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| Ps audio aspen FR 30 Loudspeakers @charles1dad -- "In general I accept the premise that better quality parts will lead to improved sound quality. However the overall speaker design and manufacturing aspects have to be considered. Speaker#1 has an "A" list of renown parts. Speake... | |
| most beautiful (looking) speakers OMA speakers have been mentioned. An appealing and essential aspect about their looks, from my point of view, is that it follows function first (as something that more readily accommodates physics), and then the aesthetic "touch" has been added to... | |
| Thermal Distortion your loudspeaker most likely suffers from it. But do you care? @ieales -- "If high efficiency speakers are so darned good, why did the industry move away from them? So electronics makers could sell more expensive Power? Methinks not." Actually more power got less expensive with the advent of the transistor,... | |
| Thermal Distortion your loudspeaker most likely suffers from it. But do you care? @pcrhkr — “Thermal distortion from my speakers. My ears would blow first! :)” One of those instances where it may feel inappropriate stating that this is actually a desirable outset :) Question is if you would know whether thermal distortion/mod... | |
| Thermal Distortion your loudspeaker most likely suffers from it. But do you care? @johnk -- Thanks for clarifying. Had no intention to put down Alnico magnets in any way, in fact I'd only cherish their inclusion in a speaker setup. | |
| Thermal Distortion your loudspeaker most likely suffers from it. But do you care? @ditusa -- "Yes That is one of the many reason for using ALNICO in permanent magnet speakers, it’s impervious to heat so it’s flux is not affected by the change in temperature." Alnico magnet’s were/are sometimes prone to demagnetize: ... ther... | |
| 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... |