What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers?
Consider both designs are done right and your other equipment is well matched with the speakers. Do you have any preference when it comes to sound quality? Is it matter of economic decision when it comes to price? - power amps can become very expensive when power goes up, on the other hand large, efficient speakers are expensive as well. Is your decision based on room size? I'd love to hear from you on the subject.
@tannoy56 please cool down , t think you big fan tannoy, This is a very good Co, no question , They make only 93db sensitivity passive LS and make now good line with build in Class D amp . And also , dont biieved for 100 % , what they say, check ability to produce below 30Hz, and let us know , if you listen something after that -- i say Thank you
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Hi @bache , The question: what is high sensitivity? Yes I agree. For real high sensitivity let say 98dB and up it is an issue. For a 15" driver with 94dB sensitivity bass can be good down to 35-40Hz. Regards, Alex.
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Hi @mijostyn , My SET amp plays down to 7Hz -3dB. And plays bass much more in real, natural way compared to any other amplifier I had before. Experience DIYer can built SET amplifier that sounds better than most of amplifiers available on the market. It wouldn't be cheap but such amplifier can't be bought by any money and it will be tweaked and tuned to special speakers and person. Regards, Alex. |
@bache Cool down!? You’re the one using derogative names and I’m suppose to cool down. What is wrong with you? Stop deflecting and projecting your arrogant attitude to others and stop waisting my time, please. No mater what I do or say, you’d never believe it, but I bet you’d not have any problem believing in QAnon conspiracies. I know your type of personality very well. |
As an owner of Tannoy Berkeley's I would tend to prefer high efficiency speakers. In fact all of my previous speakers have tended to have been of reasonable high efficiency (>89dB). All except the Quad 57s which I could not get the best out of, but that may have been an impedance issue.
However, there must be a trade off between efficiency and accuracy, or else why would anyone bother with crossovers? Then there's also the question of damping. Heavier cone materials tend to be better damped than lighter ones, but it's arguable whether they are more accurate, especially if they are dynamically challenged in comparison. Newer materials like carbon fibre seem to promise both better efficiency and damping but not everyone is convinced. Then there's stuff like graphene which may yet be better than any we have seen so far, but there's little sign of true graphene coned drivers yet.
As ever, it's a question of trade-offs and preferences. Just which kind of accuracy would sir prefer? |
