Funny that people think that phase issues just go away with so-called "FR" drivers, which have their own electrical and mechanical phase problems. Of course it doesn't get any "better" with multi-way, multi-amped mega systems...
I have wondered for a long time if the real problem is the "magnification" of phase issues, which simply become more and more apparent according to where they are on the "Problem Totem Pole". Once we get to a certain point, phase issues can really become quite maddening. I think of the Wilson installation experts patiently pushing those behemoths around and tweeking X/Os and driver levels, and I imagine that at a certain point they are just watching the clients, waiting for the "OK".
Sure, we want to take phase "seriously". But past a certain point, what the Hell can you do? Like any hi-fi connundrum, it pays to keep your wits about you and remember what it is you're really after.
Paul S |
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