timlub
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| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? "The plasma driver can be traced to 1900 and William Duddles singing arc" Hi John, this is the quote from Wikipedia that you supplied when I commented about Plasma drivers... As I had said, I've heard the Plasmatronics, but didn't know when they... | |
| The merry go round. $700 seperates or integrated? The 3 amps that I recommended earlier are all integrateds...I haven't seen curves on the Infinity's, but I've heard the old Audio Refinement drive for ohms in the past with very good authority... Unless the Infinity's are straying into 2 ohm terr... | |
| The merry go round. $700 seperates or integrated? If I remember these speakers correctly, they are 4 ohm and drop down to somewhere more like 3 ohms.... With that.... Audio Refinement Complete 50 watts to 8 and 90 watts to 4 ohms. Coda Unison 3.1, 3.2 or 3.3, all will drive this speaker. this... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Hi John, Even though what you post is correct. The arguments that you make are really out of context compared to the title of the thread that you have created... Yes, there has been huge advancements. Yes the dome was invented around 1925, m... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Hi John, I assume that you started this thread for the sake of discussion, you know the drill as much as anyone.... So, I'm not going deeply to leave room for discussion out there.... As you know math is math. That and how a loudspeaker works... | |
| ???Why The HUGE Discrepancy in Sensitivity Ratings??? I've been offered to be encased in concreteTim | |
| ???Why The HUGE Discrepancy in Sensitivity Ratings??? I am very guilty of using the term sensitivity and efficiency interchangeably and really they are, a more efficient speaker will play louder than a less efficient speaker, but in the truest sense... Loudspeaker efficiency is defined as the sound f... | |
| ???Why The HUGE Discrepancy in Sensitivity Ratings??? The only fairly accurate way to measure is 1 watt 1 meter anechoic... even then, many speakers are not adequately impedance compensated. As posted above... 1 watt @ 8 ohms is 2.83 volts, 1 watt @ 4 ohms is 2.00 volts.... a big difference in pow... | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive Phasing is a whole other subject.... EVERY speaker has phase shift... Period. 6db slopes help minimize it. 12/12 slopes can be 180 degrees out of phase and the designer simply flips the positive & negative on 1 terminal bring phase back around... | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive Hi Pete, thanks for posting your name... So, If Someone isn't selling a design commercially then??? Send Your un named Largest named Designer this thread. Get his response. Hmmm, do you really expect anyone to give you their designs. I'd be g... | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive Hi ctsooner, Well, Ok, in many perspectives, you are making the point of the entire thread... materials like ceramic and diamond coated drivers, Kevlar or magnesium, etc are very expensive, but that isn't where you where going with paper, you hav... | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive Quote: "Breakup can be very well damped and smoothed, but the fact remains that the cone is in breakup."If the Break up is controlled or Eliminated, is it really in Break Up? In an average woofer 4 to 15 inches, any material will have an issu... | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive I've read this thread, its been an interesting read. Building speakers for so many years, I've experimented with many cone materials.... a lot of what has been said about cone break up on paper cones is valid to a degree, but in so many ways, q... | |
| subs for LFT-8bs Moving more air with a sub will certainly make a minor difference, but any way you look at it, your speakers are like 83db sensitivity. Anything playing that has a lower gain, is going to give you some issues. If you are truly happy with the o... | |
| Cartridge Recommendation for Dual 1229 I guess that I've gotten old, I used to sell this table new.... I bunch of Dual models... Even though this arm will accept a whole bunch of cartridges, it is most happy with a high compliance cartridge... |