RE: Why not?

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RE: Why not?

Posted by villastrangiato on July 22, 2012 at 18:36:27

In Reply to: Why not? posted by Kal Rubinson on July 22, 2012 at 09:34:32:

Agreed.

And one further point - human hearing is most sensitive in the midband range of frequencies (typically around 1 -3 khz). At frequency extremes, human hearing capability is not very consistent. So focusing on a frequency of 1khz for example makes physical sense - particularly in the context of a finished speaker because as you suggest, if it's properly constructed, it should have similar sensitivity at all other frequencies. When talking about a subwoofer or woofer, a 1khz sensitivity rating makes little sense. And as others have suggested, some of the better manufacturers have for years listed an average sensitivity rating over a specified frequency range of interest - particular ly driver manufacturers.

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Topic - Why is sensitivity measured at 1000Hz? - Craiger56 09:22:30 07/22/12 (12)

Thanks all, I get it now - Craiger56 20:42:54 07/22/12 (0)

RE: Why is sensitivity measured at 1000Hz? - das@soundstage.com 18:30:53 07/22/12 (0)

RE: Why is sensitivity measured at 1000Hz? - Pat D 15:07:35 07/22/12 (1)

RE: Why is sensitivity measured at 1000Hz? - das@soundstage.com 19:33:52 07/22/12 (0)

SOME spkr manufacturers measure it at 1KHz, some use... - jeffreybehr 11:24:42 07/22/12 (0)

Generalizing again, the midrange runs from around 300 Hz to 4,800 Hz or four octaves. 1 KHz then - cfb 10:45:14 07/22/12 (1)

When we divide the 10 octaves of our (nominal) 20Hz - 20KHz... - jeffreybehr 11:13:39 07/23/12 (0)

RE: Why is sensitivity measured at 1000Hz? - tomservo 10:40:17 07/22/12 (0)

Why not? - Kal Rubinson 09:34:32 07/22/12 (3)

RE: Why not? - villastrangiato 18:36:27 07/22/12 (2)

Human hearing is up to 8 dB more sensitive at 3kHz - Ole Lund Christensen 10:03:04 08/04/12 (1)

Right - Kal Rubinson 11:24:23 08/04/12 (0)

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RE: Why not? - villastrangiato 18:36:27 07/22/12 (2)

Human hearing is up to 8 dB more sensitive at 3kHz - Ole Lund Christensen 10:03:04 08/04/12 (1)

Right - Kal Rubinson 11:24:23 08/04/12 (0)

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