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Distributed Bass Array configuration
@cleeds wrote: " That is completely false, notwithstanding your use of ALLCAPS for emphasis. See any basic audiology text for proof, which will show the range of increased sensitivity is typically in the midrange, 2000 - 5000 kHz. " My bad for not... 
Distributed Bass Array configuration
@mapman wrote:  "I think its a fallacy if some are asserting setting up multiple subs properly is easier than one."   @golfnutz wrote:   "I agree, using the 'throwing darts' method isn't the way I'd install a $3200 subwoofer system."  I realize t... 
New set up in asymmetrical room - speaker placement etc
@millercarbon, THANK YOU for posting that link! I hadn’t seen it before and I REALLY LIKE Steve’s offset diagonal configuration.  Duke 
New set up in asymmetrical room - speaker placement etc
"Sorry, you lost me there..."   Let's start with your current configuration.  Imagine looking down on your room from above, so that it looks like a square (almost).   The speakers are at the top of the square, with the bay window on one side, and ... 
New set up in asymmetrical room - speaker placement etc
You might try a diagonal orientation, with the bay window along one of the rear walls rather than one of the front ones.  This can angle the first sidewall reflections so that they miss the listening position.  And it doesn't need to be a perfect ... 
Will line conditioner do anything for the other receptacle in a duplex?
A Richard Gray’s Power Company will have its full effect when plugged into the other receptacle. Let me describe an unusual application of a Power Company: I was living in an old house that had several 120 volt window air conditioning units. The c... 
New speakers dilemma for vinyls... Heeelp! :)))
I don’t know whether Zingali has anything in your price range, but they might offer a European competitor to the Volti Razz and Tekton DI. Duke 
Distributed Bass Array configuration
There are circumstances under which a pure 80 Hz tone can be localized and circumstances under which it cannot. Outdoors or under anechoic conditions, yes. In a home-audio-sized listening room, very unlikely. This is because the reflections start ... 
Distributed Bass Array configuration
My name has come up a few times in this thread.  I don't really see how to participate without either taking a side in an emotionally-charged "us versus them" thing that I want no part of, or turning into a self-appointed thread nanny.  Until I fi... 
If you own quality monitor speakers you want to read this new review
@dbphd asked, " What’s quasi-anechoic mean?" Usually the term refers to loudspeaker frequency response measurements taken with a "gated" measurement system. This is a system which turns on the microphone long enough to capture the output from the ... 
What process did you use to integrate multiple subwoofers for 2 channel listening?
@hilde45 wrote: "...the orange "morning" line is speakers only.  Improvement from "Morning scan, without subs" to "Afternoon scan, with subs" mitigates the dip significantly at various points, e.g. pulling up a null by 10 db at 129 hz, by 8 db ... 
Dynaudio Evidence Temptation and tube amps?
A tube amp typically delivers approximately the same power (wattage) into the speaker across the spectrum despite the impedance curve’s ups and downs, while a solid state amp typically delivers more power (more wattage) into impedance dips, and le... 
What process did you use to integrate multiple subwoofers for 2 channel listening?
@hilde45 , thanks for your answers. You’ve obviously worked very hard on this and your results really are quite good, which makes that 88 Hz peak stick out like a sore thumb all the moreso! Might it be a floor-to-ceiling mode? Do you have a lower ... 
What process did you use to integrate multiple subwoofers for 2 channel listening?
@tvad, thanks for the thumbs-up! Not that this will ever be a question on Audiophile Jeopardy, but the the first generation Swarm came out way back in 2006. @mapman wrote: “One other thing. I know audiokinesis is big on speaker dispersion patterns... 
Tube vs. Solid State Amplifiers
@goofyfoot , even if you were in the market it's extremely unlikely I'd be involved in any transactions, as for one thing your use of the term "valves" makes me think you're in Europe, and I'm in Texas.   But if I can ever potentially help with sp...