In Reply to: Reply to Misc. Questions posted by djk on June 28, 2007 at 01:13:53:
Hello,
Angelo's question was related to hifi use not professional audio.
In hifi use that's very rare to feed a compression driver having an efficiency larger than 110dB/1W/1m with more than 0,1watt RMS.
On such low signals the displacement of the diaphragm of a compression chamber will be very small compared to a direct radiatior (even horn loaded). Distortion at low acoustic level is fully related to the displacement of the diaphragm. Low diaphragm displacement = low distortion.
At large acoustic level, the distorsion is essentially due to the non linear property of the air itself and that's true that at very high SPL all compression drivers will show high distortion level.
Best regards from Paris,
Jean-Michel Le Cléac'h
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