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In Reply to: RE: PSB Flagship speakers reviewed by Soundstage posted by 3db on November 19, 2015 at 05:16:22
I hope you don't mean me.
It is a genetic thing in my case.
Growing up there were a few stores that
had a security system that was ultra-sonic
so everyone else was fine but me and
my two brothers were being driven crazy
by the constant high pitch whistle.
We always left with a headache.
Big N and Two Guys were the worst.
Even our mother couldn't hear it,
and she thought we were crazy.
My older brother was much taller
so it was worse for him.
DanL
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and I used to get headaches. I can't hear that high anymore so being stuffed in a room full of them wouldn't bother me anymore. I understand being able to hear high frequencies that others can't. I'm having a difficult time understanding that the make up of a tweeter would impart different spectral characteristics. I would like to see a Fourier Analysis done on different tweeter of different compositions being fed a frequency sweep from 3KHz and up measuring the output to see if there is a difference in the spectral content.I'm curious if you would get a headache if you sat and listened to them for a while.
Edits: 11/19/15
B&W metal domes are just annoying.
Fine short term but not long term.
So some are worse than others.
I had one cheap ribbon that annoyed me too.
Fostex full range drivers are really brutal
so I suspect all spikes really get to me.
I heard several at an audio show and
some had me running out of the room and
others were so bad I couldn't enter the room.
So spike sensitivity and extended hearing
make speaker selection quite interesting.
I have 3 systems now -
DIY Transmission Line Audax/Dynaudio
DIY Infinite Baffle Audax/Dynaudio
Magnepan MGLR-1 (Modified)
DanL
i have been annoyed by some berrylium tweeters. also, the coincident driver in thiels has never worked for me. i heard the small kef ls50's in a large room at an audio show and really liked that driver. go figure.
Tom Collins
Drivers are drivers, however, cross-over(s) are a different beast.
do what I do. avoid crossovers altogether
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