Hi Gentlemen !
I have just read an interview to John Dunlavy
He is a very techy speakers designer
And when I think I have found a designer who completely relies on measurements :applaud:
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Hi Gentlemen !
I have just read an interview to John Dunlavy
He is a very techy speakers designer
And when I think I have found a designer who completely relies on measurements :applaud:
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You can look at a laundry list of beautiful measurements and still find a piece of electronics sounds hard nasally and compressed.
You have to listen.
Ideally with a...
[QUOTE=Mr. Widget;320377] ... sonically invisible... Widget
I swear ... the last one :o:
This "sonically invisible" is making me wondering :confused:
Do you rely on listening tests or...
I understand Mr Widget.
But still I think that the superiority of a driver, to stay on a less complex level, in respect to another one can really be measured in some way
And a driver that for the...
Thank you very much indeed for your valuable and kind reply
I would like to stay on the cheap side. I will follow discussion on analogue units then.
By the way the feature that intrigues me about...
I apologize if the issue has been already discussed here
I have become very very interested in active crossovers after reading an interesting article comparing active and passive ones :eek:
The...
That's the point ! at least for me
Speaking of JBL drivers minimal distortion figures are taken for granted
It is not always the case with other brands, I am afraid.
I still believe that human ear...
Hello Everybody !
Leaving apart the obviously fundamental frequency response, in your opinion which is the most important measurement to assess the quality of a loudspeaker ?
I would say the...
Thank you very much indeed
I was thinking that a "K2 like" use of the Everest could be tempting.
Nevertheless I understand that the K2 "...will always remain in Everest's shadow" :D
kind regards,...
So if I understand well the midrange driver actually can reach let's say 15-16kHz flat
but it become too directional at those frequencies ?
Sorry if I sound petulant
Thanks and regards,
gino
Thank you so much !!!
regards,
gino
I remember another Thread in this forum concerning Everest loudspeakers where it was stated that the midrange driver could take care of all the range up to the very high frequencies
At a show they...
Good Evening :)
I have already found the extremely interesting table with Thiele and Small parameters of different JBL drivers.
As the appetite comes eating, does a table exist which tells which...
Thank you so much for your valuable advice
I was not aware of this possibility used as I am to low efficiency and relatively high distorting home speakers
They become annoying before any hearing...
Thank you very much Gentlemen !
now i know where to start and what to study.
It seems to me that there is a growing interest for horns also among so called "audiophile" people and not only...
Thank you very much for your reply
I understand there is no a shape that is intrinsically the best
Nevertheless I am very intrigued by all the horn design issue
If anyone could direct me to posts...
Hello !
Looking at compression drivers I see that horns come with different shapes: squared, rectangular, elliptical and circular :blink:
Is the shape an important factor or not ? why a designer...
Hello !
Please excuse my maybe strange question
I understand that is possible to find on the market high quality recordings of real sounds made without any mastering effect (sounds like rain,...
Good evening and thank you very much for the very interesting link
looking at those price I am thinking to propose myself as a rentable dummy head :o:
My reasoning is maybe a nonsense but I...
Maybe with this type of recording
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dummy_head_recording
is it possible to get spatial information even with headphone
I have not tried for myself yet, but I still think...
Thank you very much for your reply, very interesting
Your point that plenty of great systems had poor TA put a serious question mark on the importance of this property
At Stereophile they perform...
Thank you very much for your reply
I said this because in this 3D someone states that a woofer first situation in the time response test is less critical than a tweeter first, that usually is the...
Good Morning from Italy.
All in all I think it is a pity that the coaxial scheme (I am referring to Altec 604 and similar driver) has been abandoned lately.
Nevertheless I understand that this...
Thank you very much for your very helpful replies
It was basically a curiosity reading of that high end monitoring system
I understand that is much better to use the drivers in the traditional way...
Thank you very much Barry for your very kind and interesting advice
I think that the all issue is very fascinating
Kind regards,
gino