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<!-- #thumb --> <p>Now here’s an interesting term. *Congested would normally apply to a health issue one might have but in audio terms it describes the way something might sound when it gets bunched up. *It’s funny how we use some health terms like congested or constipated to describe the way something sounds. *Stiff, unmoving, wooden, mechanical. *But let’s focus on congested.</p>
<p>I think the easiest way to explain what a congested vs. open sound might describe would be like the difference between listening to a small quartet in a tiny space vs. a wide open venue, or like the difference of being in a crowded room where all the conversations bunch together in a complex soup, vs. those same conversations out in an open area.</p>
<p>I have heard congested tendencies in electronics, in particular preamps and amplifiers, but mostly in speakers and cables. *One might also describe a speaker presenting a “thick” sound rather than “congested”, and most speakers displaying a thick tendency on a single voice or instrument also seem to share a congested nature when multiple instruments and voices are presented.</p>
<p>I rarely ever hear a thick or congested presentation from a thin membrane loudspeaker such as a ribbon, electrostat or air motion driver. *I hear it more as a tendency of conventional drivers, but not every conventional driver sounds thick or congested.</p>
<p>I also hear congestion in system setups, primarily when you place a pair of speakers too close to the rear wall. *If you think your system might suffer from a bit of congestion, a good rememdy may be to give it a little more breathing space by pulling it out into the room a bit.</p>
<p>Cheaper than replacing your speakers!</p>
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<p>I think the easiest way to explain what a congested vs. open sound might describe would be like the difference between listening to a small quartet in a tiny space vs. a wide open venue, or like the difference of being in a crowded room where all the conversations bunch together in a complex soup, vs. those same conversations out in an open area.</p>
<p>I have heard congested tendencies in electronics, in particular preamps and amplifiers, but mostly in speakers and cables. *One might also describe a speaker presenting a “thick” sound rather than “congested”, and most speakers displaying a thick tendency on a single voice or instrument also seem to share a congested nature when multiple instruments and voices are presented.</p>
<p>I rarely ever hear a thick or congested presentation from a thin membrane loudspeaker such as a ribbon, electrostat or air motion driver. *I hear it more as a tendency of conventional drivers, but not every conventional driver sounds thick or congested.</p>
<p>I also hear congestion in system setups, primarily when you place a pair of speakers too close to the rear wall. *If you think your system might suffer from a bit of congestion, a good rememdy may be to give it a little more breathing space by pulling it out into the room a bit.</p>
<p>Cheaper than replacing your speakers!</p>
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