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In Reply to: Audiophiles buy the wacky stuff to get this feeling of exclusivity. posted by Bob Neill on February 10, 2012 at 09:20:54:
If you look back to early days of sound reproduction, all the speakers were horn or horn based. All were very efficient - bandwidth limited, some coloration, too. Higher fidelity required a lot of room.
Klipsch folded their horns and put them in the corner (radical! unconventional!) which went a long way to solve the size problem.
"Conventional" cone drivers came along and allowed speakers to become smaller, still, and have greater frequency extension - but became more complex - and less efficient - all requiring more powerful amplifiers with lots of current reserve, and losing a little "directness" for which horns are famous. (quite radical and demanding at the time when power amplifiers would require a ton of tubes)
And we have some planar speaker technology (Quad) that through the smart use of electrostatic membranes got detail really well, at the expense of slam and bass extension. Also required a few tricks to keep the amplifier power down. And other makers (Apogee, Martin Logan, Magnepan) - all have similar limitations, but also different strengths!
I suppose what I am saying is that a portion of today's unconventional radical technology might be just the thing for a subset of purchasers - and may indeed build that better mousetrap in sound reproduction.
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- RE: Audiophiles buy the wacky stuff to get this feeling of exclusivity. - Bromo33333 10:29:12 02/10/12 (1)
- RE: Audiophiles buy the wacky stuff to get this feeling of exclusivity. - middleground 12:59:21 02/10/12 (0)
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