Help understanding frequency response and sensitivity
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Help understanding frequency response and sensitivity
So I’m new to audio. Zero previous knowledge. I’ve been reading about sensitivity and correct me if I’m wrong but it’s best to match speakers with similar sensitivity to keep the speakers even vs one drowning out another? Also I read that if a speaker is warm it has a good full sound and leans towards more bass. These are the ones I like. What are examples of good warm speakers? Also on frequency how do you pair those up? The bigger the range the more quality range of sound the speaker can produce?
Last edited by Big trucker; 04-14-2018 at 11:04 PM.
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Speaker sensitivity is about speaker efficiency, the lower the sensitivity is, the more watts it takes to get loud. Frequency response pertains to how high or low a speaker will play. Your description of a warm speaker is accurate. I would list the DD AW 6.5, Arc 602's, Focal K2, HAT's (BT Titan's), Polks MM 652, and JL and Hertz...the way all these musical and accurate speakers are E-Q'd will go a long way in how warm they will sound!
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Just because a speaker had a range of 50Hz to 15KHz doesn't mean its good.
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So I’m new to audio. Zero previous knowledge. I’ve been reading about sensitivity and correct me if I’m wrong but it’s best to match speakers with similar sensitivity to keep the speakers even vs one drowning out another? Also I read that if a speaker is warm it has a good full sound and leans towards more bass. These are the ones I like. What are examples of good warm speakers? Also on frequency how do you pair those up? The bigger the range the more quality range of sound the speaker can produce?
To keep it simple. Lower sensitivity speakers (88-90db) coupled with 40 to 50Hz low frequency range gives you warm.
Higher sensitivity speakers (92-100db) on the low end are much louder with less power but not as warm.
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