Ten Landmark Speakers Worth Collecting

John Strohbeen    Tuesday, February 16, 2016    Articles, Advice, Philosophy

Speaker collecting is like car collecting. You can use only one pair of speakers or one car at a time. But, you can enjoy looking at them, fixing them, thinking about them – that is what…

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Crossovers, the Devil is in the Details

John Strohbeen    Tuesday, June 9, 2015    Articles

You need a crossover when you want: wider frequency range than the individual driver in question delivers, a specific dispersion pattern and/or greater output than you can get from a…

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Red Rover, Red Rover, Tell Me ‘Bout the Crossover

John Strohbeen    Tuesday, May 26, 2015    Articles

For speaker designers, crossovers are some of the most problematic issues they face. By definition, the crossover splits and directs the electrical energy from your amplifier to the…

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Coherence: What is it? Is it important in music reproduction?

John Strohbeen    Tuesday, May 12, 2015    Articles

Mostly, when we hear the word “coherent,” we think of things logical, consistent, and well ordered. In science, the meaning deals with wave motion; be it light, sound or water.…

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Sub/Sat or Full-Range: Which is Better for Music?

John Strohbeen    Tuesday, April 28, 2015    Advice

I am often asked this question and the answer is not simple. My background is music reproduction, first at Tech Hifi and now at Ohm. Throughout, my goal has always been to create an…

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Dispersion: What Is It and How Is It Important?

John Strohbeen    Wednesday, March 18, 2015    Articles

Dispersion, as it applies to audio, is the direction the sound radiates from a speaker. The dispersion almost always varies with frequency. With mono-poles (most woofers and subwoofers),…

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