Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!parsec!smu!pedz From: pedz@smu.UUCP Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Speaker Info Request - (nf) Message-ID: <5569@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Feb-84 04:54:11 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5569 Posted: Sun Feb 12 04:54:11 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Feb-84 04:04:11 EST Lines: 28 #R:acf4:8800001:smu:11000001:000:1581 smu!pedz Feb 11 19:24:00 1984 I recommend Klipsh (I do not know exactly how to spell the name) speakers. I actually do not own a pair because they are too high dollar for me. Also, you must have a place to put them. I am talking about the Klipsh-Horn which is designed to be placed in the corner of a room. The are many, many benifits with these speakers. First, the frequency response is very broad and flat. But more importantly is the sound level output at a given power level input. The Kipsh are much more efficient than most other speakers. A 50 watt tuner will easily blow you out of the room with these speakers. This means a lower volumn level on your stereo, less chance of clipping and generally better sound. Also, less heat is built up. A good test of a speaker is a sustained power level which approaches the maximum that you will ever listen at. Many speakers are not properly designed to disipate the heat. The speakers (speaker elements) become "hot" (above room temperature) and thier characteristics change. This changes the frequency response curves greatly. You must remember that many speaker cabinets are built to let no air out or in. This in turn causes heat to be kept in. While the power dissipated may only be a few watts, all of it is stored up over a period of hours. Power times time equals energy and all that energy is just being stored up as heat inside the speaker cabinet. I believe that the $99,000 worth of electronic equipment is only there to make bad speakers sound better. Spend your money on speakers, and the electronics are all "good enough".