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In Reply to: what exactly is Hi Eff and why should I care? posted by Flyingsod on March 4, 2007 at 13:07:09:
Means High Efficinentcy, or requires very little amplifier power to drive to adequate sound levels. This permits low-powered Single-Ended connection Triode tube (SET) circuts, which some find more satisfying than push-pull pentode tube output designs. But irregardless of the amplifier circut or power, such speakers enable louder and/or greater dynamic range (the diff between soft & loud passages within the same music) with any given amplifier. Since the amplifier does not have to work as hard, it produces less distortion, too.
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Another opinion: C.Hendricson, extracted from handbook of sound engineering." Listening for hi-fi pleasure at 3m (10ft) from the loudspeaker looses about 10db (ref 1m) and a 90 db level is certainly a typcial and pleasureable one if the music comes out clean: 100db is more typical of studio control room levels, which is often exceeded. On top of this, peak to average levels of 15 to 20 db are realistically available from a tape master, direct to disk, or digital source. Real life is this way, especially the spectacular and agresssive music that is enjoyed by and produced for the American public.
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.A look a larger loudspeaker systems, such as recording monitors, shows that average sensitivities range from 96 to 100db/1w/1m. At 98db/1w/1m we have 88db available at 3m and need +2db or 1.6w to listen at 90db, 160w (+20db) to handle peaks. This is definitely a real world pracitcality. However, as 100db levels are reached, 1600W is required for 20db peaks. Most large power amplifiers are limited to 200 to 400w per side in sterio; 1600w may be approached by bridgeing an amplifier, but the loudspeaker may be damaged.
For 100db listening levels, a 15db peak to average will be handled by a 500w amplifier, something more realizable. "
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Higher spl specification is more efficient. So a speaker with an spl or sens. specification of 100dB is more efficient than a speaker spec'ed @ 85dB.
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