You have anecdotal evidence for a conspiracy theory? Wouldn’t it be definitive if someone bought the speaker and analyzed the crossover to confirm that this has been done?
Sometimes Hard to Drive Speakers are a Gimmick
Hello friends!!
After about 10 years of looking at speaker impedance curves and sometimes doing an in depth analysis I've come to the strong inference that sometimes speakers are made hard to drive deliberately.
I wrote about it more fully here.
TL;DR : Don't be seduced by hard to drive speakers. They aren't more musical.
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Many of your statements here and there are not valid to begin with, yet you are making a big fuss over them. Who said hard to drive (i.e., lower-impedance) speakers sound more musical? Where did you get that idea? The sensitivity of the speakers, the crossover design, and the synergy between the amplifier and speakers matter far more for sound characteristics and quality. Additionally, to assess how hard a speaker is to drive more accurately, you need to examine the EDPR curve, which combines not only the traditional impedance but also the phase angle, giving a true measure of how difficult the drivers are to push. |
@erik_squires, I looked at your analysis of the Focal speaker in your blog post. What happens to the frequency response when those impedance-lowering crossover components are removed? Duke |
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