Since we have ears positioned horizontally for good reasons, to monitor movement of pray or predators on the horizon of african planes, we developed pinpoint horizontal stereo hearing.
Vertical is less important. This has been discussed ad nauseam.
Vertical is less important. This has been discussed ad nauseam.
Being less sensitive something is not the same as not being able to be perceived... Its just the lesser of two evils, that is, stacking vertically versus horizontally.
Adding more drivers exacerbates the perception of this particular distortion, when in a straight line, vertically or horizontally. Something like below, creates a phantom image, dead center, if possible.
Adding more drivers exacerbates the perception of this particular distortion, when in a straight line, vertically or horizontally. Something like below, creates a phantom image, dead center, if possible.
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Yes, ideally music source should be infinitely small point playing full range, but our ears are on horizontal plane, so if the sound source is separated horizontally - it is more likely to be perceived as multiple sources.
My former boss was braging about his bozo headphones, till I brough my hifiman he1000 to work so we could compare it side by side.
He never mentioned bozo again.
Either way, it is perceived as multiple sources, thats all I am saying. Its sorta like some of the examples of Group Delay. Just because it doesn't sound bad, doesn't mean that it sounds the same as, what would be technically and ideally and potentially impossibly correct, that is, an actual full range single source with all the headroom you desired. The problem is, the lack of reference. I am imagining comparisons of such, where we would say, they both sound great, but not the same.
Why do I chose to be so anal about it? Because my approach may have lead to inventing this
Where as an approach that says "Sounds great no need to move forward" would stop innovation at say this
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another 6-way total
<20-40-90-300-800-3400-20K
does that mean the compression driver is a 2-way coaxial ? B&C ?
i got them to use in the gym ( try that with your hifiman ) but found that with Equalizer APO i can EQ them to sound good enough to use at home.
they don't seem to reach very high on the top end but the bass is very deep ( after EQ ) and for the kind of music i listen to it's more important.
side note: it is never a smart move to make your boss look stupid unless you have a better job lined up 😉
"ideally music source should be infinitely small point playing full range"
True but the orchestra playing is spread out not point source 🤔
True but the orchestra playing is spread out not point source 🤔
this would be relevant if music was recorded in Dolby Atmos
but it's recorded in stereo
depends on the driver. a ribbon can be linear over a wide range of frequencies but it becomes very expensive to cover anything below about 1 khz with a ribbon. @lowmass
until music is recorded in Dolby Atmos line arrays will remain the best speakers.
and unfortunately for you Danley fans this will never happen.
we couldn't even make SACD and DVD-Audio happen.
because 90% of people listen to music using Apple Earbuds that's how music will be recorded.
FOREVER
Literally has nothing to do with anything we we're discussing
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You might wonna research what stereo actually is. Stereo contains information on X and Z but not Y.
That answer is probably a set up for confusion because I'm just going by how XYZ is expressed inside of VituixCad...
Stereo contains expression of depth as in how far away a sound is.... it contains expression of position from left to right... it has no expression of height... though it may be expressed to some effect using head transfer function, I think video games are trying this, but I can never tell height information regardless.
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I have a reliable even at 12 db / oct crossover true free swing ribbon design that goes from 500 hz to 18k Hz +- 1.5db at 88 db sensitivity thats only 15mm wide and 8 inches long. It does need to be trapped to get the level response. The design killed two birds with one stone. 1-The ugly rise in distortion this sized ribbon typically has below about 1.5 Khz AND 2- the reliability issue. Both taken down by the same trick in the design without adding significant mass and killing the whole affair. Another design particular tackled the sharp peaks typical in corrugated ribbons mass/ stiffness across width above about 7Khz. It can be done. However what usefulness does it really have?? Works well with 8 inch or smaller woofer but many dont like the vertical beaming
Yep, DCX464. I go back and forth with it and the BMS4594he, on all my MEH builds.