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RE: Is this the article?

>the combination of a bass hump and a huge dip in the high end makes Art's
>system much less than high end. Ditto for the BBC LS3/5a speakers that JA
>uses as a reference (with his all digital sourses). Yes, that is also NOT
>high end!

With all due respect for your opinions on what is and what is not high-end,
you are not grasping what the target should be for an in-room response
measurement. Because a dome tweeter becomes increasingly directional as the
frequency rises, the speaker's power response, which contributes to the
in-room response, slopes down at high frequencies. The room furnishings
also become more absorptive in the top octaves.

So with a speaker that is flat on-axis that sounds neutrally balanced
in-room, the measured room response actually _should_ slope down. What is
important is that the in-room response be smooth, without peaks or dips.

John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile


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