What if? Sorry, that’s speculation. What if a lot of people prefer their steak burnt and sweet salad dressing? Should Michelin reviewers change their ratings? Ridiculous.
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ATC SCM19 Bookshelf Speaker Review
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tuga
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Maybe it's only missing a notch filter to flatten the top of the passsband?
tuga
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Which speakers sell the most? Those could be the preferred ones.
http://www.salksound.com/wp/?p=42
ATC forgot (or more disappointingly, did not know about it) to calculate the loss in SPL from the sound transitioning from concentrated frontward radiation seen with higher frequencies to "wrapping" around the baffle at lower frequencies. See the linked Salk article that explains it.
I just implement the formula.
I agree better weighting can be applied. The data is provided for anyone who wants to experiment
The English should stick to cooking
Maybe they felt that an 82dB sensitivity speaker wouldn’t sell as much.
Having spent my career in marketing, I can assure you sales volume has little relationship to quality (or objective preference) in nearly any category of good or service.
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tuga
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Who spoke about quality, I thought we were discussing preference...
My point stands (now edited for clarity). People buy things they don’t/would not prefer for many reasons. Let’s start with price, promotion, fashion, convenience, ignorance (in a factual sense) ad infinitum.
That's possible, but low sensitivity already regarded as part of the deal with these sealed broadcast monitor types... so why not just lean in on it.
I don't know what people are expecting from a woofer about the size of a bagel. This is a toy.
It’s rated for 108dB max SPL, which is +23dB or 200W. I wonder what kind of distortion that is as I doubt Amir pushed more than 100W into it.
Neumann and Genelec are usually found in serious Music shops, together with mixing desks, Neumann microphones and serious pianos.
You don't have one around ?
Note you may still purchase from DV247 and the likes, and return if you're not happy (although I don't know how this works for such expensive stuffs, and that's not very fair if you're not convinced you'd buy it)
(I see the DV247 store is <80 miles away from Suffolk Coastal district, by the way)
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Thanks to Amir for elucidating another of the myriad ways to waste money in this hobby.
Perhaps the ATC and PMC fanboys who criticize properly engineered loudspeakers (M2s, Kii Threes, 8Cs) as toys will go home now. And yes, I know Amir hasn't measured everything ATC and PMC make, but the deficiencies here are so severe and so unnecessary as to cast doubt on those companies' engineering capabilities.
Perhaps the ATC and PMC fanboys who criticize properly engineered loudspeakers (M2s, Kii Threes, 8Cs) as toys will go home now. And yes, I know Amir hasn't measured everything ATC and PMC make, but the deficiencies here are so severe and so unnecessary as to cast doubt on those companies' engineering capabilities.
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