In Reply to: RE: Absolute Sound/ Bonsai posted by BubbaMike on March 12, 2017 at 00:16:09:
> One pair of speakers in a room is part of Ivor's BS rules. It isn't based
> upon reality.
Actually it is. An undriven speaker will act as a Helmholtz resonator. If
having just the one pair of speakers in a room is not an option, you can
minimize the effect of the other speakers on sound quality by shorting
their terminals together. If their drivers try to vibrate in sympathy,
this generates a back EMF that holds the cones still.
John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile
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- RE: Absolute Sound/ Bonsai - John Atkinson 03/12/1710:16:09 03/12/17 (16)
- Interesting-Every Stereo Store I've ever been to has LOTS of speakers in Demo Room. - oldmkvi 09:31:20 03/13/17 (4)
- Really? - Dave_K 06:22:53 03/15/17 (1)
- RE: Really? - mark.korda@myfairpoint.net 12:34:43 03/15/17 (0)
- "OK, now let's short out the terminals on the Wilson WAMMs and the Focal Grande Utopia EMs... - Ivan303 17:53:50 03/13/17 (1)
- Could be done with a logic breadboard.. - 3+4=5 06:31:34 03/14/17 (0)
- I don't get it. - Rick W 17:24:55 03/12/17 (4)
- RE: I don't get it. - tomservo 08:31:02 03/13/17 (2)
- "....measurable but usually small...." Yeah, as I said, I'd bet its insignificant. - Rick W 10:30:59 03/13/17 (1)
- RE: "....measurable but usually small...." Yeah, as I said, I'd bet its insignificant. - tomservo 05:21:42 03/17/17 (0)
- RE: I don't get it. - John Atkinson 08:02:35 03/13/17 (0)
- If that's the case.... - Ivan303 15:52:58 03/12/17 (5)
- RE: If that's the case.... - RGA 23:25:58 03/15/17 (0)
- RE: If that's the case.... - PAR 17:55:37 03/13/17 (0)
- RE: If that's the case.... - John Atkinson 16:31:52 03/12/17 (2)
- RE: If that's the case.... - mlsstl 19:47:41 03/12/17 (1)
- RE: If that's the case.... - Coner 16:12:55 03/13/17 (0)