RE: Excellent essay in TAS April 2012 issue, p. 14

Robert Greene makes an excellent point (in his article). A loss of power (output) in the "power" passband (100 Hz - 300 Hz) due to destructive interference between the speaker's direct output and its output reflected off the floor, throws the sound of the speakers out of wack and shifts emphasis onto the speaker's upper frequencies.

A power band suckout makes the speaker sound unbalanced. Thats what the ear/brain reacts to. We interpret this shift down in low frequencies, as a shift up in high frequencies.

Classic tone control "tilt" switches operated this way. To give the illusion of boosted high frequencies, low frequencies are tilted down from a center "pivot" frequency. To give the illusion of boosted low frequecies, high frequencies are shifted down from a center "pivot" frequency.

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Topic - Hi end speakers tonal balance - chlim 03:49:17 05/03/12 (20)

RE: Hi end speakers tonal balance - RGA 00:20:34 05/12/12 (0)

RE: Hi end speakers tonal balance - 3db 04:14:56 05/10/12 (0)

RE: Hi end speakers tonal balance - tmsorosk 05:04:48 05/07/12 (0)

Anechoically flat.... - morricab 06:54:34 05/04/12 (4)

RE: Anechoically flat.... - das@soundstage.com 15:46:26 05/04/12 (3)

RE: Anechoically flat.... - morricab 02:41:43 05/07/12 (2)

RE: Anechoically flat.... - das@soundstage.com 04:16:53 05/08/12 (1)

RE: Anechoically flat.... - RGA 23:20:12 05/11/12 (0)

Read Robert E. Greene's essay in TAS April 2012 issue, p. 14 - hesson11 16:37:17 05/03/12 (2)

Another factor.... - Salectric 12:34:51 05/06/12 (0)

RE: Excellent essay in TAS April 2012 issue, p. 14 - layman 08:33:41 05/04/12 (0)

RE: Hi end speakers tonal balance - Justlisten2 16:19:58 05/03/12 (1)

RE: Hi end speakers tonal balance - Presto 10:34:48 05/04/12 (0)

no cochlea for old men - DrChaos 15:42:39 05/03/12 (1)

Bravo.....I can relate to that. * - mr grits 16:32:24 05/03/12 (0)

High end trend - Larry I 13:30:13 05/03/12 (1)

RE: High end trend - 3db 04:53:33 05/09/12 (0)

I think it depends... - mkuller 11:34:13 05/03/12 (0)

Contrary to popular belief... - Presto 09:39:15 05/03/12 (0)

RE: Hi end speakers tonal balance - tomservo 06:02:09 05/03/12 (0)

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