2. speakers
  3. 167952-159831

A full range speaker?

Many claim to be, but how many can handle a full orchestra’s range?

That range is from 26hz to around 12khz including harmonics, but the speakers that can go that low are few and far between. That is a shame, since the grand piano, one of the center points of many orchestral and symphonic performances, needs that lower range to produce a low A fully, however little that key is used.

I used to think it was 32hz, which would handle a Hammond B-3’s full keyboard, so cover most of the musical instruments range, but since having subs have realized how much I am missing without those going down to 25hz with no db’s down.

What would you set as the lower limit of music reproduction for a speaker to be called full range?

 I’m asking you to consider that point where that measurement is -0db’s, which is always different from published spec's.
128x128william53b
mijostyn's avatar
mijostyn
8,570 posts
 
You have to forget about fundamentals. Things like the thumb striking low E produce a thump that is below the fundamental. Percussion will do this also. Music and venues also breath. There is a lot that happens below 40 Hz that provides the sense of a live performance. Without it you will never feel as if you are at a live performance. Many people give up on this issue thinking that HiFi's can't possibly do this. Bad assumption. They certainly can. It takes the right tonal balance, imaging and low bass to pull it off. 

William53, it is much harder to control a large cone, to keep them moving in a straight line and not flexing. I prefer multiple smaller drivers. The effect is the same with less distortion. My new subs will use a total of 8 12" drivers.
mozartfan
2,143 posts
 

pragmasi196 posts07-14-2021 6:43amThis may be useful for some - here’s a Sound on Sound page with a link to a frequency chart in the top right corner.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Just took a pic on my CP and blew it up to read.
Man I tell you,
~~~The real meat of the muisc starts at 150hz~~~~
Sure the low string on the cello is 60hz, THE LOWEST NOTE that is,, = rarely played.

~~~~ The music starts at 160hz~~~~
Which completely validates my strong belief wide bands are the bomb.
You take + have your Wilson.s
Wide band is the only speaker I can listen to.
Why??
All the music is represented in all its fullest richest, deepest, colors. With zero coration. zero fatigue.
Wison’s $360G’s..,,oh its full range all right,, but also full of something else, called deep coloration and distortions.

Ag insider logo xs@2x
cleeds
5,987 posts
 
mijostyn
You have to forget about fundamentals. Things like the thumb striking low E produce a thump that is below the fundamental. Percussion will do this also.
Huh? Unlike harmonics ("overtones") that occur naturally in music and nature, undertones generally do not.  You've previously noted that your audio system requires a subsonic filter to avoid your woofers "flapping," so once again I suggest you examine what is going on there that is amiss.
mijostyn's avatar
mijostyn
8,570 posts
 
It is not an undertone cleeds. It is another low frequency sound that accompanies the note. Like a rim shot with a snare drum, the stick striking the rim is a different sound than the stick head hitting the skin. Why is it that you so like to miss interpret what I say. My typing and spelling stink but other people do not seem to have trouble understanding what I say. 
Ag insider logo xs@2x
cleeds
5,987 posts
 
mijostyn
It is not an undertone cleeds. It is another low frequency sound that accompanies the note.
Here's what you wrote:
You have to forget about fundamentals. Things like the thumb striking low E produce a thump that is below the fundamental. Percussion will do this also.
A note related to but  lower in pitch than the fundamental is an undertone. A note related to but higher in pitch than the fundamental is an overtone. There is no gray area. The transient effect of percussion is higher in pitch than the LF fundamental. (That's why it  is so readily localizeable.)

Undertones don't typically exist in music or nature. You might want to consider the undertones you're having in relation to your woofer flapping problem.
More to discover