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Thread: Speaker sensitivity vs. quality |
    
New member Username: Kidstereo
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Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 09:14 pm: |
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I am curious about one thing. For example, I found a Cerwin-vega speaker rated at 97 db sensitivity. Does this possibly mean that the tweeters and woofers are 97 db and the mid between 87 and 90 db, or am I wrong? If I am wrong, please explain otherwise. |
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Thats Blarney! Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 09:31 pm: |
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Uhh no...where did you get that from?
Sensitivity is the output in dB of a speaker when a 2.83 volt input is applied to it. This output typically varies by frequency. As a result the figure can be an average of multiple frequencies, or simply the highest response. |
Thats Blarney! Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 09:33 pm: |
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Addition: The output is typically taken at 1 meter, on axis. |
Silver Member Username: Rsxman
Post Number: 105
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 11:18 pm: |
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dunno about what he said, but really high sensitivity speakers are not always cracked up to be good. I think some of the older klipsch heresy speakers went over 100db in sensitivity and it took some pretty heavy duty equipment to properly run them.
Generally though, "good" speakers will have anywhere between 86 db-94 db sensitivity. |
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 11:29 pm: |
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One can produce either a good or bad speaker with high sensitivity. The stat in and of itself doesn't tell you anything about the quality of the speaker. At the high end of the spectrum are speakers like the Klipschorn and at the low end are things like the aforementinoed CV. |
Silver Member Username: Rsxman
Post Number: 113
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 12:51 am: |
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yes, thats a good point too |
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