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- From: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
- Subject: Re: Direct vs Reflecting speaker designs
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.195728.5377@news.columbia.edu>
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- Reply-To: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
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- References: <1993Jan19.190240.359@sparky.imd.sterling.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:57:28 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan19.190240.359@sparky.imd.sterling.com> jim@IMD.Sterling.COM (Jim Nicholsen) writes:
- >
- >
- >The preceding would seem to say that room reflections are indeed a
- >"bad thing". However, increased reflections are listed as a "good thing"
- >in a couple of well regarded speakers (e.g. Definitive Tech "Bi-polar"
- >designs, some Magneplanar ads). Where does the truth (tm) lay?
- >
-
- It really depends on a number of things.
-
- If you design a speaker system that works via reflections...say The
- Definitive Tech bi-polar (as you mentioned), or the Miarge M-1, then
- you want a good deal of reflectivity in the live end of the room,
- because the design depends on that. Ian Paisley up a API recommends
- that, in the ideal setup, the side walls should be reflective from the
- live end back to 2/3 of the way between the listener and speaker, so as
- to get the first reflection but no more.
-
- HOWEVER....when you're working with DSP, you generally do not want your
- room to be too reflective. This is out of a need for *control*. You can
- simulate reflectivity electronically. You *cannot* make a reflective room
- sound dry. Therfore, if you have t err in a DSP setup, you always want
- to err on the dry side.
-
- Some professional DSP units, such as the SigTech processor used for
- location-recording work, etc., is rated up to 50 ms....in other words,
- its DSP effect will work in a room with up to 50 ms of natural delay.
- After that, the unit can't exert enough control.
-
-
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