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In Reply to: "Bass Linearity" posted by Todd Krieger on March 31, 2007 at 11:29:25:
Todd - do you think it's equally important for speakers to have LF linearity - at least to the 40 hz range - to accomplish a credible 3-D effect? Interested in your thoughts.
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"Todd - do you think it's equally important for speakers to have LF linearity - at least to the 40 hz range - to accomplish a credible 3-D effect? Interested in your thoughts."Very true. Not only does the amp have to provide the signal in a linear fashion to the complex load of a loudspeaker, but the speaker likewise has to translate those LF excursions into moving the air in a similar manner. And one thing I do agree on in this regard- Size matters. Less distortion, better linearity.
So you actually need both. No wait- A lot of preamps and sources fail to deliver in this regard as well. *Everything* must be able to sustain the linear signal. And often, attaining it somewhere in the audio chain exposes flaws in other parts of the chain.
Thanks Todd. I agree. So would you say its more important for 3-D soundstaging, etc. to have speakers that do a linear 40 hz than a non linear 30 hz?
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