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Default Electrostatics, anyone?

On 4 Mar 2017 12:15:28 GMT, "Ed Presson" wrote:

All of these ESLs, seemed to me to have a limited dynamic range and lose
their transparency when pushed by large
orchestral works.


I have always wondered whether this seemingly universal impression of
electrostatics has been caused by their being driven improperly.
Conventional wisdom is that electrostatics are voltage-driven devices,
but strict application of Gauss' and Coulomb's Laws indicates that they
are actually charge-driven. When driven by voltage, the force on the
diaphragm changes as excursion changes. When driven by charge, the force
is independent of excursion.