Yes, same as the Blade 1 one was a mediocre performing speaker...
OK, last post..
The difference is you still dont know if the blades has 3rd or 2nd harmonic distortion, and as I already said the distortion in blades is not in the critical region
Also Sean O already said the volume can mask the distortion, the thing is the ref7k ref3k from hifi voice even at only 90dB show a high distortion in the critical region. At this volume we are not even near to high spl, no much room for distortion mask.
From hifi voice Canton reference 3k
"The overall distortion remains within normal limits, however, between 700 and 3,000 Hz it oscillates above 1%, which is quite strange
Distortion of 2nd (yellow) and 3rd (orange) harmonics
As can be seen here, part of that more pronounced (but still not drastic) distortion is due to the 2nd harmonic, but in the region around 2 kHz it is already the 3rd harmonic, which people often associate with a feeling of hardness.
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Canton reference 8k
" Total harmonic distortion (green line)
Overall, the distortion is at normal, seamlessly low values - but in the range between 2 and 4 kHz you can see a "mound", where the value of distortion attacks 1.5%.
Distortion of 2nd (yellow) and 3rd (orange) harmonics
It can be seen from this exploded graph that the increased distortion is caused by the 3rd harmonic, as if the midrange here were no longer operating within its optimal range.
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Řada Reference se už dlouhá léta pyšní pozicí na vrcholu nabídky německé značky Canton – nakonec přesně podle svého jména. Na rozdíl od mnoha jiných firem nicméně Canton ani po lehké revizi těchto modelů, kdy jim v názvu přibylo písmenko K a nějaká ta technická vylepšení, neustřelil do cenových...
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