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In Reply to: RE: SETs have several advantages posted by Bill the K on November 18, 2020 at 02:17:49:
There really isn't any place for low efficiency speakers in high end audio- of anywhere else for that matter! For starters, it gets insanely difficult to come up with the power required- and that power has to actually be competent.
The next problem is something called 'thermal compression' which is caused by heating of the voice coils and does what it says- causes compression of musical dynamics. You can't throw more power at it- it just gets worse. Resolution isn't a reason for low efficiency; you can have very high resolution loudspeakers that are 98 dB. Finally bass response isn't a reason either; there are 97dB speakers that go down flat to 20Hz that will fit in most living rooms.
You can use a Rogers LS-35a with an SET, keeping in mind that once you do the math of the sensitivity and the impedance of 16 ohms, its actually 3dB more efficient than its sensitivity rating (efficiency is 1 watt/1 meter, sensitivity is 2.83 volts/1 meter). As long as the application is nearfield and not terribly loud you can make an SET work.
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Follow Ups
- Just FWIW, there aren't any great speakers that are only 80dB! - Ralph 07:54:16 11/18/20 (3)
- RE: Just FWIW, there aren't any great speakers that are only 80dB! - Bill the K 19:42:44 11/18/20 (0)
- Even... - E-Stat 09:20:51 11/18/20 (0)
- +1 Ralph. nt! - viridian 08:56:05 11/18/20 (0)
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