Breaking them in

[no. 5]

What is the transition region? Thats a new term to me.

It is the range of frequencies where room dimensions and wavelengths become close in relation to one another. Above that region sound can be described by ray acoustics ("first reflection" points are an example of this), below that region, standing waves control the frequency response.

In general, I would think that a speaker that is neutral in response with good clarity/detail is going to perform the best in the widest range of rooms.

That is why off-axis response is very important; our ears pick up on the quality of the reflected sound too.

 

[fredk]

Thanks. That makes sense. I think you and I are pretty much in agreement on speaker performance vs. room effects.

 

[lsiberian]

OK, so let me get this straight. We are now evaluating speakers based on Experience, Logic, Tradition, Outside Sources ?

I am not debating the “brake in “ here and the reason I posted Parts Express link is because there's a stated response from someone at Scan-Speak, describing the “burn in”. Jees, I thought that was interesting.

Anyway, here's a question to the gurus. How much of an influence the room plays in the performance of the loudspeaker and how does one make sense from the subjective review and decides if this loudspeaker will perform well in his or her's room?

Everyone evaluates them based on those four areas of truth. Which one is emphasized is up to the individual

The room plays a major role in sound. That isn't being disputed?

In this forum you will find logic to be the primary source of information about speakers. Experience is also used, but no nearly as important. No one is 100 percent consistent though. I know I'm sure not.

 

[R-Carpenter]

Hmmm, so here we have a speaker that's “open tolled” in China, sold for peanuts and it's the next best thing to an electric coffee maker. Is this a miracle of modern speaker building since?

 

[Rickster71]

The only thing that comes to mind right now....Kids, stay in school!!

 

[Sheep]

I love this forum. On one hand people are trying to be scientific and objective on the the other hand certain things get disregarded. For example, latest review of TSC in wall speaker. Purely subjective in terms of sound and useless. None of the gurus here mind it. But then someone mentions break in, oh no, boo hoo, lets kick him in the n..ts. If you guys want to be objective, you need to do it everywhere and probably do you own measurements to back up the opinions, other wise, well it's just pulp.

Dude, I never use reviews for anything other then setup issues. Screw what other people hear.

SheepStar

 

[Shock]

Sheep...I have a bed that needs breaking in. How does that "sound" to you?

 

[Sheep]

Sheep...I have a bed that needs breaking in. How does that "sound" to you?

Prepare to be "Broken" in.

SheepStar