2-inch speaker - better than average
A small speaker on a palm-sized pocket radio is a given. It is what it is. Maybe there's more to it that doesn't show up as any specific marketing point...
Normally I use headphones / earbuds 90% of the time, but when I do use just the front speaker, I always admired the sound it *can* produce. Yep - don't expect big bass.
Still, very clear and enjoyable to me for those 10% of the times I use it.
Maybe it is because the CCrane Skywave speakers more resemble large headphone diaphragms that just a cheap flat mylar cone.
Caught the glints in between the speaker holes and looked further. Sure looks like huge headphone drivers to me. With round radial creases in the diaphragm.
So I dug further, and see that these creases in the diaphragm, or more accurately the flexure, help prevent modal break up. (non pistonic resonant distortion across the surface).
I cheated and learned about model breakup and flexure creasing here:
https://www.innerfidelity.com/content/how-headphone-dynamic-drivers-work
So yeah, I didn't buy the Skywave to rock the house. But it shows an attempt to provide the best fidelity no matter what band you are using, and perhaps make sure the SiLabs chips can be heard as best as possible in this dinky form factor.
I got my propeller-hat on for this one.
A small speaker on a palm-sized pocket radio is a given. It is what it is. Maybe there's more to it that doesn't show up as any specific marketing point...
Normally I use headphones / earbuds 90% of the time, but when I do use just the front speaker, I always admired the sound it *can* produce. Yep - don't expect big bass.
Still, very clear and enjoyable to me for those 10% of the times I use it.Maybe it is because the CCrane Skywave speakers more resemble large headphone diaphragms that just a cheap flat mylar cone.
Caught the glints in between the speaker holes and looked further. Sure looks like huge headphone drivers to me. With round radial creases in the diaphragm.
So I dug further, and see that these creases in the diaphragm, or more accurately the flexure, help prevent modal break up. (non pistonic resonant distortion across the surface).
I cheated and learned about model breakup and flexure creasing here:
https://www.innerfidelity.com/content/how-headphone-dynamic-drivers-work
So yeah, I didn't buy the Skywave to rock the house. But it shows an attempt to provide the best fidelity no matter what band you are using, and perhaps make sure the SiLabs chips can be heard as best as possible in this dinky form factor.
I got my propeller-hat on for this one.
