Many maybe aware of the difficulties in trying to reproduce the short term peak dynamics of every day events such as cutting a piece of paper with scissors (something like 150 dBs?? possible more like 130...). I remember articles in the 1970s of Dick Burwen homeaudio system in which he was trying to accomplish this. It required a massive 5 channel horn system with 20,000 watts. Each speaker horn has a conical flare and is 13 feet deep. The mouth of each front horn is 8 feet x 8 feet. At the throat, a JBL mid-range exponential horn with a pair of 2440 compression drivers delivers sound between 400 Hz and 6 kHz. An array of 30 Cerwin-Vega tweeters reproduces sound from 6 kHz to 20 kHz. Behind the mid-range horn are two 16-inch Empire woofers covering 15 Hz to 400 Hz. The left front and right front horns each have two 24-inch Cerwin-Vega sub-woofers for frequencies below 50 Hz. Even in this system there was still difficulty in reproducing these short dynamic peaks. He has updated this beautiful sound system which can be seen here. Dick Burwen an important figure in the world of Audio.
http://www.burwenaudio.com/Sound_System.html.
Rafaro
Edits: 04/17/17 04/17/17 04/21/17
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Topic - How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - Rafaro 15:33:05 04/17/17 (52)
- Apparently, you are OLD... But I too remember this challenge - David S. 14:36:10 04/20/17 (0)
- But does it sound like an actual performance? - rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com 06:51:47 04/19/17 (0)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - Don Reid 09:56:56 04/18/17 (3)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - Inmate51 08:32:18 04/21/17 (0)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - Rafaro 23:17:40 04/18/17 (0)
- Maybe the disco balls make up for that :) -nt - E-Stat 13:53:28 04/18/17 (0)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - Inmate51 08:59:31 04/18/17 (45)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - tomservo 09:55:36 04/18/17 (44)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - morricab 01:23:44 04/21/17 (4)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - tomservo 07:11:12 04/23/17 (3)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - claudej1@aol.com 19:49:37 04/23/17 (2)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - tomservo 06:21:56 04/24/17 (1)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - claudej1@aol.com 11:30:15 04/24/17 (0)
- Dynamics Measured.... - BigguyinATL 11:28:00 04/20/17 (7)
- RE: Dynamics Measured.... - tomservo 07:40:00 04/23/17 (0)
- RE: Dynamics Measured.... - morricab 01:18:51 04/21/17 (5)
- RE: Dynamics Measured.... - BigguyinATL 06:32:35 04/21/17 (4)
- RE: Dynamics Measured.... - Inmate51 07:27:48 04/21/17 (3)
- RE: Dynamics Measured.... - morricab 08:50:45 04/22/17 (2)
- RE: Dynamics Measured.... - tomservo 07:56:53 04/23/17 (0)
- RE: Dynamics Measured.... - Inmate51 09:34:57 04/22/17 (0)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - Rafaro 07:11:53 04/19/17 (0)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - Inmate51 14:11:54 04/18/17 (29)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - tomservo 07:08:36 04/19/17 (26)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - Paul Eizik 21:03:31 04/19/17 (5)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - Inmate51 12:07:09 04/20/17 (0)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - claudej1@aol.com 09:32:09 04/20/17 (3)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - Paul Eizik 10:07:20 04/22/17 (2)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - claudej1@aol.com 11:24:15 04/22/17 (1)
- Fully Agree nt - Rafaro 23:34:39 04/22/17 (0)
- Peaks - Inmate51 10:01:27 04/19/17 (19)
- RE: Peaks - tomservo 10:27:30 04/19/17 (18)
- RE: Peaks - Inmate51 11:27:44 04/19/17 (17)
- RE: Peaks - tomservo 16:43:06 04/19/17 (4)
- RE: Peaks - claudej1@aol.com 09:34:50 04/20/17 (3)
- RE: Peaks - used-hifi 12:26:26 04/19/17 (11)
- RE: Peaks - Rafaro 15:20:40 04/19/17 (10)
- RE: Peaks - Rafaro 19:09:15 04/19/17 (8)
- RE: Peaks - claudej1@aol.com 19:30:39 04/20/17 (3)
- To find favor and a good name in the sight of God and man - Rafaro 08:15:49 04/21/17 (2)
- Hello Claude! - Inmate51 15:56:06 04/21/17 (1)
- RE: Hello Claude! - claudej1@aol.com 07:03:00 04/23/17 (0)
- RE: Peaks - Inmate51 19:54:16 04/19/17 (3)
- RE: Peaks - Inmate51 15:47:22 04/19/17 (0)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - mah 05:06:41 04/19/17 (1)
- RE: How to reproduce the full dynamics of a scissor cutting paper without clipping - Rafaro 07:50:51 04/19/17 (0)