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<blockquote data-quote="DidUHearThat?" data-source="post: 4899102" data-attributes="member: 594758"><p>//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif Well, at least I tried... Your posts indicate you don't understand the loudness curve or how to eq works. Those two bold statemenst are complete jibberish. Flat frequency response changes at different volumes. It is our perception that changes, not the speakers. Reducing the highs at the crossover or at the eq is the same thing.</p><p></p><p>As I said, it's a function of our ears. Obviously some tweets are harsher than others, but that doesn't change how our ears work.</p><p></p><p>It doesn't matter how expensive the speakers are. If you change the listening volume, you have to retune the system to make it sound "flat". If you raise the volume, you have to turn down the highs and lows. (Although in car audio we don't complain as much about the added bass). If you lower the volume, you have to turn them back up.</p><p></p><p>Taking out 3 db on the crossover does exactly the same thing as taking 3 db out on the HU. If you wack out the highs on the crossover so it's smooth at high volumes, then when you listen at low volumes you will need to add highs at the HU or it will sound dull and muffled. Adding with eq adds more noise than cutting with an eq.</p><p></p><p>Brand and type are irrelevent to this effect. Dynaudio's or PG, silks or titaniums, doesn't matter. It's just physics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DidUHearThat?, post: 4899102, member: 594758"] [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif[/IMG] Well, at least I tried... Your posts indicate you don't understand the loudness curve or how to eq works. Those two bold statemenst are complete jibberish. Flat frequency response changes at different volumes. It is our perception that changes, not the speakers. Reducing the highs at the crossover or at the eq is the same thing. As I said, it's a function of our ears. Obviously some tweets are harsher than others, but that doesn't change how our ears work. It doesn't matter how expensive the speakers are. If you change the listening volume, you have to retune the system to make it sound "flat". If you raise the volume, you have to turn down the highs and lows. (Although in car audio we don't complain as much about the added bass). If you lower the volume, you have to turn them back up. Taking out 3 db on the crossover does exactly the same thing as taking 3 db out on the HU. If you wack out the highs on the crossover so it's smooth at high volumes, then when you listen at low volumes you will need to add highs at the HU or it will sound dull and muffled. Adding with eq adds more noise than cutting with an eq. Brand and type are irrelevent to this effect. Dynaudio's or PG, silks or titaniums, doesn't matter. It's just physics. [/QUOTE]
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