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It's a novel theory but I have to say that it doesn't seem to matter the speaker I listen to; after a while ear fatigue sets in. Even with very wide radiation patterns as well as more narrow radiation patterns. The thing this speaker clearly does differently is high output with no (or very little) distortion. I'm of the mindset that it has something to do with distortion and/or compression ... Geddes - I believe - mentioned that group delay is a culprit. Though, I'd need to double check my "interview" with him to verify his stance on this.
Hi ErinIt's a novel theory but I have to say that it doesn't seem to matter the speaker I listen to; after a while ear fatigue sets in. Even with very wide radiation patterns as well as more narrow radiation patterns. The thing this speaker clearly does differently is high output with no (or very little) distortion. I'm of the mindset that it has something to do with distortion and/or compression ... Geddes - I believe - mentioned that group delay is a possible culprit. Though, I'd need to double check my "interview" with him to verify his stance on this.
That distortion / compression issue maybe true but I have nothing to compare to.
My hunch with the Synergy horn was partly based on having developed Servomotor driven subwoofers in the 80's in Live sound (including the folks on your Tee shirt).
People were often resistant to the idea of needing low bass, in fact the president of a very large speaker company told me there was no need for anything below 75Hz.
The reason was because if you asked 9 out of 10 sound people, adding low bass stuff in a sound system "muddied up the mid range and mid bass".
How can you argue with something you can observe? It really did that....because the bass speakers were grossly distorted producing any VLF and all those harmonics fell in the mid bass and mid range range.
IF you have low distortion bass, it was separate from the mid bass and mid range.
So here i was thinking ok, exploit the acoustic low pass filters, shoot for the lowest harmonic distortion where ears would be most sensitive to harmonics and those fell where the ears greatest sensitivity would be (in an equal loudness curve). This is the job of the mid range drivers and woofers. Anyway, it will be interesting to see what you get, man you really need two.
Best,
Tom