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I have looked at Linkwits speakers with some curiosity, given his excellent academic credentials.I have heard the Audio Artistry Dvorak, and found it to be a pleasant enough speaker.The "problem" I have with all of them is their radiation pattern.The midrange is dipolar, but the tweeter is!That means the midrange will have more of a room sound then the tweeter will.In my opinion, this is like dipping a Vanilla Ice Cream cone only halfway in Chocolate.It just bugs me.In my opinion, if you are g ...
ka7niq, I think you need to read a little more about the design. No disrespect intended but you basically missed the entire point of the design in your post and said a number of things that defy physics.
ka7niq, I think you need to read a little more about the design. No disrespect intended but you basically missed the entire point of the design in your post... Quote from: ka7niqI assure you that I have read every page of Siegfreid's site
I assure you that I have read every page of Siegfreid's site
The Orion is only dipolar from 1.4 k down. That means the non dipolar tweeter is handling all from 1.4 k up. 1.4 K is right in the midrange. Dont it stand to reason that one will be able to hear this radiation pattern discrepancy ?
I heard it in the Dvorak by Audio Artistry, plain as day. On a solo violin recording, it was plain as day, at least to me. I could hear the timber change of the Violin, as well as the acoustic space "change" as the violinist went up the scale.
Simply cut out the back of an RM 40 so the ribbons become dipoles ? You will still be left with non dipolar spiral ribbons. You might be able to get away with it on a spiral RM 40 because of the high crossover point.
I not only read Siegfried's site, I understand what he is doing.
Bottom line, he is deliberately bouncing some of the sound off the black wall, and some he is not. If you like your sound deliberately altered, fine, that's your prerogative.
As for actually hearing the Orions, I haven't. But, I have heard the Audio Artistry Dvorak, another Linkwitz design. I basically see the Orion as a souped up Dvorak with Seas d ...
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