one enthusiast's way to tame the highs

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Russell Dawkins

one enthusiast's way to tame the highs
« on: 8 Mar 2009, 02:17 am »
from the Beryllium tweeters in the Focal speakers!

Speedball

Re: one enthusiast's way to tame the highs
« Reply #1 on: 8 Mar 2009, 02:39 am »
Animals.......Mmmmm, hadn't thought of that :lol:

Try a tube Preamp.

rydenfan

Re: one enthusiast's way to tame the highs
« Reply #2 on: 8 Mar 2009, 03:36 am »
That was just a test Tim tried for a few minutes to try and isolate where a particular irritating sound was coming from.

jaywills

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Re: one enthusiast's way to tame the highs
« Reply #3 on: 8 Mar 2009, 01:18 pm »
You might want to try cats next time.  I hear they're more compliant.

toobluvr

Re: one enthusiast's way to tame the highs
« Reply #4 on: 8 Mar 2009, 02:16 pm »

Place a piece of toilet paper over each tweeter.
Scott sounds better than Charmin.

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turkey

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Re: one enthusiast's way to tame the highs
« Reply #5 on: 8 Mar 2009, 03:47 pm »
Putting your speakers behind a curtain or bedsheet can sometimes tame a hot high end.

richidoo

Re: one enthusiast's way to tame the highs
« Reply #6 on: 8 Mar 2009, 05:12 pm »
Russell, my experience mirrors yours. I have a webkinz monkey perched on my speakers at all times. His name is, of course, Thelonious. He does not like to play with kids or be touched, he just wants to be left alone with the music turned up LOUD!

Mike19

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Re: one enthusiast's way to tame the highs
« Reply #7 on: 9 Mar 2009, 06:35 pm »
Can I find these tweaks on eBay?  :stupid:

mcullinan

Re: one enthusiast's way to tame the highs
« Reply #8 on: 9 Mar 2009, 06:55 pm »
You might want to try cats next time.  I hear they're more compliant.
Cats more compliant!!! Youve obviously have never owned a cat!
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Mike

toobluvr

Re: one enthusiast's way to tame the highs
« Reply #9 on: 9 Mar 2009, 06:56 pm »
Can I find these tweaks on eBay?  :stupid:

Head to your bathroom for my tweak!

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richidoo

Re: one enthusiast's way to tame the highs
« Reply #10 on: 9 Mar 2009, 07:36 pm »
It is funny to be in a recording studio full of a million bucks worth of gear and see toilet paper hanging over the tweeters, usually on Yamaha NS10 monitors.

Toilet paper protagonists might enjoy this article: http://www.bobhodas.com/tissue.html

Those felt tweeter surrounds sold on AC by Jim Goulding look interesting. I tried taping some socks around my tweeters, it did take the treble down a bit without anything directly blocking the driver. Maybe Jim could make a set to look like cute penguins, or a cat? :)

hmen

Re: one enthusiast's way to tame the highs
« Reply #11 on: 9 Mar 2009, 09:59 pm »
Toilet paper doesn't really work well unless it's been cryogenically treated.

jimdgoulding

Re: one enthusiast's way to tame the highs
« Reply #12 on: 10 Mar 2009, 05:15 am »
That's a fine tweeter.  What my surrounds do is remove the additional info radiated by the speaker baffle.  That reflection, diffraction it's actually called, is superimposing itself, mixing in, upon the pure info propogated by the tweeter.  That is quite possibly a problem.  It's removal does a lot of things.  Intergrating the tweeter to the midrange is one.  The way the soundscape takes on more realism and gestalt is another.  Instruments are separated out better spatially, radiate more dimensionally, possess more body.  I hate using words to describe these things because they are static.  Try it for yourself.  That's best I can tell you.  It's enhanced my experience of listening to my recordings and the pleasure it gives me.  That reflection is a distortion and the ear/brain don't like it for very long.