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Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers
Not willing to give up frequency extremes for the various music genre I enjoy, so multiple drivers with seamless crossover integrations - sounds like a cohesive whole. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I'd describe my system  speaker as cohesive/seamless/n... 
Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers
Everyone's talking cones.By far the best approach to a full range single driver speaker is electrostatic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Now wait just 1 minute there. A xover low sens cone is not the same asa  WBer cone.Totally different speakers. Its xover ... 
3way replacement for my 2way
companies like Vandersteen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I don't think you understand. There area  select few audiophiles that have completely((well actually Caveat, we employ woofers as bass up to 1600hz and tweets 10khz) but xover low sens speakers a... 
Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers
Not sure where to get this EQ you are talking about.. Ebay??Price?The WBer experiements set me back, audio budget very tight.So what is your purpose of testing EQ in your lab. To ck to see where a  speaker is weak?I am not sure what the reason is ... 
Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers
InterestingI recall a  ONKYO amp I had back in the 80's had a  built in  5 level EQ.I liked playing with it.I just ran all EQ's all the way up except the middle eq.I'm not that interested in the EQ test, although as you say might show some weaknes... 
Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers
ok just found the chart for the DavidLouis W4. Might be back in stock, not sureanywayydb/fq chart shows very poor behavior. Dips and peaks all over and has the highs extended past 20khz.In my ststem the highs seem rolled off at 12khz,, So this pro... 
Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers
The db/fq chart does have some value.I know/ can understand  that a chart with too many peaks/dips and the size of each dip/peak, does equate to either superior sound or equates to midrange stress aka distortion, coloration, = aka The Dreaded Mion... 
HiFi vs MidFi
Seems the consensus is big audio budget does not equate to **far superior* sound.Got it. But we all have to at least admist, there are *Nuances* to gain in one component vs another. Although I did state all tube amps pretty much sound the same, we... 
HiFi vs MidFi
Take the world finest amps/digital (Jadis' $$$$$$$$$ DACs/Drives) /Phonos /linestage/preamps. Hook  these components to any midfi speaker,,take your pick...and what ya got?Midfi sound.Now take a  super HIFI (like I have) speaker and hook it up to ... 
HiFi vs MidFi
freediver936 posts10-15-2021 8:57pmMidFi is a derogatory term used by those with so called golden ears & deep pockets who refuse to admit that the performance gap between overpriced gear & affordable gear is almost non existent these day... 
Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers
bache OP389 posts10-16-2021 12:13pm8" sigma is  no good I , not for me, very bad freq response, if you see this got the pick about 10 db on 3.5Hkz , cone break , same f-n issue like TB 1808 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Yes I looked at the db... 
Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers
bache OP389 posts10-16-2021 3:17pmSorry , loudspeakers based on one driver, Single driver loudspeakers, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Politely argue  with  that subjective opinion. I’ve tried it and it worksIf you find its not acceptable, nor even practi... 
Is Speaker design evolution stagnant
So perhaps those early loudspeaker pioneers were on the right track after all? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Actually the early pioneers were the  Chicago and Berlin FC WBers.Here is my fav video of the 1929 Colotura FC WBerThere are many xover box type... 
Tang Band 2145 in action
acresverde253 posts10-11-2021 9:33pm@mozartfan  BTW, I watched your YT video where you were using RG's bread board SET amp to drive the David Louis WBs. Be advised that the powertube used is the 50 tube and not the 250 tube (is there even such ... 
To horn or not to horn
My tech geek also forwarned  me to avoid Klipsche horns. He also gave me 2 thumbs down on a  horn system. So thats thats. Stickin with my WBer things. I have zero complaints about my WBers. Every speaker/design has +'s and then the =-'s.My WBers h...