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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: High End Munich 2014 impressions ....
Post Subject: Also doch: Durchfall (use Google translate...)Posted by rowuk on: 6/1/2014
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 steverino wrote:

Well of course they are Not reproducing a drum at twice live volume they are merely playing a recording of a drum at higher volume. If you analyzed the wave form it would Not be the same, just louder. It would be distorted. The point of loud demos is to distract from the actual sounds and momentarily impress by loudness. It is a fact that listeners prefer the louder of two equivalent recordings, hence the loudness wars and dynamic compression. If they play at normal volumes or the same volume as produced by the instrument that was mic'ed, then disturbing thoughts begin to bubble up about how artificial it sounds.

Yup, that type of sound at a show has no purpose except bowel movement. Get attention. Even if I really liked drums, it still would be a crap demo.

We still need to be careful about acknowledging intelligence where it does not exist. They do not sell more product by knee jerk or diaper change at that price level.

Still, I think about what would be necessary to give an intelligent "proper" "GoodSound" demo of these speakers. It certainly would not start with other source material. Perhaps electronic music is not a bad idea, we can create it to NOT have overtones and only have content in the individual pass bands of the driver. Maybe it is even possible to compose music that would use the out of absolute phase parameter as an art element.
EUREKA - The Magico is a creative tool for new experimental music - not a reproducer of old! 
Even Miles Davis is on record as calling Beethovens music "Dead Shit"............

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