Yank
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Why do you imagine loudspeakers are soffit mounted?
So they won't block the big window.
Why do you imagine loudspeakers are soffit mounted?
He was talking about the advantages of DSP crossovers, multiple dedicated ampification channels and DRC algorithms.
I tried it Ian and I just use one Devialet per channel and the Timbers designed analogue crossover these days.
I often use analogue sources as well. I often listen A/D, D/A, A/D, D/A. Sounds great. Sounds far more authentic than a lot of my work did before, digital or analogue.
I'm not knocking digital crossovers per se, just saying that for me personally there are more important things to address.
I previously used a Pass Labs XVR-1 with Tad and JBL drive units in a custom design. I used it because it was audibly better than the DEQX I also tried.
I'll take the 9800 with it's old fashioned passive crossover thanks.
The thing with the 9800/9900/6500/6600/6700 and the others is they were carefully voiced by some of the finest minds in audio. They are coherent in a way that is revelatory for many.
I'd love to pretend that I was as knowledgeable as these guys but, over time, I've had to confess to falling short in that area.
The principal advantage gained by going active doesn't derive from improving the speaker . . .
...or the sound.
Well that's your view, but it flies in the face of a technical analysis of what happens when 1 amp drives 1 driver vs 1 stereo amp driving multiple drivers via a passive crossover.
Well that's your view, but it flies in the face of a technical analysis.
Pop up a microphone and measure yours, it would be interesting to see an 'in-room' measurement.
Keith
My point wasn't clear I guess. Multi-amping a speaker system in and of itself isn't an improvement unless the same effort is put into voicing the active filter as was put into the design of the passive filter it replaces. i.e. a well-designed passive system will outperform the same drivers in an active system if the latter uses off-the-shelf filters. However, with a bespoke filter the active system can shine, as we have seen with the new B&O and Kii designs.
As, Ian, does an awful lot of the audio world.
Take valve amps and vinyl for starters.