What’s the difference between Dynamic and Reference crossover ?

Good4it

Good4it

Audioholic Chief
From speaker for sale:
• Two-way design with twin-ribbon tweeter
• Switchable Crossover from Dynamic to Reference (comes with two keys to operate crossover switch

What does he/she mean?
 
agarwalro

agarwalro

Audioholic Ninja
Dynamic = Sound not neutral by design. But, WTF is "dynamic"?
Reference = As neutral as possible (I'd hope), within limitations of driver, design and economics.

This is a way of tailoring a speaker's sound for the application or listener preference. Studio monitors usually do this by specifying exactly what the controls affect and by how much. For example,

 
KEW

KEW

Audioholic Overlord
What speaker?
Look up the speaker on line to see what the seller is talking about.
Why would you ask this without saying what speaker it is?
 
Good4it

Good4it

Audioholic Chief
It’s a Jas Orsa speaker. Never heard of it. Guess I’m not as smart as you.
 
agarwalro

agarwalro

Audioholic Ninja
Around the back of the Orsa is a key-hole with two positions, marked ‘Reference’ and ‘Dynamic’. The Orsa manual was unforthcoming about the difference between the two, but a quick call to local distributor David Neilen of Sound Reference, revealed that the speakers should normally be used with the key set to the ‘Reference’ position, but that if a more dynamic sound was required, switching to the Dynamic setting would deliver it, though with a slightly more ‘forward’ midrange.
Firstly, LOLZ!

Based on the statement in bold, evidently, Dynamic has flatter FR and Reference has "BBC dip". I was wrong :oops:. So much for being literal :rolleyes:.
 
lovinthehd

lovinthehd

Audioholic Jedi
Here's the blurb from the manual which isn't a lot of help, but what do you want from a company founded by "audiophiles"? :)

Unique-Crossover and the switching Key
·
Utilizes a 2nd order filter for bass and a
modified 3rd order filter for treble
·
Highest quality components have been
used

Two selectable Designer-Precision-mode:
[ Reference]
or
[ Dynamic]
operational crossover network to optimize for your
amplifiers.
Find the best setting that fit your
own system, listen to the different carefully
by inserting a key at the back switch and
turn to the indicated setting mark. A pair
of switching keys have been attached in the
Orsa packing-box already.
 

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