Flat???

rubin
rubin Posts: 565
edited November 2010 in Speakers
When a speaker system is rated "flat" to 30,20,10 HZ etc. What is the meaning of flat?
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited November 2010
    Very small deviations within the frequency range. If a manufacturer claims flat 30-20khz then that usually means that the frequency neither dips or peaks more than 3db in that range.
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  • rubin
    rubin Posts: 565
    edited November 2010
    ben62670 wrote: »
    Very small deviations within the frequency range. If a manufacturer claims flat 30-20khz then that usually means that the frequency neither dips or peaks more than 3db in that range.
    Ben
    Thanks, I've wondered about that a long time.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited November 2010
    Flat is also a woman with no ****.
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  • rubin
    rubin Posts: 565
    edited November 2010
    ben62670 wrote: »
    flat is also a woman with no ****.

    lol.
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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited November 2010
    ben62670 wrote: »
    Flat is also a woman with no ****.

    Nuthin' wrong with that by the way! :)
    Do you hear that buzzing noise? :confused:
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited November 2010
    She gotta have at least a little bumper though :smile:
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  • hockeyboy
    hockeyboy Posts: 1,428
    edited November 2010
    Many kinds of flat!:eek:
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited November 2010
    I drank a flat beer tonight.:mad:
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited November 2010
    ...and the DAC in my denon 3910 sounds flat compared to my external DAC.
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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