In any case, we agree that low efficiency, multi driver speakers in boxes with complex crossovers unsuccessfully trying to get them integrated is not the way to go.
Active DSP crossovers negate many of those issues.
Speakers The single most critical component
Here you can witness a early test model Voxitva in action 2015. Grant it the room edxpensive treatment, regardless I can hear the sonics of the driver , separated from room acoustical treatment. This early model Viox blows away any/every/all box/xover designs in its class. That is under $20K and weiging less than 100 lbs. Box/xovers can not compete with this level of high fidelity which i have coined the term ~~Super High Fidelity~~~ = SHF. Which is a more appropriate term for Full range in general, well no actually Full range will now be tagged High Fidelity whereas the Term Super High Fidelity can and will only be allpied to Voxativ. , All Vox's speakers are ~~SHF~~~ You can not employ this term SHF with any speaker in existence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfWL7-EF2vU |
Active DSP crossovers negate many of those issues. point taken You can also implement DSP in a digital front end but impossible to implement in my analog chain .... Turntable >> Phono stage >> volume control >> amplifier >> speaker without digitizing my signal which is a non-starter. It also adds another layer of complexity and expense to a digital path that many wish to avoid. however, if already in the digital domain I'm not opposed to additional processing as I do have convolution filters created using AudioLense implemented in HQplayer |
I bet any money, If you tooka group of audiophilesm, seasoned ones, not greenies who don’t know how to listen to a speakers performance/grading qualities. So we placea huge paper thin curtain in front a massive collection of speakers, lerts see amp will be one of Jadis’s , lets take the jadis Orch Refer, nice lil amp, no tell ya what, Lets take Richard Gray’s modded Dyanco ST70 amp, The Baby Gray, something anyone can afford, EL34’s. Source, any old cd player, cabels Rat Shak <specials> we used to buy back in the 70;’s. OK now, we will blind test speakers, I’d bet any money the **Full range** 8 inch + TI Horns will get the most votes over all of Troel Gravensen’s ScanSpeak/Seas designs with 8 inch midwoofers. . Once we pull the curtain after testing,, folks will be shocked their beloved box/xover designs has lost the contest. You don’t believe me, Richard Gray tells me about these type stunts he pulls on audiophiles with their rigid hot heads. |
By sunday this topic will have over ~~~~3,000~~~ views, Just waiting on the box/xover fanatics to bring on some better, more substance aginst FR and for xover/box tradtional style speakers, At this point in this topic, I wish to thank all the members here for keeping things civil, respectful as honorable gentlemen and scholars . ~~~just wish we had more participation , I know there are some of you here that are side lining on us, and wish you would jump in this converstaion. |