[rollei_list] Re: Completely OT- Loudspeaker info a pop up question
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:39:54 -0500
Richard Knoppow wrote:
> Modern theater speakers are built on a differnt
> philosophy than the old ones. They must reproduce a wider
> range of frequencies and efficiency is not so important as
> it was when amplifier power was very expensive.
This is the heart of it. Altec the EV theatre systems were designed around
crazy efficiencies... not uncommon to get 107-109 db SPLs @ 1 meter out of a
watt! That's 20 db more efficient than most modern speaker designs...
Eric Goldstein
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