Marco use a high pass filter on the HF Compression Driver and no filter on theQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Bass/Mid it sounds great
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Marco use a high pass filter on the HF Compression Driver and no filter on theQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Bass/Mid it sounds great
Hehehe.... Indeed! The point I'm making though is that it's all about achieving the best balance of compromises.Quote:
Careful there, the Hyperbole Police have spies everywhere...
No audio equipment is perfect.
Therefore, regardless if crossovers make things worse (an undisputable fact), I'd lose far more than I'd gain by using intrinsically worse sounding speakers than the Tannoys, just to lose the crossovers in a totally different design!
Regarding, making further modifications... Thanks for the tips, guys, but I can't really be arsed. Why attempt to 'fix' what ain't broken?
The crossovers in my Tannoys are very simple, though, and of the highest quality, so I reckon that I have achieved the best balance of compromises, and they stun me every time I listen to how wonderfully they reproduce music - job done! :)
Marco.
I don't know but I presume they don't. Companies like Harbeth and Spendor now a days only pay lip service to BBC design principles for marketing purposes IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by aquapiranha
It is more a problem now with bigger companies and to do with cost savings, as a complex crossover is a lot cheaper than a good drive unit or solid cabinet.
There you go a man who knows. All the gumf was not needed in the first place :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by tannoy man
I'm so glad you included that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Bunsen Honeydew
I would have thought it was obvious as Marco says. I include it to deflect some of the ignorant shit thrown at me.Quote:
Originally Posted by GreatGig
Assuming that the absense of that component does not cause more damage than the best component that could be used.Quote:
There is only one thing better than the best component you can buy, and that is no component at all.
Deciding to improve your sound by not using any speaker cables will not lead to a better sound if the output of the amplifier has to be distant from the loudspeaker.
I hope these phase problems and noise problems have been bourne out through listening and are not just objectivist talk !! :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Bunsen Honeydew
If YES --> carry on to next post
NO --> are you sure these problems are real problems to the listener?
Can I express a small niggle of mine that often pops up on forums? Not aimed at you really Richard, a general point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Bunsen Honeydew
What if you're not listening to music and you want the speakers to portray a sound recording as realistically as possible, a sound recording of non-musical sounds?
I want speakers that do that and I assume that any musical event will also be portrayed in an equally realistic way without a human emotional brain interfering to make it more musical. and therefore imposing a 'human (western) cultural filter'.
Am I then forced to go for studio style speakers where no claims are made about musicality or is it all hifi talk and they're the same?
(out of interest, does any maufacturer claim to do this at all? Harbeth claim to use speech as a listening test but surely that's bandwidth limited realism?)
You could do the next best thing Marco- get a good SET amp to drive the tweeters and go active with a Behringer DCX2496. I'm pretty sure it would sound better than your passive set up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco