Yet another "enthusiast" who knows more than an established manufacturer trusted by the industry.
Siegfried Linkwitz was enthusiast and knew much more than most of established "trusted" manufacturers.
Don't ever underestimate power of enthusiasm.
Yet another "enthusiast" who knows more than an established manufacturer trusted by the industry.
At 2,5 kHz we are already at 13,7cm.1) At 1kHz wavelength is 34cm. Why would a 4cm bridge (1/9 octave) have a major effect on the emitted signal?
Better directivity than the 0°, 45° curves of the ME 100 you posted?2) Show me a standard layout speaker that has better directivity.
A bit worse is 3dB and 3kHz is where most vocal range ends.A bit worse till 3 Khz but better above...
I think you missed the nuance here. The question was: why does nobody do it? Answer that I gave: because it's hard! I never said it should not work.A bit worse is 3dB and 3kHz is where most vocal range ends.
Anyway; I simply asked why a design where the tweeter is on a bridge is used. So far all I heard is it shouldn't work but no explanation given that makes sense to an acoustician like me. When I showed an example of speakers out there that shows it to be working I was told that no manufacturer should be trusted. Those charts are phoney.
Oh, quite a few years ago I’ve seen a Dutch company slap a cheap ordinary 6x8 car audio coax on a few wooden boards and call it a high end audio product, complete with all the high end woo, and not only the audio kind At first I thought it was a parody, but it turned out they were for real.Stumbled across a Charles Rodrigues chestnut today and I just felt moved to drop it into this thread, where (I would opine) it fits rather well actually.
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(YMMV, of course)
1) At 1kHz wavelength is 34cm. Why would a 4cm bridge (1/9 octave) have a major effect on the emitted signal?
If you prefer to trust YouTube videos instead of college level physics theres not much we can discuss.I remember the KEF R3 test from Erin's audio corner where there were quite measurable differences at ~1,2kHz when the shadow flare (trim ring) wasn't sitting absolutely perfect down to half a mm.
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If you prefer to trust YouTube videos instead of college level physics theres not much we can discuss.
As a proud owner of a 3.7 I can say that this graph is very telling, they really are very, very wide up to the mid highs 6kHz and start directing from there.Thiel made quite a number product lines measuring very well. Example:
What about genelec "the ones" speakers then?
Why? We have not yet seen Geithaine speakers tested. How can you know, by looking at them?A much better implementation than the Geithaine
It's like seeing a poorly designed speaker with obvious comb filtering issues. But you're obviously emotionally invested in Geithaine speakers and no longer objective on the topic.Why? We have not yet seen Geithaine speakers tested. How can you know, by looking at them?
For listening of such "ear bleeding" recordings I would recommend then Geithain for people who don't or can't use EQ, a good friend of mine (music listener) has replaced his Neumann KH 420 with Geithain 921K and enjoys them more, mainly due to their cardioid bass though.Geithains measure well and sound fantastic. One of the few speakers in the world you can listen to for many hours without fatigue. Genelecs and many others make your ears bleed instantly, in comparison.
What?Genelecs and many others make your ears bleed instantly, in comparison.