It might have been a smaller midrange as well.
Bruno is using a DSP feedback LF filters to reduce distortion at very low frequencies, better say to reduce acoustically irrelevant large motion excited by LF transients or very low tones.
P.S.: 5" cheap midrange attached.
Bruno is using a DSP feedback LF filters to reduce distortion at very low frequencies, better say to reduce acoustically irrelevant large motion excited by LF transients or very low tones.
P.S.: 5" cheap midrange attached.
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It was set to relate to "Plot normalised to fundamental". So if the fundamental is low (you are below resonance), harmonics are higher than fundamental. The second option how to plot is in dB without normalisation - attached. It is all about a switch in our head.
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The figures in the bottom of that window relates to where the cursor is placed. There is an option to show the cursor in the Capture function which seem not to have ben chosen. One can just read the levels in the diagram and ignore the bottom info.
When 2nd exceeds fundamental I suppose you get more than 100%
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When 2nd exceeds fundamental I suppose you get more than 100%
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Some more data. These were measured at 1V no box. First coupling from drive coil to open coil (as before at a higher level) Second difference between coils, plus connections tied together and to the amp, looking at ground to free end of open coil. Third HD2 and HD3 at 1V drive (HD2 is yellow, HD3 is green). Finally 40Hz difference signal distortion spectrum VS acoustical distortion spectrum (acoustic is yellow and electrical is green).
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That is correct.
The green is the fidelity of the voltage across the real component of the coil impedance.
Since the green harmonic information is going to be fed back to the summing node, and it is not consistent with the input signal, I am thinking that it will suppress the second and third harmonic of the acoustic.
Jn
Ps. I am hoping for at least 30 dB suppression of second and at least 20 dB on third.
If not, my theory is a bust..
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Now about LF distortion below resonance. I hope it is now obvious that below resonance there is a huge cone extinction but almost no acoustical output. The cone moves out of its linear travel but does not radiate sound at fundamental. However, harmonics fall into frequency range where the speaker radiates acoustically. As the distortion is calculated as square root of sum of squared harmonics related to fundamental, it can exceed 100% as shown in the plot.
The cure is to predict large cone excursions below resonance and thus to reduce not only harmonics, but also inevitable intermodulations. This is now attempted by DSP and variable filters.
that below resonance there is a huge cone extinction but almost no acoustical output. The cone moves out of its linear travel but does not radiate sound at fundamental. However, harmonics fall into frequency range where the speaker radiates acoustically. As the distortion is calculated as square root of sum of squared harmonics related to fundamental, it can exceed 100% as shown in the plot. The cure is to predict large cone excursions below resonance and thus to reduce not only harmonics, but also inevitable intermodulations. This is now attempted by DSP and variable filters.
Sorry, excursion.
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So, this is a SOTA, probably<
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Kii Audio Three active speaker review | What Hi-fi?
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I haven´t heard the speakers, just read the review. From that, I speculate that they are "too perfect". What the reviewers are missing is probably the typical flaws in a monitoring chain (99% of the music was produced with imperfect monitors, and care is taken so that it "translates well" to the average home setup).
A rather better review of the kii3 Kii Audio Three loudspeaker | Stereophile.com
Even 6 loons loved it 6moons audioreviews: Kii Three
Even 6 loons loved it 6moons audioreviews: Kii Three
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