Loudspeakers have difficulty work-
ing with the electronic signals sup-
plied by an amplifier. These
difficulties cause such major phase
and amplitude distortion that the
sound reproduced by speaker differs
significantly from the sound pro-
duced by the original source.
In the past, these problems proved
unsolvable and were thus delegated
to a position of secondary impor-
tance in audio system design.
However, phase and amplitude
integrity is essential to accurate
sound reproduction. Research
shows that the information which
the listener translates into the recog-
nizable characteristics of a live per-
formance are intimately tied into
complex time and amplitude rela-
tionships between the fundamental
and harmonic components of a
given musical note or sound. These
relationships define a sound's
“sound”.
When these complex relationships
pass through a speaker, the proper
order is lost. The higher frequencies
are delayed. A lower frequency may
reach the listener's ear first or per-
haps simultaneously with that of a
higher frequency. In some cases, the
fundamental components may be so
time-shifted that they reach the lis-
THE BBE PROCESS
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