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Combating Hysteresis Distortion (part 1: Amplifiers)

Combating Hysteresis Distortion (part 1: Amplifiers)

Our blog post concerning hysteresis distortion got people asking what secret non-hysteretic material we were using then. What is it about our industry that programs people to look for unobtanium mater...

Eigentakt

May 13, 2020

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This Thing We Have About Hysteresis Distortion

This Thing We Have About Hysteresis Distortion

*Read any Purifi interview and someone is sure to mention hysteresis distortion (or iron distortion, same thing). What is it about and how serious is it?* Hysteresis happens in any coil that has a ma...

Eigentakt Ushindi

Apr 28, 2020

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Does negative feedback cause TIM?

Does negative feedback cause TIM?

Actually, “TIM” is not so much a type of distortion as a test method to detect Slew Induced Distortion. Nobody calls it that though, and if I need to be pedantic, what we call the animal may not be th...

Eigentakt

Apr 20, 2020

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Low frequency harmonic distortion is almost inaudible. So what’s the point of low distortion drivers?

Low frequency harmonic distortion is almost inaudible. So what’s the point of low distortion drivers?

Decades of research has shown that we’re not very sensitive to distortion at bass frequencies. I doubt if anything has happened to our species recently that would change that. Consider the science set...

Ushindi

Dec 12, 2019

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A fast driver needs a light cone. Or does it?

A fast driver needs a light cone. Or does it?

Intuition can play us tricks. Take this simple example: how does a speaker cone move when you try to make it produce a “pulse”? I’m willing to bet quite a few of you will guess it will rapidly move fo...

Ushindi

Dec 10, 2019

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Doppler distortion vs IMD?

Doppler distortion vs IMD?

Let’s get this out of the way first: Doppler distortion is a form of IMD. This is interesting because IMD in general tends to get little interest on loudspeaker forums, whereas Doppler distortion is o...

Eigentakt Ushindi

Dec 7, 2019

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Distortion, The Sound That Dare Not Speak Its Name

PURIFI ApS, Bruno Putzeys

Distortion, The Sound That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Read any discussion about loudspeakers and you get the impression that distortion as a topic is eagerly avoided. If it is mentioned, it is done sotto voce, implicitly. For instance: “you can’t get goo...

Ushindi

May 2, 2019

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