A Subjective Blind Comparison of 3in to 5in drivers - Round 2

[Jay]

The heavens must not be right if Jay subjects his ears to lowly Logitech PC speakers for a critical listening experience. 🙂

Yes, but, like I said, the clip from round1 sounded better and that they were very similar in tone. After listening with my speaker at home tho, they really sound different, BUT, they are still the closest match 🙂

 

[Jay]

It's quite a fun experience and it might even educate us a bit...

Almost all of the difference in the sound are actually caused by variation in frequency response above 3kHz. That is why a dedicated driver designed and optimized to handle that limited frequency bandwidth (a.k.a tweeter) is needed and is so important... 😎

 

[Godzilla]

>>> I've learned one thing, I like Dinah Washington...

🙂

A tweeter at 3kHz? Uhg!

 

[snup]

A well integrated one at 2,7 does it for me. Maybe thats the reason I voted B.

 

[Joel Wesseling]

I voted..

Interesting and obvious differences for sure..

Thanks..

 

[xrk971]

Thanks for voting folks. We are at 39 votes now - getting there for a good number.

 

[tfcx]

listening to the brushes on norah, I wonder whether simply comparing a white or pink noise sample would be enough for a human listener to discern a preference that correlated with their musical preference.

 

[freddi]

I voted a few days ago - fwiw this 1960 recording has more dynamics than a lot these days and has some good brush whacks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw2ZIjYBjoM

 

[snup]

whack. tawellymuch, freddi.

 

[Jay]

listening to the brushes on norah, I wonder whether simply comparing a white or pink noise sample would be enough for a human listener to discern a preference that correlated with their musical preference.

Hahaha. I usually did that on a real speaker (white noise and brushes), so I did that too here (voicing for the brush). No clip in this test produced a correct sound of brushes. ScanSpeak is the "closest" here, followed by Vifa then AHE I believe. All others sound too metallic. And this is a sign of fatiguing speaker. I think it was Lynn Olson who suggested this to me.

 

[Cal Weldon]

X, can you see who is voting which? I believe administrators at least can.

Yes we can. That's the fun part.

 

[snup]

And the vote iiiiiiis...?

 

[5th element]

Re the white noise, that's why I like using the guitar clip because its harmonically very rich and excites an awfully lot all at the same time, just like pink noise really.

 

[ra7]

I voted, but it is not the popular choice as I found out later. It sounded silky smooth to me, at least on the first clip. It ran into some distortion on the second clip though.

A big thank you to X for doing all this work for our entertainment. There is much less room sound in this round. So great work, X!

 

[Jay]

A well integrated one at 2,7 does it for me. Maybe thats the reason I voted B.

Cannot see why.

It's funny that nobody vote for that noisy driver (down the list, not B). I believe that with a single notch filter it will wipe out most of the other contestants. 😎

A big thank you to X for doing all this work for our entertainment.

For me it is not an entertainment. It's like having a great tool, or a very good book on speaker design 😀 Thanks, X.

There is much less room sound in this round.

Not TOO much less?

 

[zman01]

Voted.

Had a top two, and it was close call - probably would be happy with second placed driver too.

 

[wesayso]

Bump for the last hours 😉 2 hours an 45 minutes to go!

 

[snup]

bumpbumptybump

 

[xrk971]

Ok folks, last call! Get your votes in... 🙂

 

[wesayso]

15 minutes to go, can't wait! 50 votes in right now. Last chance!

Closed! Okay X, let's go... for me this was a much closer round than the first one...