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| What makes speaker's sound big? @mijostyn --... Image size has nothing to do with volume but, a big image at high volume is very impressive when distortion is low. Unfortunately, the distortion of all speakers increases logarithmically with volume. Getting low distortion at high... | |
| What makes speaker's sound big? @mahgister -- Not necessarily completely true...I own 7 inches speakers box 2 way, and the Brass orchestra filled my entire 13 feet square room with soundstage OUT of the speakers at the left and at the right and imaging 3-d with clear tuba notes ... | |
| What makes speaker's sound big? There’s a lot of talk around the hot porridge, as they say (i.e.: to beat around the bush). That is, important parameters (not least acoustics and general implementation, that needn’t be expensive) have been covered already as a basis to achieve "... | |
| Driver breakin period, what’s the science? Break-in of speakers is not a "pie in the sky," but the phenomenon and the time it’ll take for the speaker to settle can vary of lot depending on playback level and the specific drivers and passive cross-over parts used. Alan Shaw of Harbeth will ... | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? A single, dynamic "full-range" driver per channel is a single point source per channel. One point source per channel is a major draw, as is the avoidance of a passive cross-over, but for a single driver to approximate anything close to full-range ... | |
| Low power- transparency, dimension, dynamics and bass, or... @bjesien --... perhaps I am after that beauty over accuracy- but so be it, I am the only one in my listening space to enjoy the illusion. Or is that delusion? https://jeffsplace.positive-feedback.com/my-audio-system-sucks-what-should-i-do/?f... | |
| Any experience with TAD speakers ? @audiokinesis -- Just curious - were the 2401's sitting on the floor? If so, were you aware of the sound source being below ear level? Subjectively, how was the top end extension? Did they seem to have a reasonably wide sweet spot? Did the tonal ... | |
| Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way? German Physiks, omni-directional speakers. Can't remember the model, but they retailed for about $20k at the time. An absolute snore of a sound, everywhere and nowhere. The lower bass was acceptable, but that was it. Estelon speakers. Tall, floor ... | |
| older speaker designs I wouldn’t worry about the design being of older origin; by and large the speaker-wheel hasn’t been reinvented for ~100 years, contrary to marketing BS and an industry that would have us believe otherwise to keep their wheels turning. It’s the spe... | |
| Anything SS sounds better than D'Agostino ? Change the premise of the comparison; I’d wager the D’Agostino amps would be used typically in conjunction with larger, über-expensive, multi-way, lower efficiently and passively driven speakers with rather complex and power-draining cross-overs, ... | |
| Let go of the music @bjesien --.. Can anyone expand this position on cabinet design that in essence forms the image, or wall of sound? Interesting observation. This review excerpt from 2012 by Wojciech Pacula over at 6moons of the Harbeth M30.1 addresses the matter:... | |
| Finally found THE SPEAKER!!! @drewde --Great thread and -initiation. I must say that I cherish your insights and where you come from, not least also in regards to your extensive background in the movie sound mix industry, and how I believe this to relate to my own approach an... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ No free lunches indeed. There are those who'd like to sell the idea that big means much more expensive, but to them boutique, often vintage drivers with field coil or alnico magnets in addition to luxury, hand-build finishes is the only validating... | |
| High end Class D amps? My active set-up (via separate, outward components) until a few days ago comprised three different amp topologies: Class A for the MF/HF horn section (Belles SA-30), Class A/B for the bass/mids section (Crown Macro-Tech 1200) and Class D/PWM-based... | |
| Bruce Edgar Sorry to learn of this. Godspeed, Mr. Edgar. |