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If you've ever wondered what's inside a Vivid...Ouch!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Timber_MG" data-source="post: 925246" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>At least the implicit biases are out in the open now. Full disclosure: I am a horn nutter, no particular brand loyalty as I simply enjoy the art.</p><p></p><p>The 800 D3 series might have been an evolution (I'd say mostly different voicing and better executed crossovers) at the top end of the frequency spectrum but the bottom end on some models was released with a serious design flaw. The kind of flaw that once heard cannot be unheard no matter how grand a filter cap employed.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stereophile.com/content/bowers-wilkins-802-d3-diamond-loudspeaker-measurements" target="_blank">https://www.stereophile.com/content/bowers-wilkins-802-d3-diamond-loudspeaker-measurements</a></p><p></p><p>Compare the well suppressed port resonances of an earlier series whose LF was executed far better:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stereophile.com/content/bampw-800-diamond-loudspeaker-measurements" target="_blank">https://www.stereophile.com/content/bampw-800-diamond-loudspeaker-measurements</a></p><p></p><p>There is absolutely no excuse at that level to have such a huge 250Hz honk (there are worse examples in the range but I don't have measurements at hand). Certainly not the kind of acoustical performance that warrants the use of top level crossover components in my book.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timber_MG, post: 925246, member: 18"] At least the implicit biases are out in the open now. Full disclosure: I am a horn nutter, no particular brand loyalty as I simply enjoy the art. The 800 D3 series might have been an evolution (I'd say mostly different voicing and better executed crossovers) at the top end of the frequency spectrum but the bottom end on some models was released with a serious design flaw. The kind of flaw that once heard cannot be unheard no matter how grand a filter cap employed. [url=https://www.stereophile.com/content/bowers-wilkins-802-d3-diamond-loudspeaker-measurements]https://www.stereophile.com/content/bowers-wilkins-802-d3-diamond-loudspeaker-measurements[/url] Compare the well suppressed port resonances of an earlier series whose LF was executed far better: [url=https://www.stereophile.com/content/bampw-800-diamond-loudspeaker-measurements]https://www.stereophile.com/content/bampw-800-diamond-loudspeaker-measurements[/url] There is absolutely no excuse at that level to have such a huge 250Hz honk (there are worse examples in the range but I don't have measurements at hand). Certainly not the kind of acoustical performance that warrants the use of top level crossover components in my book. [/QUOTE]
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