Quote Originally Posted by E-Stat
Ah, the rhetorical question.
Ah, the rhetorical answer!

Quote Originally Posted by E-Stat
I simply disagree with the term "singly" as I find multiple answers.
Dispersion characteristics don't necessarily have much to do with FR...or do they? Should have qualified the word "qualities" with the phrase "many of those"...I'll try to be more precise...

Quote Originally Posted by E-Stat
Indeed. I've always had speakers with such that eliminates the need for superfluous gain stages.
Much akin to the old "tree falling in the empty forest" bit, if you use a tone control in the "cut" mode, is it still a gain stage? Is it a tone control? Is it bigger than a breadbox?

jimHJJ(...let me whip out the old schematic and see how many more transistors are in the signal path...)