The CMT-340 and CMT-340c Signature Editions

[Peter Marcks]

Dear David,

I am extremely happy to hear that these new SE speakers are nearing completion, the speakers look truly fantastic! All that is needed now is VTF-3 HO and VTF-2 HO to match with them, and we are working on that part

Happy new year!

Sincerely,

[davef]

Dear David,

I am extremely happy to hear that these new SE speakers are nearing completion, the speakers look truly fantastic! All that is needed now is VTF-3 HO and VTF-2 HO to match with them, and we are working on that part

Happy new year!

Sincerely,

And a Happy New Year to you too, Peter... Welcome to our forum, you are MOST welcome here and please make youself at home

( can't wait to hear the HO subs at CES in a few days! )

[Peter Marcks]

Thank you very much for the welcome, Dave!

VTF-3 HO is ready to go, we are extremely happy with all the components, so no need to show a prototype -3HO at CES anymore!

Sincerely,

[dae3dae3]

Frequency response measurements for the SE models are almost identical to their original’s yet with a wider bandwidth…

What does "wider bandwidth" mean in this use? How will the "wider bandwidth" be heard? What should I be listening for? I think I have a very tenuous grasp of what this may mean but I am not sure.

[Eddie Horton]

It means it will have a very flat response across a wider range of frequencies.

[dae3dae3]

It means it will have a very flat response across a wider range of frequencies.

So it just means that the new speakers play both higher and lower frequencies? That's not what I was thinking.

[davef]

Eddie is correct...

Bandwidth is the range of frequencies the loudspeaker can produce accurately. Wider bandwidth, when used in a comparison, means its frequency range is larger.

_______ speaker A frequency range
_________ speaker B frequency range

Speaker B has wider bandwidth....

[dae3dae3]

Makes perfect sense.

I was trying to read too much into it.

[Ad-Rok]

I was debating building a set of towers myself from SEAS components using one of Jon Marsh's designs as a basis, but I literally cannot find a negative post about the 340's anywhere on about 4 different major forums, and the price/performance ratio of these new SE's with the SEAS tweets and upgraded woofers seems great to me, even when compared to DIY sets.

I talked to Dave today and Dave, you are indeed courteous and helpful. Congratulations, you've sold another customer, I'll be ordering soon!

Best,
Adam

[Peter Marcks]

Eddie is correct...

Bandwidth is the range of frequencies the loudspeaker can produce accurately. Wider bandwidth, when used in a comparison, means its frequency range is larger.

_______ speaker A frequency range
_________ speaker B frequency range

Speaker B has wider bandwidth....

It is amazing, Dave, how your two new 170SE and 340SE products are coming together at around the same time as our VTF-2 HO and VTF-3 HO products (although there is still some work to do on VTF-2 HO). Ironically, the VTF-2 HO and VTF-3 HO will also have a wider bandwith (in the form of extended low frequency response), higher output, lower distortion versus their respective predecesors.

I am very much looking forward to hearing people's impressions on the Ascend SE speakers + Hsu Research HO subwoofers.

Curtis, are you reading this?

Have a good night!