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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: A single worst thing in today’s acoustic systems.

Post Subject: HF tweetersPosted by Saturntube on: 11/18/2009

I think hearing loss has to do a little bit with excessive HF in todays loudspeakers, with age this is the freq. that is mainly lost, so boosting it a little bit helps that...
Most commercial systems exagerate HF mainly to make you think they have more resolution boosting HF and lowering upperbass.
The problem with having the technology available to measure your speakers response is that indeed you can make it sound flat and fool yourself to believe that is the correct sound, when it truly sounds horrible!
The comparison of audio measurements in a concert hall is great, I will take my RTA next time!
I have a supertweeter that goes up to 45 khz and I think it really helps, mainly in bass but it also helps in overall transparency, this ST is 96 db sensitive while my whole playback is 105 db... so it is a lower volume but a difference is noticeable, I cut it at 20 khz (which I cant hear).
I guess real instruments have a lot of extension in different frecuencies and harmonics but at lower volumes, not clearly listenable and maybe difficult to measure but present anyway, and that is why a Supertweeter is helpful.

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