Subject: Re: free-field speaker From: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Pawe=B3_Ku=B6mierek?= <pawel.kusmierek@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:47:59 -0400 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--bcaec55401ca1497ec04bdfb0465 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Yale, What Tony said applies probably to most "studio monitors". Strongly built, and sounding accurate and neutral. Genelec is a very well known brand. I personally prefer Adam-Audio though I don't use them for research at this point. But I find the sonic quality impeccable, and current versions can go up to about 50 kHz declared. For research we use (among other) Tannoy Reveal 6, these are also (discontinued) studio monitors, but unpowered, so they need an amplifier. They can go up to 50 kHz as well (declared), and I measured significant output at least up to 35 kHz. Some more expensive models of Tannoy monitors have concentric drivers, that is, the tweeter is placed in the center of the low-frequency driver, which is supposed to provide better blending of the frequency ranges, especially at close distance. Hope this helps, Pawel On 18 April 2012 17:34, Tony Miller <antonio.miller@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Genelec makes a great line of powered loudspeakers that are well suited > for laboratory use. They are line level input, so you can drive them > directly from a high quality sound card and are very accurate, loud, easy > to use and virtually indestructible. The downside is, of course, they can > be expensive depending on your requirements (anywhere from US$369 to $5639 > each). > > http://www.genelec.com/products/2-way-monitors/ > http://www.sweetwater.com/c405--Genelec--Active_Monitors/ > > Hope this helps. > -Tony > > > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Yale Cohen <yaleecohen@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Does anyone have any recommendations for a free-field speaker [range: >> 0.5kHz - 15kHz]? >> >> thanks. >> >> yale >> >> -- >> Yale E. Cohen, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor >> Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery >> University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine >> 3400 Spruce - 5 Ravdin >> Philadelphia, PA 19104 >> >> Office: B50 John Morgan Building >> >> E-mail: ycohen@xxxxxxxx >> Phone: 215 898 7504 >> FAX: 215 898 9994 >> URL: http://www.med.upenn.edu/auditoryresearchlab/ >> http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g329/p6624208 >> >> > --bcaec55401ca1497ec04bdfb0465 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div>Hi Yale,</div><div>=A0</div><div>What Tony said applies probably to mo= st "studio monitors". Strongly built, and sounding=A0accurate and= neutral.=A0Genelec is a very well known brand. I personally prefer Adam-Au= dio though=A0I don't use them for research at this point. But I find th= e sonic quality impeccable, and current versions can go up to about 50 kHz = declared.=A0 For research we use (among other) Tannoy Reveal 6, these are a= lso (discontinued) studio monitors, but unpowered, so they need an amplifie= r. They can go up to 50 kHz as well (declared), and=A0I measured significan= t output=A0at least up to=A0=A035 kHz. Some more expensive models of Tannoy= monitors=A0have concentric drivers, that is, the tweeter is placed in the = center of the low-frequency driver, which is supposed to provide better ble= nding of the frequency ranges, especially at close distance.</div> <div>=A0</div><div>Hope this helps,</div><div>=A0</div><div>Pawel<br></div>= <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 18 April 2012 17:34, Tony Miller <span dir=3D= "ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:antonio.miller@xxxxxxxx">antonio.miller@xxxxxxxx= com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-= color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class= =3D"gmail_quote">Genelec makes a great line of powered loudspeakers that ar= e well suited for laboratory use. =A0They are line level input, so you can = drive them directly from a high quality sound card and are very accurate, l= oud, easy to use and virtually=A0indestructible. =A0The downside is, of cou= rse, they can be expensive depending on your requirements (anywhere from US= $369 to $5639 each).=A0<div> <br></div><div><a href=3D"http://www.genelec.com/products/2-way-monitors/" = target=3D"_blank">http://www.genelec.com/products/2-way-monitors/</a><div><= a href=3D"http://www.sweetwater.com/c405--Genelec--Active_Monitors/" target= =3D"_blank">http://www.sweetwater.com/c405--Genelec--Active_Monitors/</a></= div> <div><br></div><div>Hope this helps.</div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font colo= r=3D"#888888"><div>-Tony=A0<br></div></font></span><div><div class=3D"h5"><= div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Ap= r 18, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Yale Cohen <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:y= aleecohen@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank">yaleecohen@xxxxxxxx</a>></span> = wrote:<br> <blockquote style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-= color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class= =3D"gmail_quote"> =20 =20 =20 <div text=3D"#000000" bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"> <font face=3D"Calibri">Hi all,<br> <br> Does anyone have any recommendations for a free-field speaker [range: 0.5kHz - 15kHz]?<br> <br> thanks.<br> <br> yale<br> </font> <pre cols=3D"72">--=20 Yale E. Cohen, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 3400 Spruce - 5 Ravdin Philadelphia, PA 19104 Office: B50 John Morgan Building E-mail: <a href=3D"mailto:ycohen@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank">ycoh= en@xxxxxxxx</a> Phone: <a href=3D"tel:215%20898%207504" target=3D"_blank" value=3D"+1215898= 7504">215 898 7504</a> =20 FAX: <a href=3D"tel:215%20898%209994" target=3D"_blank" value=3D"+121589899= 94">215 898 9994</a> URL: <a href=3D"http://www.med.upenn.edu/auditoryresearchlab/" target=3D"_b= lank">http://www.med.upenn.edu/auditoryresearchlab/</a> <a href=3D"http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g329/p66242= 08" target=3D"_blank">http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g329/= p6624208</a> </pre> </div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div> </blockquote></div><br> --bcaec55401ca1497ec04bdfb0465--