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This may seem rather simple (or is it...?)

Started Nov 12, 2017 | Polls thread
Abu Mahendra Veteran Member • Posts: 5,312
Re: The more you correct, the less natural it becomes

telefunk wrote:

That reminds me.

i went through the audiophile thing too and actually built my own speakers out of frustration with commercial offerings. However I never went down the path of the giant speaker cable hogwash :-).

What I learnt when developing cross-over filters for speakers is that the simplest and softest filter was always the best one (given drivers that will allow 1st order filtering). To put things simply: the less electronic correction you have to apply, the better for a 'natural' soundscape.

Now I recall someone here on DPR saying that some zoom lenses have that extra magic, amongst which the Pany 12-32 because there is not way too much glass in there to screw things up.

So that makes sense to me.

Passive crossovers? Stone age tech. People will insist on simple, first-order passive crossovers while ignoring the plain fact that the signal has undergone complex digital processing involving high tech active electronics before it reaches the speaker. 21st century digital electronics then coupled to 20th-century tech RLC circuits. Ditto for the idea that fewer lens elements makes for a 'purer' image.

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