Re: Attenuate highest highs?

From	Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au>
Newsgroups	rec.audio.high-end
Subject	Re: Attenuate highest highs?
Date	2020-02-15 04:18 +1100
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On 12/02/2020 11:19 pm, ~misfit~ wrote:
> I have a pair of 2-way speakers that I like very much - except they go too
> high and are too bright. They're Sony SSK-30s and otherwise make great
> near-field monitors in my office. They image and reproduce voice
> exceptionally
> well.
> 
> I'll be 60 next year and can't hear a huge amount above around 16 - 17 kHz.
> However they distract me too much with sounds that I can barely hear (no
> other
> speakers that I've heard lately do this). Because of this they're tiring to
> listen too. Sony sold them as being ideal for SACD and claim they go up to
> 70
> kHz (and call them "Extended Definition" speakers).
> 
> So what can I add to the cross-over to attenuate the highest highs but leave
> the main body of the upper frequencies at the same level? A tiny inductor?
> Surely a resistor would drop all tweeter frequencies and mess with the
> balance?
> 
> I have other speakers I could use but these just sound so damn good
> otherwise.
> Re-discovering music from my past through these is amazing, music I've been
> listening to for decades has new stuff in it... (A cliche but very true in
> this case.)
> 
> I tried using a pair of Goodmans Mezzo IIs (that I've always liked) for a
> few
> days but they are lacking in the very upper frequencies (likely due to the
> 32mm SEAS tweeter). I want the highs to be there but not in a piercing way.
> 
> Input appreciated.
> --
> Shaun.
> 

**If your hearing is attenuated at HF, then you don't need to further 
attenuate HF (assuming the speaker has been competently designed). 
You've already stated that you can't hear anything above 16 ~ 17kHz. 
Perhaps you should consider room effects. Have you measured the in-room 
response?

-- 
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

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Attenuate highest highs? ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2020-02-13 01:19 +1300
  Re: Attenuate highest highs? Unsteadyken <unsteadyken@gmail.com> - 2020-02-13 16:59 +0000
    Re: Attenuate highest highs? ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2020-02-14 12:18 +1300
  Re: Attenuate highest highs? Peter Wieck <peterwieck33@gmail.com> - 2020-02-14 04:11 -0800
    Re: Attenuate highest highs? ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2020-02-18 18:05 +1300
      Re: Attenuate highest highs? Peter Wieck <peterwieck33@gmail.com> - 2020-02-18 06:45 -0800
        Re: Attenuate highest highs? ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2020-02-19 14:21 +1300
  Re: Attenuate highest highs? Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> - 2020-02-15 04:18 +1100
    Re: Attenuate highest highs? Peter Wieck <peterwieck33@gmail.com> - 2020-02-14 10:32 -0800
      Re: Attenuate highest highs? Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> - 2020-02-17 04:58 +1100
        Re: Attenuate highest highs? dpierce.cartchunk.org@gmail.com - 2020-02-17 14:27 -0800
          Re: Attenuate highest highs? Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> - 2020-02-19 06:35 +1100
      Re: Attenuate highest highs? ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2020-02-18 17:28 +1300
        Re: Attenuate highest highs? Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> - 2020-02-19 06:41 +1100
          Re: Attenuate highest highs? Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> - 2020-02-19 09:14 +1100
            Re: Attenuate highest highs? ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2020-02-19 15:02 +1300
              Re: Attenuate highest highs? Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> - 2020-02-20 08:44 +1100
                Re: Attenuate highest highs? ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2020-02-20 13:05 +1300
                Re: Attenuate highest highs? Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> - 2020-02-21 05:01 +1100
                Re: Attenuate highest highs? Peter Wieck <peterwieck33@gmail.com> - 2020-02-21 04:37 -0800
                Re: Attenuate highest highs? Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> - 2020-02-22 06:57 +1100
                Re: Attenuate highest highs? Peter Wieck <peterwieck33@gmail.com> - 2020-02-21 12:48 -0800
                Re: Attenuate highest highs? Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> - 2020-02-23 05:37 +1100
          Re: Attenuate highest highs? ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2020-02-19 14:28 +1300
            Re: Attenuate highest highs? Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> - 2020-02-20 08:57 +1100
              Re: Attenuate highest highs? ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2020-02-20 13:46 +1300
                Re: Attenuate highest highs? Peter Wieck <peterwieck33@gmail.com> - 2020-02-20 05:18 -0800
                Re: Attenuate highest highs? Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> - 2020-02-24 09:46 +1100
    Re: Attenuate highest highs? ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2020-02-18 16:18 +1300
  Re: Attenuate highest highs? dpierce.cartchunk.org@gmail.com - 2020-02-14 13:05 -0800
    Re: Attenuate highest highs? ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2020-02-18 17:48 +1300
  Re: Attenuate highest highs? "Mat Nieuwenhoven" <mnieuw@zap.a2000.nl> - 2020-02-17 08:50 +0100

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