How much precision do I need?
I have a really cheap full range worth about a nickel (always was worth about a nickel,too), and I want to see how well I can tinker this thing to perfection with cost and time as a factor.
Was thinking of a real time analyzer to assist in this deed and became stumped on what level of precision is practical to fight the harsh frequencies. Will 1/3 octave measurements cut it or should I opt for 1/24 octave measurments.
I checked out examples of 1/3 versus 1/24 at True Audio and I'm kind of intimidated at the high level of precision offered by 1/24 measurements because at these more precise levels, one can see--charted--that the audio spikes start to become more numerous and razor thin.
Is it practical to think that an audio expert would be able to subdue these individual razor thin spikes--using 1/24 data--economically while not butchering the sound quality (via collateral damage to neighboring frequencies); getting sound very pleasing, flat and/or accurate.
Or could the same expert take the same task (but with 1/3 data) and get the speaker almost as good as with 1/24; just not quite as accurate; but much cheaper, and much quicker.
And how bout if my speaker budget went from a nickel to upwards of $300 for the speakers for three-way designs. Does this change the answer by much i.e. 1/3 vs. 1/24?
I have a really cheap full range worth about a nickel (always was worth about a nickel,too), and I want to see how well I can tinker this thing to perfection with cost and time as a factor.
Was thinking of a real time analyzer to assist in this deed and became stumped on what level of precision is practical to fight the harsh frequencies. Will 1/3 octave measurements cut it or should I opt for 1/24 octave measurments.
I checked out examples of 1/3 versus 1/24 at True Audio and I'm kind of intimidated at the high level of precision offered by 1/24 measurements because at these more precise levels, one can see--charted--that the audio spikes start to become more numerous and razor thin.
Is it practical to think that an audio expert would be able to subdue these individual razor thin spikes--using 1/24 data--economically while not butchering the sound quality (via collateral damage to neighboring frequencies); getting sound very pleasing, flat and/or accurate.
Or could the same expert take the same task (but with 1/3 data) and get the speaker almost as good as with 1/24; just not quite as accurate; but much cheaper, and much quicker.
And how bout if my speaker budget went from a nickel to upwards of $300 for the speakers for three-way designs. Does this change the answer by much i.e. 1/3 vs. 1/24?
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