Shadorne, thanks for you links and comments. I read it and just didn't think a further comment was needed. Now you've prompted me to ask:
How long is the typical musical peak? If I'm listening at 87dB on average and I have peaks of 105dB, which I have observed and note seem appropriate for the music, if it takes a few seconds for compression to begin, will I experience it often, if ever, in music listening???
BTW, I play electric guitar, so I've actually purposely compressed guitar alnico drivers to get a certain tone quality only available from a compressed speaker (or a good speaker emulator). So, I understand the concept pretty clearly. I'm only wondering how much of a real world factor it is with high quality, high fidelity speakers.
Also, the compression shown on the graphs was actually very small in comparison to the in-room EQ variations of the speakers shown. I'm wondering how much we'll hear those fractional dB losses when taken with all the other interactions.
Don't take this as anti-horn. I plan to investigate Audiokenesis at RMAF, as well as other high efficiency speaker designs. I'm just trying to understand some of the real world implications.
Dave
How long is the typical musical peak? If I'm listening at 87dB on average and I have peaks of 105dB, which I have observed and note seem appropriate for the music, if it takes a few seconds for compression to begin, will I experience it often, if ever, in music listening???
BTW, I play electric guitar, so I've actually purposely compressed guitar alnico drivers to get a certain tone quality only available from a compressed speaker (or a good speaker emulator). So, I understand the concept pretty clearly. I'm only wondering how much of a real world factor it is with high quality, high fidelity speakers.
Also, the compression shown on the graphs was actually very small in comparison to the in-room EQ variations of the speakers shown. I'm wondering how much we'll hear those fractional dB losses when taken with all the other interactions.
Don't take this as anti-horn. I plan to investigate Audiokenesis at RMAF, as well as other high efficiency speaker designs. I'm just trying to understand some of the real world implications.
Dave