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In the Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits

Post Subject: Tome and bass note and tone in general.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 9/25/2011

Yes, if you are at 40Hz first order then you are with regular dedicated LF channel and tone is certainly a subject. The entire definition of ULF channel inkstand or LF channel is that ULF channel has no tonal information. It is very same like use tweeter after 12.5K. I use ribbon tweeter that I feel has near zero tonal capacity but it is all right with me as there is no “tone” after 12.5K.

BTW, reading your comment I feel that whatever you said has very little to do with tone of LF section. There is nothing wrong with whatever you said but all said describes why some drivers do not have tone. It does not describes why some of them do have good tone and BTW they might have great tone despite not being in compliance with some agreeable design rules. I personally do not feel that bass tine come from anything but materials. Papers, glue, suspension, oil the suspension, the cone soaking – all of it and a few other factors serve what I call “absolute tone”. Then there is dynamic tone, and tonal discrimination. Those last two comes from only God knows where. Some of the drivers have it, some more and some less but administration of it is terra incognita in audio. We most know about surface of Mars then how to make tube plate of driver cone to sound more patriotic during play of the Chopin Etude op. 10 or more mourning during play of Saint-Saëns last symphony second movement.

To combine the specific tonal objective with the all together proper performance of the driver/channel is VERY hard, if even possible in the same driver. You make your own drivers, your might gig into some of the aspects. Still, I do not know any single makes of drivers who can fulfill tonal requests by demands, while keeping the all around performance of driver not compromised. I knew one cartridge manufacture why make this claims and who claim that he can make cartridges with specific tonal request. Still, after receiving private emails from that manufacture with him privately admitting the he is a full of shit and request his hypocrisy never be exposed to public I know that his claims worth absolutely nothing. So, I do not know of any occasions where we have control over tone. We can make some action that would most likely give more or less success with tone but in my estimation we not own the process.

Rgs, the Cat

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