RE: graphs

RE: graphs

Posted by unclestu (D) on October 27, 2013 at 19:12:24

In Reply to: RE: graphs posted by Belgarchi on October 27, 2013 at 14:33:09:

Do you really understand what I am stating? The issue with the KEF , like many others including Wilson's as I mentioned , is that the drivers on each cabinet are not in correct polarity relative with each other: So one driver is moving in one direction while the other is moving in the opposite direction.

Reversing absolute polarity will yield better highs in one orientation and better lows in another, not a universal improvement in any case.

This does NOT happen in nature with any acoustical instrument ( it can happen with amplified music and sound, however). For me, it is simply unnatural and wrong.

YOU may not hear it but I do. It is very easy to hear with a full range recordings, almost any one. It seems to me that if sonic neutrality and accuracy is your goal, such mixed polarity systems would not fit the bill.

That being said, you know your taste better than any one else can. If you're happy, then so be it: case closed. But do not tell me that the speaker is in any way accurate, though, because it simply is not. And do not tell me I can not hear polarity issues when I can and do. Just because you obviously can not hear it, doesn't mean that no one else can

The designers did make some remarkable compromises, though. Knowing that the typical male audiophile enjoys female vocals, they made the upper frequencies very seductive and appealing. It probably makes most males swoon over the sound and to the neglect of the lower frequencies.

But then listening to a piano with sweeping glissandos, from lows to highs, will reveal that the speaker will present the piano like it was two different instrument.

But then again if you don't listen to piano music, that is not an issue, is it?

Of course YMMV.

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Topic - Kef LS50 limitation - Belgarchi 22:49:07 10/26/13 (31)

EVERYTHING has its limitations... - musetap 12:28:26 10/27/13 (0)

RE: Kef LS50 limitation - Sprezza Tura 07:20:10 10/27/13 (0)

By the way the design is very good - beppe61 01:24:34 10/27/13 (4)

Unlike Tannoy, the KEF is not SET-friendly - Jay Buridan 20:42:03 10/29/13 (3)

RE: Unlike Tannoy, the KEF is not SET-friendly - beppe61 01:46:20 11/01/13 (1)

RE: Unlike Tannoy, the KEF is not SET-friendly - pictureguy 09:20:00 11/02/13 (0)

Just remember the movie Jaws - RGA 23:59:24 10/29/13 (0)

RE: Kef LS50 limitation - beppe61 00:36:19 10/27/13 (23)

Interesting Graph - Belgarchi 20:35:55 10/27/13 (1)

RE: Interesting Graph - beppe61 15:20:03 10/28/13 (0)

RE: graphs - unclestu 12:54:37 10/27/13 (10)

Very interesting. May i ask you something ? - beppe61 11:02:58 10/29/13 (6)

Response at the crossover frequency - Belgarchi 16:37:38 10/29/13 (5)

RE: Response at the crossover frequency - beppe61 07:38:49 10/31/13 (2)

RE: Response at the crossover frequency - Belgarchi 20:47:42 10/31/13 (1)

RE: Response at the crossover frequency - beppe61 01:54:49 11/01/13 (0)

Good point, and why I prefer LR4 - Brian H P 09:58:37 10/30/13 (1)

RE: Good point, and why I prefer LR4 - JNS 14:41:57 11/03/13 (0)

Phase - Belgarchi 21:05:50 10/27/13 (0)

RE: graphs - Belgarchi 14:33:09 10/27/13 (1)

RE: graphs - unclestu 19:12:24 10/27/13 (0)

RE: Kef LS50 limitation - Frihed89 00:55:24 10/27/13 (9)

RE: Kef LS50 limitation - northernquad 16:19:29 10/27/13 (0)

RE: Kef LS50 limitation - Sprezza Tura 07:22:35 10/27/13 (6)

mine sound amazing on a tube amp - mbnx01 09:56:47 10/27/13 (1)

RE: mine sound amazing on a tube amp - Sprezza Tura 11:14:01 10/27/13 (0)

The pity is - Frihed89 08:24:15 10/27/13 (3)

RE: The pity is - Sprezza Tura 08:29:57 10/27/13 (2)

RE: The pity is - unclestu 12:46:44 10/27/13 (1)

RE: The pity is - Sprezza Tura 15:33:24 10/27/13 (0)

RE: Kef LS50 limitation - beppe61 01:02:52 10/27/13 (0)

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