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Post by gus4emo on Jan 5, 2016 13:41:57 GMT -5
Anybody on my question?
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Post by monkumonku on Jan 5, 2016 13:52:03 GMT -5
The two speakers could be sonically quite different. Just because the crossover to a sub is set at the same frequency doesn't mean the speakers are going to sound identical. That's like taking two different speakers that have the same driver configuration and expecting them to sound the same. You'd be leveling the playing field in terms of low frequency response by having an 80 hz crossover but that doesn't mean the speakers will sound identical. |
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Post by gus4emo on Jan 5, 2016 14:59:05 GMT -5
The two speakers could be sonically quite different. Just because the crossover to a sub is set at the same frequency doesn't mean the speakers are going to sound identical. That's like taking two different speakers that have the same driver configuration and expecting them to sound the same. You'd be leveling the playing field in terms of low frequency response by having an 80 hz crossover but that doesn't mean the speakers will sound identical. |
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Post by gus4emo on Jan 5, 2016 15:01:08 GMT -5
Ok but, would the bigger speaker sound fuller?
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Post by millst on Jan 6, 2016 11:37:50 GMT -5
Your question is too vague. Speaker design is a complex art. There are many factors that contribute to the overall sound of drivers. Some of them are driver surface area, number of drivers, driver x-max, crossover point, enclosure size, and enclosure type. These things all involve tradeoffs between size, cost, efficiency, and various aspects of sound quality (dispersion, frequency response, extension, etc.).
In general, bigger boxes and bigger drivers will give you more bass. Ported enclosures usually increase output, but the rolloff is much sharper.
That is all before the marketing people get involved and do their best to abuse the numbers in order to sell you something. Take any two speakers from different manufactures with the same specs and they will probably sound very different.
-tm
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Post by gus4emo on Jan 6, 2016 21:26:49 GMT -5
Another vague f/u, bigger boxes and bigger drivers will give more base, ported will roll off sharper, but being cut off at 80 would not matter, but it would sound fuller, more engaging, wouldn't it? Just asking, and thanks.
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Post by millst on Jan 7, 2016 1:10:12 GMT -5
Ok, I won't waste any more time trying to help you.
-tm
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Post by teaman on Jan 7, 2016 2:30:49 GMT -5
Personally I find the larger the center speaker, the more volume of sound comes out. Not BETTER sound, just more volume.
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Post by HTfanHungary on Jan 7, 2016 3:53:01 GMT -5
Personally I find the larger the center speaker, the more volume of sound comes out. Not BETTER sound, just more volume. I think that a dedicated center speaker should reproduce human voice in an exceptionally high quality and as a plus it should work fairly well in a rather wide frequency range (e.g. between 60 and 15-20.000 Hz). I've just switched to a 3-way center speaker (B&W HTM61 s2) and the difference is huge vs my previous 2 way speaker (B&W LCR 60 s3). I hear a lot of new details, the dynamics is substantially enhanced and I understand a dialogue clearly even at high volume levels together with let's say a noise effect when a big part of the sound component of the effect also comes out of the center channel simultaneously. I think that designing a good center speaker is an art and since 80% of the audio information of movies comes from the center channel the role of the center speaker is critical. I am not a believer of using identical speakers all around... I am convinced that the center speaker is somewhat different (see my arguments above). Another consideration is that the center speaker should be nicely incorporated in the front soundstage. Now I have this as well with my B&W 683 s2 fronts. Earlier I had limitations in this field. To summarize: the center speaker is slightly different but should be integrated in the multichannel set of speakers. The bigger it is the better it will fit in the system. If you have room/space for a bigger piece for the center channel than do it! A system with a small center surrounded with large towers in the front area will not sound that good with movies!!! |
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Post by gus4emo on Jan 16, 2016 13:49:35 GMT -5
Thanks guys, that's what I waneed to hear.
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Post by gus4emo on Jan 16, 2016 13:50:07 GMT -5
Wanted to hear.
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