Re: Dunlavy types vs new technology - Bald Iggle - Speaker Asylum

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Re: Dunlavy types vs new technology

In Reply to: Dunlavy types vs new technology posted by jeremy on September 27, 2001 at 12:42:31:

Interesting question! It's probably obvious, but neither will win if the execution isn't top shelf.
One of the comments on this thread talked about Western Electric speakers being the best he ever heard. That goes back the mid 30's and the beginnings of the movie sound industry. Some of those old Altec theatre systems were superb, particularly the ones from the "Premier" theatres of the day. (I'm not talking about A-7's here, I'm talking about bass boxes that dwarf an A-7) A local rock band used some of that stuff in the early 80's and the sound was perfect. Even at 110 dB, they didn't sound amplified. It was as if they were posessed and could play and sing at inhuman levels. Then in the early and middle 60's Acoustic Research did their live versus recorded demos where the musicians would put down there instruments and nobody could tell when they had stopped playing. Used to be a regular event in Grand Central Station. Also at Carnegie Hall.
Point of this is that correct timbre and dynamics have been available for a long time with conventional (for today) technology. But the thatre and AR's demos were multi-track recordings, so that creation of a stereo image was not a factor. That's one area where much progress has been made since the 60's. The other two critical areas have been the revolution started by Neville Thiele and Small in tuned systems and progressing since, and the other is the work on crossover design that has made huge strides since the 60's. In both cases computers have made it all so much easier.
If I had to guess, my personal vote would be that the winning speaker types would be meticulously executed designs using incremental advancements in existing technology. Add in some creativity and some innovative configurations and there's your future.

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Re: Dunlavy types vs new technology - Peter 12:03:16 09/28/01 (0)

What new technology? - Tom Brennan 03:30:42 09/28/01 (0)

Re: Dunlavy types vs new technology - Bald Iggle 19:24:36 09/27/01 (0)

Re: Dunlavy types vs new technology - LarryI 15:09:39 09/27/01 (2)

What's your current speaker (nt)? - Halcyon 23:58:03 09/27/01 (1)

Re: What's your current speaker (nt)? - LarryI 09:12:27 09/28/01 (0)

Re: Dunlavy types vs new technology - Brian A 14:04:21 09/27/01 (2)

Re: Dunlavy types vs new technology - jeremy 14:56:26 09/27/01 (1)

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