Tannoy Westminster SE vs. Sonus Faber Amati Futur

Go to the Tannoy website and look at the spec's. Then check the crossover frequency and you will get my drift...

Sound's real, you don't get it man, it's a COMPRESSION DRIVER, there's huge energy in that 2 incher. Studios need to be able to play LOUD, musicians demand that, and there have been more of those drivers used in mastering recordings, over decades, and still in use, than any cone driver you can name. There's a reason. Dynamic as all get out, efficient, and as you yourself mention, a wide range driver so no crossover garbage in the midrange, no different voices from different drivers through the critical regions. Nearly all cone speakers sound like a box of drivers after experiencing a wide-range, low distortion driver like that.

But unlike you, I don't sell retail, I have no vested interest in any speaker products, so I understand you need be aware of where your "bread is buttered".

Kiddman,

I like your posts. They are like a breath of fresh air, and usually make me chuckle.

Shakey

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Sounds_real_audio --

I you think the 2" midrange driver can carry the day going from 1 kHz up to 20 kHz then have at em…..I prefer a larger but not to large midrange, between 6" and 7.5" to get the heft from instruments and especially male vocals.

A 2"(voice coil) compression driver, in this case (augmented by the 15" paper cone) and others, functions in conjunction with a horn/waveguide in which the effective area of air displacement is considerably larger than what the voice coil diameter would suggest - in effect close if not equal to the mouth area of the horn or waveguide; suddenly a 2" comp. driver is converted into an air impedance transformer, being much more potent than what a 6-8" cone driver can achieve with better speed, much higher sensitivity, lower distortion, and providing much better energy coherence in tandem with the larger and light-coned mid/bass unit

Moreover, as stated already, a single 1kHz crossover has huge benefits compared to a crossover point in the higher frequency range where the human ear is even more sensitive, not to dismiss avoiding the negative impact of crossing over a bass unit in the 200-400Hz and the negative effect this can have on the lower mids/upper bass and how it further affects the coherence here.

My own speakers only sport a 1" compression driver placed in front of a 12" OSWG waveguide crossed at 1.3-1.4kHz to 12" mid/bass unit, and I can tell you the heft, physicality and clarity of Frank Sinatra's voice on Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely makes most every other conventionally driven speaker I've heard pale in comparison.

I've never heard the Westminster's, but would love to.