https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...-stereo-amplifier-with-bass-management.22583/I agree. Time to move this question to a new dedicated thread. Please start one that is separate from this thread.
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...-stereo-amplifier-with-bass-management.22583/I agree. Time to move this question to a new dedicated thread. Please start one that is separate from this thread.
To be clear: An AMT is not a ribbon. It doesn't behave the same way at all. A ribbon has the whole element move in the magnetic field like a ribbon mic in reverse, where an AMT behaves kind of like a bellows (i.e. the pleats separating and contracting create the sound pressure).
With an AMT you get a great deal more effective surface area because it's pleated. This means it can get louder without severe distortion, but the extra surface area doesn't affect directivity too much because it doesn't affect the dimensions of the tweeter overall (as I understand it). They can be very transparent and wide bandwidth.
Problem is, good ones are expensive as nuts, and the cheap ones are often full of issues (worse than cheap domes, which can get very cheap before getting unusably nasty).
Oh they definitely aren't the only ones marketing their AMTs as "folded ribbons" - Adam, Eve, HEDD do it too.The thing is Emotiva marketing is calling their tweeter a folded ribbon. Maybe they did some market research and found ribbons have more appeal than AMTs? But otherwise, the rest of your post still holds.
I was just using Emotiva's marketing language, but I wasn't aware of the distinction so thanks! The near-field measurements don't suggest a particularly low crossover so I suppose bandwidth didn't motivate Emotiva's selection. Considering the overall performance, can we conclude Emotiva has achieved something special here with an AMT in this price range?To be clear: An AMT is not a ribbon. It doesn't behave the same way at all. A ribbon has the whole element move in the magnetic field like a ribbon mic in reverse, where an AMT behaves kind of like a bellows (i.e. the pleats separating and contracting create the sound pressure).
With an AMT you get a great deal more effective surface area because it's pleated. This means it can get louder without severe distortion, but the extra surface area doesn't affect directivity too much because it doesn't affect the dimensions of the tweeter overall (as I understand it). They can be very transparent and wide bandwidth.
Problem is, good ones are expensive as nuts, and the cheap ones are often full of issues (worse than cheap domes, which can get very cheap before getting unusably nasty).
I'll disagree with you, but I get what you are saying and I would recommend you do these things.For the record I got a pair of T0 towers for my office and sent them back. I just wanted a pair of well behaved and reasonably transparent towers for my office. Since then I've heard a pair of T1s at a co workers and have the same complaints.
Emotiva makes marvelously neutral speakers for their price point. The air motive ribbon does its job superbly. Huge sounstage and lots of detail with utterly no coloration or fatigue. Thats what ribbons do. And that's where it ends. The rest of the speaker is utterly 'meh'. The midrange lacks any character, detail, and doesn't compliment the tweeter. Bass is just there and my ears detect a bit of that 90s poly driver 'plop'. This makes the speaker sound cold and rather dull from the mids down. Ive heard many ribbon based speakers over the years and have yet to hear a ribbon to cone midrange design not have the same issue. Ribbon to dome is fine. Ribbon to cone seems to have this problem due to the different physics cones are limit to. This speaker series would have been better off using a paper mid to compliment the ribbon.
I'm sure many people will disagree with me and I'm not knocking Emotiva. I just subjectively find the line 'cold' sounding and even a budget speaker can't be a one trick pony. My .02 cents.
IMHO it is marketing strategy, you leave your email id. Future is in having data base, not in having shops.I had to laugh when I saw, 'the product is presently shown as Unavailable on the Emotiva website'. I think Emotiva is respected as a budget hifi direct seller, but their website often has multiple products shown as 'Unavailable'. They also have a habit of introducing new pieces in their product.. This is probably a consequence of supply and demand but I've never bought an Emotiva product b
IMHO it is marketing strategy, you leave your email id. Future is in having data base, not in having shops.
I’m interested in either T1+ or T2+ because the midrange could make or break it.It would've been nice to see the review of their top of the line speakers, T2+, C2+, E2, A1...any chance?
All you got to do is contact amirm and see if he has time for you to send him one of these for testing. If he doesn't have time, you can likely send one to Erin for testing.It would've been nice to see the review of their top of the line speakers, T2+, C2+, E2, A1...any chance?
look for dennis murphy's posts earlier in this thread about the x-over mod he did for the original b1.Sorry I have the B1 speakers- NOT the B1+