Single driver speakers

I've just got some ripped stuff in WAV and some purchased stuff in FLAC atm.

Still got more to learn.

(Yes, I'm sure I will end up with everything in FLAC eventually but for now, at least I know almost everything recognizes the WAV format. Although Galaxy S3 plays FLACs with no issue.)


Edited by Ash - 16 Jun 2014 at 9:39pm

Wow, these speaker units look very well made. Very nicely worked materials!

Hi Chris,

...which takes us back to that old question of "how do we hear it?", and here is my opinion:

We simply don't hear tweeters that high up in frequency - well, Ash might hear some of it - so why bother with a "helper"?

Well, without it you'd know about it! So if we can't hear that high what the heck is telling the brain that we can?

And the only plausible answer left is.... phase!

Likewise, at the show I turned the LS3/5a monitors down to off, and the output of the subs (t'other end of the spectrum) was virtually zero by comparison, but during 'normal' operation the effect of having the subs working or not working could be 'heard'.

Extend phase 'flatness' well beyond our hearing capacity, and it makes a profound difference. Do that with digital and it sounds analogue!

Chris's simple RC 'crossover' starts bringing in the "helper" at the same, but opposing rate of the falling mechanical output of the main drive unit, so the phase is 'held-up'.

I shall have to try a simulation of summing an RC and a CR filter sometime.