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In the Thread: 'Fundamental rich' listening, or is RTA even close to accurate?
Post Subject: maybe rta ISN'T so inaccuratePosted by stuck.wilson on: 8/19/2007
thanks for the responses doc and romy-

much food for thought-  but what i'm thinking, or at least extrapolating from what you're saying is that the possibility exists that i AM measuring what i think im' measuring.

i have a good friend who is very much taken by the western electric phenomenon-- and his take has ALWAYS been very similar to yours in some ways- that outside 60-12.5khz, theres information, but it's not as necessary for gratifying listening (pardon if i misquote)- particularly if it's badly reproduced, in which case it's just destructive to the rest.  i don't have anywhere near the funding or space or inclination for his particular affliction of historical, oversized, and outrageously priced ancient stuff--  but this experiment has shed a little light on that.

what i meant by 'civilized listening' was moreso asking what you reiterated in the link-- if you can't recreate the extremes, can you still recreate a facsimile of MUSIC with solidly reproduced fundamentals?  what am i missing in the upper 2 octaves-- is it primarily all ambient information and upper harmonics that are seldom recorded well to begin with?

i've been looking into the possibility of expanding to a 3 way system-- but these questions are primarily the initial theoretical 'legwork' to ask if the upper octaves are really a necessary evolvement, as they're oft times a lot more difficult, expensive and IRRITATING to listen to- not to mention-- in what i seem to hear- not always present in the 'proportions' of flat 20-20k when at a concert hall or playing music (thanks, mrs fletcher and munson...). and given your caution regarding electricity in a town with ancient aboveground electrical infrastructure, constant brownouts and outages..  it could be a monster set-up for investing in another unused driver in the basement!

i'm going back to remeasure just my horns today-- there are a few more options i'd like to try-- shifting my crossover point and reattenuating, and cobbing in a decent sounding silk dome tweeter that's way less efficient, but decent sounding just as an experiment.  neither is perfect nor necessarily feasible-  and i'm not sure that the bms is going to be a usable driver in the least--  but i certainly appreciate the roadsigns, gentlemen!

thanks again!

dan

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