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RE: A couple of points........

Posted by thetubeguy1954 on January 16, 2012 at 05:24:39:
Jeff,

I know Robert said he has tinnitus. That's exactly why I stressed these very important facts to you:

1) The Mark Audio drivers are very inefficient at 85.5dB to 86.5dB and so Robert does not in fact, have lots of power on tap with his amp when using such insensitive speakers!

2) Inefficent drivers lack the most wonderful trait that only using much more sensitive drivers in proper enclosures have and that's the ability to allow the music to retain the same full harmonic, timbrel and tonal balance and it's dynamic swings when played at low volume levels it had when the music is played at much louder volume levels!

Jeff no matter how much you state differently, your very ineffcient Mark Audio drivers, when played at low volume levels, absolutely will NOT be able to retain the same full harmonic, timbrel and tonal balance along with the ability to play dynamic swings they would have "if" the music is played at much louder volume levels!

I don't think you grasped I am absolutely not telling Robert to play the music loud. It's just the opposite I'm telling Robert if he'll use very sensitive or efficient drivers in folded horns, the music will retain all the beauty that's heard when music is played at louder volumes, even when he plays the music at much lower volumes. It's the very lack of this ability when using insensitive speakers that causes people to constantly feel the need to turn the volume up because insensitive speakers make the music sound dull & lifeless when listened to at low volumes levels. Sensitive speakers don't do this to music even at very low volumes.

Jeff I have a friend Karl who also has tinitus, but Karl has a very bad case of tinnitus. He absolutely cannot listen to loud music any longer. Taking my advice Karl setup Fostex FE206ES-R drivers in back-loaded horns and as I stated before he ONLY listens at very low volume levels! It's now over a year later and Karl still is amazed at how well his Fostex drivers/Horn enclosures are capable of playing music at low volumes. Karl ---{as well as his two sons}--- says they are constantly amazed at just how much the music's beauty remains the same sonically at low volume levels as it did at high volume levels.

Unlike when he used used less sensitive drivers, the music now retains all the same full harmonic, timbrel and tonal beauty at low volume levels. Now for the very first time, Karl is able to play music at much louder volume levels and now enjoy the music without constantly wishing he could turn it up so it would sound better! The lack of insensitive drivers/speakers to do this same thing is why some audio components have "loudness" buttons on them.

Jeff is you are happy with your Mark Audio drivers I am happy for you. There are many audiophiles who aren't happy with their gear, so you're already ahead of the game. I've read good things about the Mark drivers in other audio forums, so I know they're well thought of drivers. My only concern with them for Robert's usage is their very low sensitivity at 85.5dB! That's 3dB lower than the average 88dB speakers out there. Other than that one issue and the problems I mentioned above associated with using insensitive drivers to play at low volumes, I think they are fine drivers...

Thetubeguy1954 (Tom Scata )

Full-range/Wide-range Drivers --- Front & Back-Loaded Horns
Central Florida Audio Society -- SETriodes Group -- Space Coast Audio Society
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"The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with the concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, deceptions, and spoils;
The motions of his spirit are dull as night and his affections dark as Hell. Let no such man be trusted."

- William Shakespeare from The Merchant of Venice; Act V,i