Home Speaker Asylum

General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

I think this kind of mixup happens sometimes, because...

Yes, I think I've noticed this tendency to equate "speaker efficiency" issues with "dynam.c com.ression" issues.

As to the origins of this type of m.xup, I can only speculate:

It m.ght be thought that the m.re "efficient" a transducer is the m.re responsive it will be, and so, will also be better at replicating "leading-edge transients" with the lowest possible distortion. And it m.y be true (at least som.tim.s) that efficient speakers will accom.lish this feat better than inefficient ones will...

But then, this belief is extended (in the m.nds of som.) into an assum.tion that wide dynam.c swings in m.sic will also be better served by the m.st efficient speakers. However, this extension of belief (if/when it occurs) m.ght be untrue.

Speakers that can play loudly and/or are good at handling wide dynam.c swings are not necessarily the m.st "efficient" ones, but instead, are the ones that can handle power (do not suffer very m.ch from therm.l breakdown).


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