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In Reply to: RE: Just compared 16awg vs 10awg posted by coli on June 23, 2015 at 20:48:25
You have that backwards; when the volume is too low everything sounds bad. Not enough energy to do the job properly. Normal listening levels should work best.
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Edits: 07/06/15
Every speaker has what I call a "break" point. This is a volume where the current is sufficiently large enough to control the woofer driver. The actual point will vary with driver size and of course the effciency of the speaker system.
A 15 inch driver, say as in an Altec, have have a 100 dB sensitivity . IMHE, I still need a least a300B amp although nuerically a 2A3 amp should ave sufficient power. The aditional power simply gives better control.
One speaker where this is especially noticeable (at least for myself) is Magnepans. They need a certain amount of power applied to raelly open up and it is quite distinct. If yu move your volume pot slowly up it is easy to hear the point where the things simply snap in.
I would also point out that loudness curves were developed simply because ear sensitivity changes at lower volumes.
Of course YMMV and FWIW
and what is optimal for differentiating sonic performance. Too loud is also not good. After 27 years I have never heard a system that sounded/performed identically at all volumes, and I've heard a few...
"Actually, when the volume is low everything should still sound good. If it sounds bad you got issues in your setup."
That's an interesting notion and I think that I agree. But I also think that you are the first person that I've ever read or heard that has dared to state it so blatantly!
On the other hand the crescendos shouldn't clip or distort either...
Rick
Count me in as one of that rare breed, ;-) ... a system should sound competent both when thundering at just under the point of clipping, and at the last downward click of the attenuator before total muting of the audible sound. Of course, this is extremely rare, sad to say - it requires a lot of dedication to the cause to get this; but is certainly achievable ...Frank
Edits: 08/05/15
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I agree with some of a few other posters here that the small gauge where the clear winner when comparing all the different gauges.
With the skin effect I would guess the audio frequency travels more efficiently. This testing was done using interconnects so speaker cable may or may not be different.
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