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RE: Where does the sense of neutral openess really come from

>> 3000 kHz... It's right in the middle of the mid-range and the
>> hardest to design a speaker around.

That's not quite the right way to think about it. Look at any musical chart that shows the fundamental frequency range of the human voice and musical instruments. You'll find that the highest fundamental of the vast majority of them is below 3KHz to 3.5 KHz.

A lot of speaker designers think it is a mistake to switch drivers when reproducing fundamentals -- why would you want the low notes of a violin coming from a bass/mid driver and the higher strings coming from a tweeter? There is an inevitable phase shift that you have to deal with.

By having a crossover in the 3 to 3.5 KHz range, the switch of drivers primarily affects the harmonics.




Edits: 04/25/16

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