[Vintage-Audio] Re Speaker Performance

Thu Aug 15 23:02:04 2002

Bob, 	

Remember 'speed wire'? Early seventies new concept - 	

Duane	

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From: Bob <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Re Speaker Performance
Date: Thursday, August 15, 2002 6:41 PM

Gee, I see some new physics coming in here...what is the
concept of "fast" with a woofer? How do you get or need or
how does an instrument make "fast" at 50Hz?

WBob

"Robert J. McKee" wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Duane Fischer, W8DBF <[email protected]>
> 
> > 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
> 
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