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Re: Tubes with B&W speakers?

Let me get my $.02 in here. I have a pair of DM 602.2's and they are not particularly bright IF they are matched up with the right pieces. (NAD C350, Sony XA1ES CD player, 12 gauge cables, Paradigm X-30 crossover, and the "right" interconnects) The sonic "signature" is very smooth in the highs, so I doubt the presence of a 4-5 dB peak at 10 kHz. I tried adding 5 dB with a graphic equalizer at 8 kHz and it ruined the sound. I, too, suspect an artifact of the measurement technique.

You said it was a "semi-anechoic" environment. Like what? Outdoors? Sound absorbing panels around the speaker? Please give more detail. Next, where was the microphone aimed, and how far from the speaker was it? Also, which model of B& K microphone? Actually, I'd like to know the capsule diameter and whether it was a parallel or random incidence model? (directfield or reverberent field)


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