playing spells everything most any hifi speaker can’t reproduce. At one point I walked around an upright bass on a theater stage during a rehearsal, and in conjunction what I’ve heard at quite a few ... | |
| To Buy or to DIY, here is my question @johnk -- "If you have no skills are lazy or have no time then off the shelf is what you get. If you have skills an open mind and are craving something unique then DIY is the way to go. Kits are fine but it's not like going your own way. And thos... |