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Sonnie wrote:
 Does this make any speaker other than the Klipsch, KEF Uni-Q and Tannoy DC or similar type horn useless? |
Not at all. As I am sure you know no loudspeaker is perfect. This is why subjectivity comes to play so greatly when one goes out speaker shopping and listening you are narrowing down choices you are actually removing imperfections that you are more sensitive too.
Also, in some rooms it is preferable to have poor off-axis response. While in a technical sense this is not ideal there are certain situations such as an extremely reverberant room where off axis response would likely need to be tamed for maximum sound quality.
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Sonnie wrote:
I guess all these speakers developers for about 95% of the speakers on the market are not so smart... and the hundreds of speaker reviewers giving good marks to all these speakers with flush baffle speakers just don't realize all the problems that exist in these speakers and really shouldn't be writing reviews. |
One extremely important thing to realize with speaker reviews is that the room they are auditioned in plays a paramount role in sound quality. So the reviewer is reviewing the specific loudspeakers interaction with the given room.
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Sonnie wrote:
I wonder how all these speakers companies with flush baffles stay in business with all the problems that exist in this design? |
I don't know where you got this from, but flush baffles are used very often without problem. Internal to the tweeter (and thus in an area we cannot see or sometimes it just isn't noticed) there can be a waveguide which allows for proper dispersion characteristics without need for baffle compensation allowing for a flush mount with no problems.
If DS-21's reference to a 180 degree waveguide is where this came from I believe he was referring to a situation where a non-waveguided tweeter is used in conjunction with a flat baffle which is exactly what I plan on doing and as I have previously said is an extremely good idea if proper methodology is taken
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Baffle compensation is only really needed in the case where a non-waveguided tweeter is used and the tweeter in question has extremely linear off-axis response. If the compensation is not taken off-axis response will be ruined due to wave diffraction issues.
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Sonnie wrote:
I wonder where my Martin Logan's fit into all this. |
I am not aware of any credible 3rd party measurements on the Ascent I's. If you know of any I could give you my thoughts on the objective performance of the loudspeaker. If you wish not to jack this thread feel free to PM me or start another thread.