BMR modal driver is superb in this respect.It's possible to design a single driver speaker linear, but it will not go very low in frequency.
BMR modal driver is superb in this respect.It's possible to design a single driver speaker linear, but it will not go very low in frequency.
Looking at this, there's almost no pejorative subjective term you couldn't find in the chart somewhere, yikes.Erin's vertical measurements don't show the same off axis improvements.
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They also beam significantly in the last octave and suffer like all small full range drivers from high multitone and doppler distortion, that's why in good designs from companies like Philharmonic and Nubert they are still just used as mid drivers.BMR modal driver is superb in this respect.
So a plus 4db at 20khz, is that all?Hardly the worst, but £6k for a two way ( standard colours £500 more for special) and stands at £1800!View attachment 421056
Looking at the bottom end makes me think someone is a linn Kan fan.Hardly the worst, but £6k for a two way ( standard colours £500 more for special) and stands at £1800!View attachment 421056
Well they're certainly not a fan of bass, anyway.Looking at the bottom end makes me think someone is a linn Kan fan.
I have. Many. Simply "YUCK".If you haven't listened to a pair of Klipschorns perhaps you should? I think you will find it an enlightening experience.
Dave.
Hardly the worst, but £6k for a two way ( standard colours £500 more for special) and stands at £1800!View attachment 421056
Wilson tunetot?Hardly the worst, but £6k for a two way ( standard colours £500 more for special) and stands at £1800!View attachment 421056
Depends on the room. Mine's pretty helpful: around 18dB of boost at 40Hz. Without EQ, it makes small speakers sound big, and big speakers sound ugly.Well they're certainly not a fan of bass, anyway.
+18dB at 40hz probably comes along with a similar notch at another nearby frequency though... room gain is definitely a thing but this speaker has F6 at 100hz or so... you can get bluetooth speakers the size of soda cans that compete with that.Depends on the room. Mine's pretty helpful: around 18dB of boost at 40Hz. Without EQ, it makes small speakers sound big, and big speakers sound ugly.
It looks to me like they've designed with a "helpful" room in mind.
Chris
The classic early to mid 80s Kan had the response rise from 80 - 1kHz by 10dB or more in a straight line (worse as the 80s went on and KEF altered the B110 driver), then a death dive in the lower kHz region to a tweeter recovery set to roughly the 500Hz level. If used with anything other than a period vinyl player and preferably a Linn LP12, a truly ghastly sound... (see the HiFi Choice scans on worldradiohistory as evidence...).Looking at the bottom end makes me think someone is a linn Kan fan.
Wilson tunetot?
Well said, the loudspeaker (like most Vivid Audio ones, see also Stereophile reviews with directivity measurements) measures fine - just not cheap - so I don't agree it deserves to be posted in this thread.So a plus 4db at 20khz, is that all?
We name names here.Hardly the worst, but £6k for a two way ( standard colours £500 more for special) and stands at £1800!View attachment 421056
Well, unless you are blessed with fabulous even room gain like yours, I think F6 is typically more relevant than F20.I'm pretty fortunate: no big notches, apart from ceiling bounce. Easily fixed by converting the speakers to 2.5-way with another woofer near the floor.
FWIW, that response curve suggests to me that the speaker will have some output/power-handling at 40Hz, while small bluetooth speakers have zero. The -6dB point isn't the only factor that should be considered.
Chris
-6dB at 40Hz is also not world shockingly bad....Looking at the bottom end makes me think someone is a linn Kan fan.