This impedance rise is what I blame for so many of today's systems sounding overly forward and bright, as there is simply too much energy in the presence region. Especially, when driven by a tube amplifier, which is putting its power better into these higher impedances, and manifests itself in terms of the hard, glassy presentation that people tear their hair out trying to ameliorate with room treatments, cabling, and trying to put even more tube equipment (preamplifier, CD player, tube buffer, etc.)into their system.
Trelja (Threads | Answers) Amen, Trelja. |
Trelja,
I tend to agree with your point regarding excess energy in the presence region - sometimes it seems to me that it's almost ubiquitous in high end loudspeaker designs. But... I've never particularly associated this with models that cross to the tweeter at any particular frequency. It's always seemed more universal.
I'm not familiar with some of the technical issues at work here and therefore don't follow your point re: impedence rise vs. crossover frequency. Is this rise associated with the crossover network itself or do you refer to some other phenomenon?
Thanks in advance.
Marty |
Duke, I wasn't implying that your systems use filters, your systems sound great and I know you pay a LOT of attention to all the details.
Thanks for the compliment on my crossovers, Guy who does the final crossover work is a true genius and I'm fortunate to have worked with him for all these years.
see you at RMAF
Lou |
