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RE: why doesn't mid-fi harshness show up on FR tests?

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In Reply to: RE: why doesn't mid-fi harshness show up on FR tests? posted by BillyBuck on April 24, 2008 at 22:36:01

For the most part, if response shows large peaks in response, it is not due to the receiver or amplifier. It's the speakers and very possibly the program material

If someone thinks a speaker is an ear-bleeder, I suppose it is for that person. However, it may not be so for you or for most people. There has been considerable research as to what sonic characteristics most people like in loudspeakers. Even response over a wide dispersion is one of the most important.

John Atkinson has a good series of articles on Measuring Loudspeakers which you can find on the Stereophile site.

There are a number of White Papers on the Harman International site which are quite authoritative, most written by Dr. Floyd Toole.

http://www.harman.com/about_harman/technology_leadership.aspx

Soundstage has many of the speakers they review measured at the National Research Council. They have a page called "How We Test Loudspeakers . . ." It is probably the simplest and easiest read.
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"It pertains to all men to know themselves and to be temperate."
---Heraclitus of Ephesus (trans. Wheelwright)

http://www.soundstagenetwork.com/measurements/test_loudspeakers.htm (Open in New Window)

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