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On 15 Nov 2004 22:43:10 GMT, ohawker (Andy
Evans) wrote:

I respectfully disagree. The superiority of good planar speakers is due to the
superiority of their drivers, and is audible even if the rear wave is damped.

Yes I agree - I think a lot of 'soundstaging' - though a pleasant illusion - is
a bit of a red herring as a goal in itself. The uncoloured tonal accuracy,
speed and timbre is really the planar's hallmark.

It's the hallmark of *any* good speaker, vide ATC, JMLab Utopia
series, Dynaudio, Spendor etc etc. Planars are not 'superior' in this
respect and indeed cannot match modern Beryllium and ceramic (and
short ribbon) tweeters for 'speed'.

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Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
Funny you should mention that. One of the most dynamic systems I ever
heard was just a pair of olde worlde Tannoy Monitor Gold drivers let
into the listening room wall, open to the integral garage on the other
side of the wall. Simple, unobtrusive, but *great* sound and of course
no cabinet effects.

I used to work in a dubbing suite where they'd built in both speakers and
the monitor. Looked very nice, but then that's what it was designed to do
- no thought for acoustics. The whole operation was owned by a firm who
started out as cabinet makers - and not speaker cabinets. ;-)

The speakers were Spendors - not BCI, but the later replacement. Sounded
perfectly awful with very poor imaging. Now normally in this sort of place
if working in mono I'll only use one speaker, but this show had a fair
amount of stereo. It sounded for all the world like they were out of
phase, but weren't, as it was the first thing I tried.

Ended up using a pair of nearfield monitors on stands.

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An "ideal" driver, among other things, would have a very low
mass per unit area, so it would be highly damped by its air load.

Or of course you could just use materials with good self-damping,
such as the Focal 'W' sandwich, or B&Ws Kevlar.

I didn't want to get into this.

I'm not talking about self-damping. I'm talking about the way the driver
itself -- regardless of what material it's made of -- is damped by the air load.
These are not the same things.


Irrelevant. F=ma, so to get the same 'speed' from a driver, you can
reduce m, as in ESLs and other large planars, or you can increase F,
as in ATC and Focal drivers with massive magnets.

Not irrelevant. Once the driver starts moving, it has kinetic energy, and the
fraction of that energy that is not converted into sound has to be dissipated
somewhere.

Ribbons and 'stats are superior not because they are easier to accelerate, but
because they are easier to decelerate.

No more comments from me. I don't want to get into an extended discussion of
this.

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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:40:33 +1100, "Phil Allison"
wrote:


"Stewart Pinkerton"
"Phil Allison"

The Quads are of course an exception, since
they are not true dipoles.

** The Quad 57s and 63s are however the worlds best known ESLs - making
your original "bull****" claim even more worthless when they are excluded
by
the use of tardy definitions of convenience.

Ignorant ****.


** You snipped all my post except for one comment - then DELIBERATELY
misinterpreted it so you could post abuse.

You just snipped the rest of my challenge to that statement, so ****
off, you hypocritical ignorant ****.

I will post it all again since it remains unchallenged.


"Stewart Pinkerton"

..... Basically, he will *not* obtain the sound of an ESL
with any box speaker, since most of the difference is in the dipole
dispersion pattern.

** Absolute bull****.

There is no basis for those assertions in reality.

Bull**** yourself. I have owned dozens of speakers over the years, and
I have *never* heard a box speaker which could replicate the sound of
any large planar speaker.

** You original claim was bull**** since it was riddled with undefined
terms - no doubt deliberately made like that so you could define them
later to suit any counter argument proposed.

The original claim was perfectly clear and well defined - he will
*not* obtain the sound of an ESL with any box speaker, since most of
the difference is in the dipole dispersion pattern.

*Now* you change it to " ... I have never heard.... " which is nothing
more than a pompous comment about *yourself* - the one topic a person
can always claim to hold unique expertise over.

OK, I don't know of *anyone* who has reported any box speaker as being
able to replicate the sound of a large planar.

The Quads are of course an exception, since
they are not true dipoles.

** The Quad 57s and 63s are however the worlds best known ESLs - making
your original "bull****" claim even more worthless when they are excluded by
the use of tardy definitions of convenience.

Ignorant ****. The 57 is an entirely different design to the 63, and
it is a true dipole.

That's not to say that box speakers can't
be of the same or better quality, but they certainly don't sound *the
same* as large planars in any normal listening room.

** I fear that pinning down Pinkerton's "sound" and "normal" is going to
become harder that catching a fish with bare hands.

There's nothing unclear about "don't sound the same", and I'll happily
clarify 'normal' to mean any room less than 30x40 feet, and not being
an anechoic chamber. Now **** off, you ignorant ****.
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:48:32 +0000, The Devil wrote:

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:08:57 +0000 (UTC), Stewart Pinkerton
wrote:

** The Quad 57s and 63s are however the worlds best known ESLs - making
your original "bull****" claim even more worthless when they are excluded by
the use of tardy definitions of convenience.

Ignorant ****. The '57 is a totally different design, and *is* a true
dipole. And doesn't sound anything like a box speaker.

Agreed on the 'doesn't sound anything like a box speaker' bit, but it
isn't a true dipole, since the drivers are padded on the back to
reduce sound waves from the rear.

