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In the Thread: The Active High Frequency Solution - AHFS
Post Subject: Small problems with the camera lens can be mistaken for big problems with the projector lens....Posted by Andy Simpson on: 3/2/2008
Romy,
In all your search for better sound quality, did it ever occur to you that the greatest time-domain distortion might occur at the other end of the signal chain?
The problems you perceive at the upper end of the spectrum are as likely problems with the microphones used in the recording as with your playback setup.
Many people do not understand the scale of the issue. Small resonance (time-domain) problems in microphones become big problems on playback.
If you are making critical decisions about your playback system according to your impressions when listening to a recording - you had better be sure of the equipment used.
To me, it sounds like you are describing the sound of the condenser microphone (especially the measurement variety).
Don't under-estimate the lack of listening that goes into the design of the average microphone.
Most of the designers have never heard a horn system and are no more critical of the direct-radiator speakers than they are of their own microphones.
Andy
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