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<blockquote data-quote="Phil Graham" data-source="post: 58020" data-attributes="member: 430">Re: Intermod distortion 2-way vs 3-wayTJ,My guess is that what you are hearing is inherent in the tracks. Once you learn to listen to the distinctives of IM distortion that are generated from studio limiting, it will drive you crazy.Some of what you are hearing is the difference in power response of the loudspeaker in the vocal range vs. the wider bandwidth of the overall track. The low and low mid energy is interacting more directly with the listening environment. Further, your ears experience noise masking effects (at the foundation of all perceptual coding) on the wider bandwidth track.There is also Doppler distortion, but it is not the same as IM. A three way design can improve Doppler distortion, as the excursion of the midrange driver is lower.IM specifically, could be lower with a three way design, but moving to a three way is no guarantee that the overall IM will be reduced. One thing that will change in a three way design is the range of frequencies where you can see IM products from each transducer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Phil Graham, post: 58020, member: 430"] Re: Intermod distortion 2-way vs 3-way TJ, My guess is that what you are hearing is inherent in the tracks. Once you learn to listen to the distinctives of IM distortion that are generated from studio limiting, it will drive you crazy. Some of what you are hearing is the difference in power response of the loudspeaker in the vocal range vs. the wider bandwidth of the overall track. The low and low mid energy is interacting more directly with the listening environment. Further, your ears experience noise masking effects (at the foundation of all perceptual coding) on the wider bandwidth track. There is also Doppler distortion, but it is not the same as IM. A three way design can improve Doppler distortion, as the excursion of the midrange driver is lower. IM specifically, [I]could[/I] be lower with a three way design, but moving to a three way is no guarantee that the overall IM will be reduced. One thing that will change in a three way design is the range of frequencies where you can see IM products from each transducer. [/QUOTE]

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