"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Keith G wrote:
('Clarity' should spark off a nice, busy, mile-long thread here -
once I slip the phrase 'fullrange driver' in somewhere! :-)

Is the last remark from golf or biking?... :-)



No it's a familiar contraction of something like 'a single speaker
driver system that provides enough of the meaningful extremes at both
ends of the spectrum to provide an adequate illusion of the full
freqency range of normal music, speech and soundtracks and render
unnecessary the employment of multiple drivers individually of varying
FR ranges and requisite crossover circuitry, thus avoiding the
inevitable, ensuant deterioration of the sound quality produced'....

The holy grail, then, since no such beast has been made. Unless the
'meaningful extremes' of your hearing is greatly reduced from the norm.


Absolutely right and the same can be said of almost every other normal
'hifi' speaker - including the ubiquitous and much-loved LS3/5A, as in this
old pic which I'm sure I've posted here befo

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/L1000309.JPG

Trust me, nice as they were/are, they had nothing on either of the
Lowther-powered speakers (Jerichos and Fidelios) and not even the bass
(IIRC) of the world-famous 'Pinkies' which can also be seen in the pic.

(Talking of 'Pinkies' - where's he gone? Was that just a little involuntary
*finger squirt* or summat? :-)

Anyhoo, in keeping with the point of Jim's article, interestingly you can
also see a 3.5wpc valve amp in the picture as well as the 100wpc (?) power
half on the high-end Technics amp I mentioned elsewhere. The valve amp
remains; the Technics is history....

(Btw, what happened to the 'Ay oop, Plowie - how're ya keeping? :-)' bit,
Plowie? Is it a *secret* or do you simply not care to say?? :-)