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Scott Dorsey Scott Dorsey is offline
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Default Listed Specifications for Guitar Speaker Frequency Range

James Price wrote:
When viewing general specifications for guitar speakers, the frequency resp=
onse curve often displays a larger frequency range than what's listed under=
the "Frequency Range". If the listed frequency range is 70-5000Hz, yet the=
frequency response curve shows activity below 70 Hz, is the speaker audibl=
y reproducing the extended lower range in the plot? If so, what is the list=
ed "Frequency Range" actually denoting?


The listed "frequency range" is most often denoting that the marketing
department pulled a number out of their butt and that the manufacturer
does not take you seriously.

If you see a "frequency response" with tolerances, such as 70-5000Hz +/-3dB,
you know the frequency will stay within those tolerances over that range
at full rated power. Outside of that range you probably get output but you
don't know what it will be.

If a frequency range is given without tolerances it is meaningless except
in that it tells you to avoid a vendor who gives fake numbers.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."