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In the Thread: UHF capable tweeters and the moronic conclusions

Post Subject: Yes, if it is wrong - better be missingPosted by haralanov on: 9/16/2012

Romy, it is of course "yes and no" situation. I thought it will be understood by presumption and it doesn’t need to be mentioned at all (but since it is Audio for Dummies section – it seems it needs to be mentioned :-) ). So - Yes - if it is done right (very low probability) and No – when is it not done right (very high probability). The human brain very easily compensates what is missing in the recordings and usually it takes just a few minutes for this process to begin/happen. But it is very difficult for it to correct the wrong sound having a lot of defects. It tries to make phycho-acoustical filters that minimize the mistakes of the bad sound reproduction, they are relatively effective, but all it comes at the price of listening at Defense Mode. This mode is characterized by restricting and even shrinking down the boundaries of the human consciousness, thus reducing the ability of the brain to get the message of the music being played. When the hearing is out Defense Mode, the consciousness expands and there are no limits (I’m talking about playback system’s related limits) for the perception of music, but of course this ability is different for the different people. So of course if the UHF is not done in the right way – it better be missing.

Romy the Cat wrote:

I personally feel that the above 10K tweeter have to be sold as an assembly along with MF drivers, I do not see anybody market such tandems.

Yes, this is very correct – the HF and MF drivers have to be made by the same concept and they should share the same topology. The more their topologies differ from each other, the worse the reproduced sound is, especially with faster roll off crossovers. Too bad the industry doesn’t care about that, but on the other hand – who cares about the industry? :-) I personally don’t care that the industry doesn’t care about me or for the people with my way of thinking. The serious audio is not a game for multiple players, so everybody should find the solution of this problem for himself...

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