Propeller Head Plaza

RE: Distortion and Audibility...replay.

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Again, now that you point it out I know just what you are talking about. And those low level signals really provide a lot of the aural clues that make the difference between sounding live and canned.

I suspect this is where resonance, or stored energy whatever folks call it in speakers makes a big difference. I like film tweeters and I think one of the reasons is that they are light enough that the they have a pretty good impedance match to the air so it provides the damping. I've heard the same thing with horns, but often accompanied by other drawbacks.

Electronics wise I suspect the relevant factors are very low intermod when driving a speaker load. Any non-linearity in the whole system tends to mess up the "micro-dynamics", that has become all too apparent as I have grown older and the dreaded "cocktail party" effect has settled in. You know the one I mean, not the one where you have too many and make an ass out of yourself. That one has stayed rather constant...

Rick

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