Nenito - dynamics is ability to make what you are listening to come alive. This involves a number of factors.
Primary is headroom, how loud the device can play without distortion. There is a slight caveat here as some people prefer a little distortion. Most speaker distortion is second or third harmonic and to some people this gives a smoother or sometimes fuller sound at loud volumes. It does not sound like anything you hear in real life.
Second is dynamic range. The difference between the quietest and loudest passages. I don't always use a lot of dynamic range, but a speaker's ability to handle dynamic range can make a great deal of difference even at lower volume settings.
Finally, rise time. This is how quickly a speaker reacts to its input. One of the things that draws me to the JVC is the rapid rise time on transient sounds. This can be something like the sound of gunfire or screeching rails. It can be the crescendo of a cymbal or drum or cannon in music. Probably one of the reasons for my dissappointment with the YSP that is still at my son's home as well as three others I have sampled in various home environments is the lack of this rapid response. My guess would be this is difficult to achieve with the multiplicity of drivers and amplifiers and probably even more with the way Yamaha uses phase shift to handle its various surround modes. Typically, speakers with the best rise time have all drivers in phase. This means when one driver pushes, they all push. An old trick to time-align loudspeakers was to drive the woofer and tweeter out of phase with one another and the fastest box, not planar, speaker I ever heard or owned were DCM TimeWindows from 1979. Don't know how DCM or their designer ever made this work so well and don't know if any of the principles from their company could work their magic with any type of soundbar or HTIB system.
To my ears, speakers that lack good dynamics tend to sound homegenized. This does not mean they sound bad, they just don't sound like the real thing. Or in the case of movies where we seldom hear the real thing, they don't sound like what I hear in the theater.
One other small caveat to those looking for surround in a sound bar. I have been to see at least four Academy Award caliber movies with excellent sound in the past two weeks and on none of these were you ever made aware of the sound from the sides or rear of the theater. The surround sounds in a movie, if handled well, do not draw attention to themselves. This is the way things should be in a home theater. However, most people, want to be aware of their surround speakers and sub-woofer at all times. After all, they paid for these things. With proper setup, their systems could sound a level of magnitude greater.
Primary is headroom, how loud the device can play without distortion. There is a slight caveat here as some people prefer a little distortion. Most speaker distortion is second or third harmonic and to some people this gives a smoother or sometimes fuller sound at loud volumes. It does not sound like anything you hear in real life.
Second is dynamic range. The difference between the quietest and loudest passages. I don't always use a lot of dynamic range, but a speaker's ability to handle dynamic range can make a great deal of difference even at lower volume settings.
Finally, rise time. This is how quickly a speaker reacts to its input. One of the things that draws me to the JVC is the rapid rise time on transient sounds. This can be something like the sound of gunfire or screeching rails. It can be the crescendo of a cymbal or drum or cannon in music. Probably one of the reasons for my dissappointment with the YSP that is still at my son's home as well as three others I have sampled in various home environments is the lack of this rapid response. My guess would be this is difficult to achieve with the multiplicity of drivers and amplifiers and probably even more with the way Yamaha uses phase shift to handle its various surround modes. Typically, speakers with the best rise time have all drivers in phase. This means when one driver pushes, they all push. An old trick to time-align loudspeakers was to drive the woofer and tweeter out of phase with one another and the fastest box, not planar, speaker I ever heard or owned were DCM TimeWindows from 1979. Don't know how DCM or their designer ever made this work so well and don't know if any of the principles from their company could work their magic with any type of soundbar or HTIB system.
To my ears, speakers that lack good dynamics tend to sound homegenized. This does not mean they sound bad, they just don't sound like the real thing. Or in the case of movies where we seldom hear the real thing, they don't sound like what I hear in the theater.
One other small caveat to those looking for surround in a sound bar. I have been to see at least four Academy Award caliber movies with excellent sound in the past two weeks and on none of these were you ever made aware of the sound from the sides or rear of the theater. The surround sounds in a movie, if handled well, do not draw attention to themselves. This is the way things should be in a home theater. However, most people, want to be aware of their surround speakers and sub-woofer at all times. After all, they paid for these things. With proper setup, their systems could sound a level of magnitude greater.
for the oft-mentioned price. I paid extra for the next day shipping and eagerly waited for the shipment notice. I had Monday off (perfect!) and received my new Monoprice cables -- just needed the YSP. FedEx decided to try and deliver the package AFTER my leasing office had closed, but didn't bother to try and deliver it to my apartment!! And of course, I missed them today while I was at work -- I ended up having to drive to the hub tonight and pick it up (Thanks FedEx!!)
