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In Reply to: Re: 100 dB/ oct! What a GOOD idea! Now if there posted by Jeff Joseph on May 29, 2004 at 15:40:11:
Jeff,
I appreciate the response, I don't like judging people over just a couple of e-mails. I whole-heartedly believe in steep crossovers and while I've seen quick mentions of the steep crossovers in your speakers, I've never seen a really indepth explanation or exploration of them. I read some of the material on your website and the "metal meets steep crossover" is something I couldn't agree with more. Virtually every attempt I've heard at putting metal in a midrange with conventional crossovers has been a disaster. Velodynes come to mind as well as others such as Axioms and others. Many perceive this as "detail" when it is, in fact, ringing. Jack at NHT has told me that they would never put a metal driver in a speaker if they couldn't cut it off fast before the ringing. So, yes, the DSP1s absolutely validate your approach. It may actually bring you more business because many people won't want to "contaminate" their analog sound with ones and zeros. However, I do believe that digital conversion processes are more benign than most active and/or passive analog circuits. "Discarding your amplifiers" can be a huge cost savings, but I'm guessing that won't happen much if the amp is $5K or more. People get attached to their expenditures of money. As I recall, the biggest impediment to contacting you about your speakers was the less expensive models being ported bookshelf speakers which go against my own personal beliefs about speaker design. The RM33Si look like quite an audiophile bargain. While I may personally believe that the DSP1s will be *objectively* better, I'm sure many people will simply prefer the RM's sound and/or design and/or analog nature. DSP isn't for everyone and probably wont' be unti there is no other choice. As for magazines, I think they do so many companies and products injustice by making all design concepts seem equally sensible. And they are brutally injust to products that are truly better than very expensive products, especially if they are "house favorites". I'm sure you know who and what I'm talking about. As for NHT, they're one of the most competent design and engineering teams in audio. If anyone can do this well, they can. Of course, if you want to send me some RM33Sis, I'd be glad to pitch those to my many "digital is bad" customers :-)
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