 
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
|
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
63.87.108.130
In Reply to: A very thoughtful post, thank you, but let me quibble about "Box speakers RIP". posted by clarkjohnsen on March 21, 2007 at 10:35:42:
I like to listen from outside the room as part of evaluating what a speaker is doing.From the next room, all you can hear through the open doorway is the reverberant field (assuming you do not have line-of-sight to either speaker). In effect, you are throwing a spotlight on the speaker's reverberant field by excluding the direct sound. What comes through the open doorway will tell you a lot about the spectral balance of the reverberant energy in the room. What it will not tell you is the spectral balance of the direct sound, and that might still be peaky if the speaker has a lot of variation in its radiation pattern.
The reverberant field matters for a variety of reasons, not least of which is its influence on perceived timbre: Most of the sound power that reaches your ears in a normal speaker/room setup is reverberant energy, not direct energy. While the ear is largely ignoring the room reflections as far as imaging goes, the reflections still play a very significant role in perceived timbre and perceived loudness.
Duke
Follow Ups:
...is mainly a function of how well it loads the room. A small speaker, for instance, may exhibit excellent reverberant character but by no means will it convince an out-doors listener that something's really happening in-doors.Say, are you Mr. LeJ?
clark
Hi Clark,Yup, dat's me. Duke LeJeune, the potato-transplant neo-Cajun.
Can you tell me what you mean by "how well it loads the room"?
I'll readily admit that the speakers I've heard sound most convincing from outside the room have tended to be medium to large speakers.
Now one of the problems with small speakers is this: It is very rare for a small speaker to have "excellent reverberant characteristics" because very few small speakers have a consistent radiation pattern through the midrange and treble region. I can think of a several approaches that work for a small speaker, but the typical 6.5" two-way format isn't one of them.
Another factor is this: Dynamic contrast. Small speakers tend to be relatively low in both efficiency and power handling, which means that power compression is going to be rearing its ugly head uglier and quicklier. Big speakers are much more likely to have a dynamic ease about them that's a key element of live music.
Duke
By loading the room, I mean there's no hope of a speaker that can't fill the room being taken for live music, outside that room.Also I think a small speaker *can* have excellent reverberation characteristics -- only not a lot of them. I mean, the characteristics.
On the dynamics of size, agree totally. That's why box speakers aren't RIP.
clark
...no comment!Duke Lacrosse
c
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2024, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
