[Vintage-Audio] Re Speaker Performance

[Robert J. McKee]

----- Original Message -----
From: Duane Fischer, W8DBF <dfischer@usol.com>


> Please do not misunderstand where i am coming from. I have
> dealt with audio for over forty years. I am also totally
blind, now.
> I know good sound when I hear it. I can hear a Flea fart at
five
> hundred yards while a 757 is taking off!
>
<snip>
Duane is stretching things just a bit here to make a point,
and I
believe it has to do with detail... where a truly outstanding
system
shines.  That 757 taking off should not distort the flea fart
and this
is very important in good sound reproduction.  The term Hi Fi
has
no meaning whatsoever any longer.  Altec tried years ago to
get
away from it by using the term Playback.  And that term bombed
also with the "professional" association.  Because
"professional"
really meant reliable and had little to do with accuracy of
reproduction.

Duane also made a point in an earlier posting which hit home
with
me.  I designed and built a home in the early nineties with
music in
mind.  The music room is also the listening room with floor
dimension
of 16' x 30' with clerestory design... the ceiling sloping
from almost
19' to 10'.  It does wonderful things for my stereo system.
For the
very first time I was not overdriving a room.  For the very
first time
I felt solid organ pedal tone power.  I had heard loud before,
but now
power (and there IS a difference).

The size of my woofer in my two-way system is 10".  Anything
larger presents problems with being s l o w to the point of
distraction
from music.  There may be some large drivers out there with
the
necessary combination of small voice coil diameter with
micro-gap
and small magnet which would be quick and accurate, but none
have come my way.

Always happy to stir the pot a moment or two.
Bob McKee