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In Reply to: RE: Boring in closing reply!! posted by claudej1@aol.com on March 7, 2025 at 04:40:59:
"Does it means that listening to RECORDED music, even with full, modern dynamics, from 2 microphones at live unamplified EVENTS, as direct to a 130 db range digital medium as possible in the shortest recording/playback chain to efficient speakers, still have a built in LIMITER then?"Yes. There are at least two "built-in" limiters. As mechanical transducers, both microphones and loudspeakers have an inherent limitation: rise time.
Even the best measurement microphones (e.g., B&K) have this limitation, although it is very slight - that's one reason why they're so expensive. I couldn't afford that kind of extreme setup, so I bought the "best" recording microphones available at the time - Schoeps dual-pattern condensers - and even they choke on a couple of instantaneous peaks such as a gunshot or fireworks "aerial salute".
At the other end of the chain, there's the loudspeakers. Again, as mechanical components, they take time to start moving. This effectively makes them a limiter, and is one reason why light diaphragms in a strong magnetic field, well-coupled to the outside world, are generally better at reproducing high crest factor signals. Compression drivers and other horn-loaded drivers and electrostatics come to mind.
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