Mind Stretchers
On Mon, 28 May 2012 10:56:00 -0700, ScottW wrote
(in article ):
On May 28, 7:34am, Audio Empire wrote:
On Sun, 27 May 2012 21:25:41 -0700, KH wrote
(in article ):
AE on the other hand uses ML panels. While these can sound very good,
and certainly have a much wider listening angle than my Sophias, they
don't sound as realistic to me. AE feels the opposite way I'm sure,
quite possibly for opposite reasons.
I Like Wilson Speakers. Have since I heard my first Watt/Puppy setup. I like
M-L electrostatics because they can throw a wide, stable sound stage and can
give pin-point image specificity when fed a good REAL stereo recording. But
mostly I like them because of their low distortion. M-L Electrostatics are
push-pull and cone speakers are single-ended.
Well that is an interesting assertion and probably worthy of a new
thread.
When it comes to phsyical movement I see no "single ended" quality of
a cone speaker.
Could you elaborate on what you mean?
ScottW
I misspoke and wasn't thinking too clearly when I said that. Cone speakers
are more influenced by the fact that they are apex driven than any other
non-linearity, while electrostatics, if properly designed, are driven over
their whole surface (although they too have the highest drive at the
diaphragm's center, because that is the part of the diaphragm that moves the
most). Also, the high-voltage DC charge will tend to migrate to the center of
the diaphragm if the manufacture doesn't design them to avoid this
phenomenon.
Cone speakers can sound marvelous, and I admire many of them. I just like
what electrostatics do in the mids and highs. After all, Below about 400 Hz,
most M-Ls are cone speakers too.
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