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I'm looking for your thoughts on group delay "coloration". If I understand correctly you would only notice group delay when quickly changing from one frequency to another. So I suppose a fast sine sweep might sound a little fudged, but does this translate into anything noticeable when playing actual music?
Posts: 112 | From: NB, Canada | Registered: Mar 2004
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depends on how picky your ears are. the bottom line is, a theory, a graph, a test tone, how well it looks on paper,.....only goes so far. we design and figure in the best we can, but some times that which does not look perfect on paper, sounds phenominal and better than that which is a master piece on "paper". quickly changing from one freq to another, is what music is full of. my best thought, try a couple different applications and see if you can hear a diff or which one you like better.
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Group delay can sound nasty, just listen to a 6th order bandpass or highly tuned ported box and you'll see what I'm talking about. While theories and graphs and programs all give you a good estimate of the results, don't let it stop you from trying somthing. It may turn out really nice.
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Yeah, it's a 6th order BP that I was considering trying. I can get the response nice and flat (on the computer...) with slot of gain, but I'm worried taht it's gonna sound like azz. I guess I should just try it out and see how it sounds. The only problem is I hate investing time and money into something if it probably isn't going to work. From the looks of things, there aren't too many people that have had success at building their own 6th order BP's. Perhaps I'll give it a go sometime. I need better tools for woodworking anyways, best just to wait I guess.
Thanks for the replies.
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