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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: New Horn Speaker Manufacturer to watch

Post Subject: DSP instead of physically aligned?Posted by rowuk on: 2/8/2015

Well, Romy has often said it, digital can delay but not filter and analog can filter but not delay (in respect to sound quality). I most certainly agree.

So the speaker is not time aligned and they try to clean up the mess digitally. Perhaps with a more sensible design, he would not have to compensate at all. Especially for that money, why consider such a comprimised (in many more ways than time alignment) system. Of course such compensators prevent badly designed automobiles from rolling over when going to fast in the corner or prevent oversized luxury liners from sinking in bad weather - does that heighten the experience, or are we getting use to accepting comprimise instead of demanding good engineering? I have heard the Martion branded speakers in various installations and shows over the last 15 years. Pop music sounds OK..........

I have been experimenting with line stage buffers. It is hard enough to find one absolutely transparent when used strictly analog, I don't know of any DSP circuits that use anything of that quality. Want to bet that the Martion crossover will not pass a transparency test?

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