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1 Forum: Speaker «» Posted on: Sat, 28 October 2017 10:38 «» By: Wayne Parham
Re: Size of the speakers
The size of the speaker matters with respect to efficiency and/or bass extension. When designing a speaker, you can choose to optimize any two of three variables: 1 - Small size, 2 - Bass extension and 3 - Efficiency. This is called "Hoffman's Ir...
2 Forum: Speaker «» Posted on: Fri, 28 July 2017 09:44 «» By: Wayne Parham
Re: Will they get smaller?
You're right, John. It's physics, and has been mathematically quantified in Hoffman's Iron Law and Thiele/Small analysis. The physics of a electro-mechanico-acoustic device dictate that it can be made small only if efficiency and/or bass extension ar...
3 Forum: Speaker «» Posted on: Fri, 16 June 2017 09:13 «» By: Wayne Parham
Re: How much are speakers shrinking?
Bigger is better! Seriously, where speakers are concerned, bigger truly is better. Hoffman's Iron Law states that you can have any two of the following: small size, deep bass or high efficiency. You can optimize any two, but not all three. So if the s...
4 Forum: Home Theater «» Posted on: Sun, 12 February 2017 23:53 «» By: bcharlton
Re: An advanced replacement
Thanks for this Wayne; I had no idea there was some science behind it. I love bass in my speakers so I don't think there's any need to think of any other replacement.
5 Forum: Home Theater «» Posted on: Sun, 12 February 2017 11:12 «» By: Wayne Parham
Re: An advanced replacement
Bigger is better! Seriously, where speakers are concerned, bigger truly is better. Hoffman's Iron Law states that you can have any two of the following: small size, deep bass or high efficiency. You can optimize any two, but not all three. So if t...
6 Forum: Measurement «» Posted on: Sun, 15 February 2015 00:00 «» By: PointSource
Re: WTPro
Yes, Thiele Small was the obvious choice for a Speakerhead like myself. I do have those PDF files on the Mac, I was just concerned that their absence on the PC might be symptomatic of another problem. After all, it IS a PC...! Do you prefer I use tech...
7 Forum: Measurement «» Posted on: Sat, 14 February 2015 10:27 «» By: Keith Larson
Re: WTPro
The user guide, release notes and quick start are all PDF files in the installation directory. If the PC environment is set up properly, the UG can be opened via F1 key or pull down menu. Another option is to use an external program to view the PDF file...
8 Forum: Speaker «» Posted on: Thu, 11 September 2014 20:19 «» By: Wayne Parham
Re: Getting that "big speaker" sound
My opinion: No, you can't get big sound out of a small speaker. And yes, bigger is better. Actually, it isn't an opinion. It's fact, described first as "Hoffman's Iron Law" and then later quantified by Neville Thiele and Richard Small i...
9 Forum: Pi Speakers «» Posted on: Thu, 12 July 2012 18:30 «» By: 48h350
Re: Pi 3 subwoofer
Hi Wayne I am following the road of using Pialign to model the enclosure of the above mentioned driver jbl gto1214. (Thiele and Small parameters attached in original post) after a while I "think" I understand how to use it. Can I confirm with y...
10 Forum: Tower «» Posted on: Sat, 26 May 2012 09:37 «» By: Wayne Parham
Re: Thiele and Small were right
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