Agreed, but it remains a true dipole in concept, unlike the '63, and
many owners have removed the backwave damping, claiming that it 'opens
out' the sound.
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 05:30:51 -0800, "William Sommerwerck"
wrote:

An "ideal" driver, among other things, would have a very low
mass per unit area, so it would be highly damped by its air load.

Or of course you could just use materials with good self-damping,
such as the Focal 'W' sandwich, or B&Ws Kevlar.

I didn't want to get into this.

I'm sure............. :-)

I'm not talking about self-damping. I'm talking about the way the driver
itself -- regardless of what material it's made of -- is damped by the air load.
These are not the same things.

They both the damp the diaphragm, hence the have the same *effect*.

Irrelevant. F=ma, so to get the same 'speed' from a driver, you can
reduce m, as in ESLs and other large planars, or you can increase F,
as in ATC and Focal drivers with massive magnets.

Not irrelevant. Once the driver starts moving, it has kinetic energy, and the
fraction of that energy that is not converted into sound has to be dissipated
somewhere.

Sure, that's what the suspension is for, also heat in the voice coil,
just as in a planar diaphragm.

Ribbons and 'stats are superior not because they are easier to accelerate, but
because they are easier to decelerate.

Nope, they are no different in this respect, which has been shown by
many technical tests over the years. The only *real* difference is in
the dispersion pattern. Otherwise, they are no better and no worse
than any other design.

No more comments from me. I don't want to get into an extended discussion of
this.

I'm sure you don't, and I know why....................
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"Stewart Pinkerton"
"Phil Allison"

The Quads are of course an exception, since
they are not true dipoles.

** The Quad 57s and 63s are however the worlds best known ESLs -
making
your original "bull****" claim even more worthless when they are
excluded
by the use of tardy definitions of convenience.


** You snipped all my post except for one comment - then DELIBERATELY
misinterpreted it so you could post abuse.

You just snipped the rest of my challenge to that statement,


** You did not address the statement or my post at all - you stinking
liar.

All bluster and bull**** - same as any pommy turd.




I will post it all again since it remains unchallenged.


"Stewart Pinkerton"

..... Basically, he will *not* obtain the sound of an ESL
with any box speaker, since most of the difference is in the dipole
dispersion pattern.

** Absolute bull****.

There is no basis for those assertions in reality.

Bull**** yourself. I have owned dozens of speakers over the years, and
I have *never* heard a box speaker which could replicate the sound of
any large planar speaker.

** You original claim was bull**** since it was riddled with undefined
terms - no doubt deliberately made like that so you could define them
later to suit any counter argument proposed.

The original claim was perfectly clear and well defined - he will
*not* obtain the sound of an ESL with any box speaker, since most of
the difference is in the dipole dispersion pattern.


** It is neither clear nor are the terms defined at all.

All bluster and bull**** - same as any pommy turd.


*Now* you change it to " ... I have never heard.... " which is nothing
more than a pompous comment about *yourself* - the one topic a person
can always claim to hold unique expertise over.

OK, I don't know of *anyone* who has reported any box speaker as being
able to replicate the sound of a large planar.



** Again - the crucial word "sound" is undefined - so you can define
any way you like it later.

All bluster and bull**** - same as any pommy turd.


The Quads are of course an exception, since
they are not true dipoles.

** The Quad 57s and 63s are however the worlds best known ESLs - making
your original "bull****" claim even more worthless when they are excluded
by
the use of tardy definitions of convenience.

Ignorant ****. The 57 is an entirely different design to the 63, and
it is a true dipole.


** Total red-herring - irrelevant to the question.

All bluster and bull**** - same as any pommy turd.



That's not to say that box speakers can't
be of the same or better quality, but they certainly don't sound *the
same* as large planars in any normal listening room.

** I fear that pinning down Pinkerton's "sound" and "normal" is going to
become harder that catching a fish with bare hands.

There's nothing unclear about "don't sound the same", and I'll happily
clarify 'normal' to mean any room less than 30x40 feet, and not being
an anechoic chamber.


** Nothing is clear with a stinking pommy liar like you Punkerton.


Now **** off, you ignorant ****.


** All bluster and bull**** - same as any pommy turd.



.............. Phil



Punkerton is a Turd - knows SFA about audio and he lies.

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"Stewart Pinkerton"
"William Sommerwerck"


Ribbons and 'stats are superior not because they are easier to accelerate,
but
because they are easier to decelerate.

Nope, they are no different in this respect, which has been shown by
many technical tests over the years.

The only *real* difference is in the dispersion pattern.


** That last comment from Punkerton is utterly STUPID !!!

The posturing prick will NOT define his terms so preventing discussion.

All bluster and bull**** - same as any pommy turd.





............... Phil

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Phil Allison wrote:
All bluster and bull**** - same as any pommy turd.

Well, if you don't like pommies, why not stick to your own country's
newsgroups?

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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"Dave Plowman (News)"

Phil Allison
All bluster and bull**** - same as any pommy turd.

Well, if you don't like pommies, why not stick to your own country's
newsgroups?


** Pommy ****heads like Punkerton are all over the planet - you imbecile.

Australia is just crawling with pommies - no escape from them is possible.

I am posting on "rec.audio.pro" which is dominated by Septic Tanks.

Go complain to the OP ( Alex) for crossposting.





............... Phil