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It's not an absolute- all depends on the speakers' acoustic environment. nt.

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MWE

In Reply to: RE: 3.7i midrange compared to MG111A posted by littlelabs@littlelabs.com on October 26, 2023 at 11:59:19

Nt.

Mark in NC
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RE: It's not an absolute- all depends on the speakers' acoustic environment. nt. - littlelabs@littlelabs.com 09:07:50 10/27/23 (3)
Unless there is something unique to my pair of 3.7i's, I disagree. It was definitely NOT a room-dependent or acoustic treatment thing in this case. I'm curious if you have a pair of 3.7i's. I have been told one of the differences in the 3.7i (as compared to 3.7 and all iterations before) is a felt strip placed behind the midrange section. This most likely is what causes the phenomenon, which is a positive thing. I also wonder how many 3.7i owners live with them set up tweeters in and don't know what they are missing.
It's the mid-placement, not the tweeters that make the difference.
- RE: It's not an absolute- all depends on the speakers' acoustic environment. nt. - DrChaos 22:45:01 11/02/23 (0)
  > It's the mid-placement, not the tweeters that make the difference.
  
  One of the main changes for the 3.7 vs previous 3.x models is the QR midrange emits more high frequency power with a smoother and higher transition to the ribbon tweet. It can do this better being a light QR foil.
  
  In particular it takes on more of the 2-3 kHz region where human ears & brain are very sensitive, so the midrange is more of a mid-tweet and the ribbon tweeter closer to a supertweeter.
  
  So not surprised that it's the midrange that has the most perceptual influence in the 3.7
- RE: It's not an absolute- all depends on the speakers' acoustic environment. nt. - George6 07:51:57 10/29/23 (0)
  You can buy on Amazon felt covers for a piano keyboard.
  
  They can be hung in front of or behind the tweets or mid-range - whatever you want to damp - to check the potential effect of adding resistors, or just to deduce which surface might be causing a problem.
  
  Have always had the tweets out on 1.6 and 3.7i, for maximum sound stage width.
- But what sounds best for any given listener is still going to depend on the acoustic environment... - MWE 06:50:29 10/28/23 (0)
  and listener preference, regardless of what the speaker is objectively doing output-wise. Tweeters inside might not suit you, but may perfectly suit any number of other folks.
  
  Mark in NC
  "The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains" -Paul Simon

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