In an anechoic chamber with normal ears, 96 db SINAD system distortion means the system is transparent when playing music with 96db peak levels. 96db is very very loud. The effective noise floor of my room and hearing combined is 7db, so 89db is the threshold for SINAD audibility. Driver distortion is -80db WITH GOLD BERYLLIUM YAMAHA DRIVERS!!!!! And every other speaker is worse, -60db is the minimus of my Yamaha NS1000M speakers in large room far away (mostly .2-.15% THD).
The phase intermodulation distortion (correctness of music harmonic arrival timing) needs to be considered to determine quality of imaging and soundstage
This site desperately needs relaxed, paper and pen noted long term listening preferably with friends helping out, prior to measurements in the reviews.
Also, there needs to be a music null tester with a level and phase matching ability, played into either a real speaker or an LCR speaker simulator. That is the only way to truly measure real music nonlinearities
94db continuous is also too much energy for speakers or headphones to be evaluated with, nevermind the insane 104db or 114db levels that Amir tests transducers at. My Yamaha NS1000M speakers cannot do 104db without serious distortion, but they are anything but sub par. This site would hate them if only looking at measurements
The phase intermodulation distortion (correctness of music harmonic arrival timing) needs to be considered to determine quality of imaging and soundstage
This site desperately needs relaxed, paper and pen noted long term listening preferably with friends helping out, prior to measurements in the reviews.
Also, there needs to be a music null tester with a level and phase matching ability, played into either a real speaker or an LCR speaker simulator. That is the only way to truly measure real music nonlinearities
94db continuous is also too much energy for speakers or headphones to be evaluated with, nevermind the insane 104db or 114db levels that Amir tests transducers at. My Yamaha NS1000M speakers cannot do 104db without serious distortion, but they are anything but sub par. This site would hate them if only looking at measurements