In Reply to: Low inertia of the moving masses, so as to get closer to the mechanical impedance of air, is what matters! posted by Timbo in Oz on April 13, 2017 at 18:52:55:
David Hill and James O'Donnell, I can tell you that tones and harmonics matter, just as much as transient fidelity and decay. I also attended the Royal Academy of Music. Is that enough willy-waving?
Since no one speaker system gets it all right, why the worry? Besides which, if you've ever listened to decent compression older drivers like the Vitavox S2, or the recent B&C DCM50 in a sympathetic set-up, you might find you can have a lot of your cake and eat it too.
Big J
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Follow Ups
- Having been a chorister under Stephen Cleobury - jusbe 04:21:38 04/14/17 (3)
- we actually get characteristic timbre from attacks and decays alone. This is old science, and predates stereo - Timbo in Oz 14:52:31 04/14/17 (2)
- RE: we actually get characteristic timbre from attacks and decays alone. This is old science, and predates stereo - used-hifi 15:26:14 04/14/17 (1)
- Yes, I am aware of that 'problem' FREDs are very low distortion. - Timbo in Oz 15:55:22 04/14/17 (0)