Speaker Asylum: RE: Why is sensitivity measured at 1000Hz? by Pat D

General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

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 07/22/12 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 08/4/12 ( 1)
    - Right - Kal Rubinson 11:24:23 08/4/12 ( 0)