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One of the most important and critical long term investment for your listening pleasure is the speakers. Till date in the history of electronics from the time of invention of audio systems something that has NOT changed much is speaker which still get manufactured using paper cones, coils and wood at the enclosure end. The other component of listening that will not change is the pair of ears..! Though polymers have come in; new innovations have happened with the aluminum and copper center plugs etc and special materials, the shape and scheme of things rather than getting a bit refined, the delivery of audio has not changed at all where as electronics has seen many changes from the days of valves to transistors to VLSI and so on. So key consideration in your music and video system is to have a high quality speaker systems that can produce all the frequencies as recorded in the source at the same amplitude at all volumes. If you learn a little bit on the acoustic engineering, you will know why it is a complex affair to reproduce sound perfectly. And hifidemoroom has some of the best of the European and American brands that suites your budget, taste and room architecture. Visit our speaker section. The challenge for speaker manufacturers is to bring out all the frequencies at the recorded amplitude uniformly at all volumes without distorting. Base can be delivered only by large diaphram areas where as tweeters give the highs and are easier to deliver at small diaphram sizes. That is why the high end speaker towers have frequencies filtered and separated by having Woofers, mid range and tweeters. Subwoofers pose the maximum challenge to deliver the lowest in the audio range from 20Hz to 200Hz. Bass and low bass are omnidirectional. Hence subwoofers can be placed anywhere in the room. Where as tweeter cones are directional and hence using horns or domes in your speakers would be a better bet. So speaker placements are very important. It is also important to have the speakers with capability to play higher harmonics to ensure flat response in the audio range. So quality manufacturers in their spec sheets would list their top of the line speakers covering frequencies well above the audible range, which is a mark of its quality..
These are omnidirectional. Where as tweeter cones are directional and hence using horns or domes in your speakers would be a better bet. It is also important to have the speakers with capability to play harmonics to ensure flat response in the audio range. So quality manufacturers in their spec sheets would list their top of the line speakers covering frequencies above the audible range..which is a mark of its quality.
Hifidemoroom recommendation on configurations in general
Tower speakers -If your room gives you the comfort of housing a pair of the towers..go for them rather than the compact satellites. They really look pretty and elegant but make it difficult to manage your living room space. But it makes a real difference to your sound quality. For pure music listeners, a pair of towers would complete the speaker requirement..!
Subwoofers -Go for a quality one if you are a movie buff. Indian music enthusiasts can avoid them instead invest in a pair of good towers. The towers will give you the few lows well enough. But for western music freaks who want to clearly listen to the 32Hz base guitar or the lows of a chello in concert music..you cannot avoid them. The frequency spectrum represented by good subs are from 20-200Hz.
Centre, surround and Satellites-- In a theatre configuration, the center speaker gives the conversations or all the direct sound emanating from the centre of the screen. The other speakers in various sound standards and formats are supposed to bring about the realism of a theatre environment or reality. The surrounds used to bring in the effect of the refelections actually in a concert room that would be there if there was only sound from the stage. In a dead room these are supposed to do the job that would otherwise be performed by the walls..! In movies, it gives the real life scenario of the moving sound and your receivers do the job of processing the various sound tracks recorded in the DVD. Some of the high end models have satellites that play full spectrum. For more details on various speaker configurations for audio and theatre listening please visit our speaker placement diagrams. Regarding THX certification on speakers which gives more technical information on speakers go to section on THX in the specifications page. For some of the quality manufacturers and the detailed specifications on the categories for each budget range, visit our products page. Click here for information on speaker cabinets. |
