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| 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... | |
| Tube vs. Solid State Amplifiers @goofyfoot wrote: "atmasphere, certainly would like to own an Atmasphere valve amp. Understanding the options better would help in deciding which one. " I’m one of Ralph’s dealers and also a speaker manufacturer. If by "the options" you mean "spea... | |
| Chained speakers signal connected in series Unless the two loudspeakers are identical, there will be some modification of the frequency response of BOTH speakers. It does not matter which is first and which is second in the series. The difference may or may not be small, it depends on the s... | |
| Excellent Speakers for Classical Music - $2,000 USD Budget IF you have sufficient placement flexibility I suggest Magnepans, be they new or used. When positioned about five feet out from the "front" wall, the spectrally-correct backwave energy of the Maggies arrives after a sufficiently long time delay th... | |
| Has Anyone Ever Run TWO Identical Pairs of Speakers ? Fiesta75 wrote: "Also series speaker connections are not recommended by anyone I know." Well, you don’t know me, but I recommend (and use) series speaker connections in situations where it makes sense to do so, which of course depends on the speci... | |
| Has Anyone Ever Run TWO Identical Pairs of Speakers ? @onhwy61 wrote: "If you must go this route I suggest you try placing the loudspeakers front to back. One loudspeaker pointed towards the listening area and the other pointing in the opposite direction. Something of a bipole radiation pattern."Agre... | |
| Soundstage A soundstage which routinely "extends beyond the speakers" is a characteristic often found with wide-pattern loudspeakers in situations which result in strong early same-side-wall reflections. These reflections broaden the apparent source width (A... | |
| Soundstage Typically there is a "competition" between the desirable venue cues on the recording and the undesirable "small room signature" cues of the playback room. In this case apparently the wall behind the speakers is imposing its audible presence atop t... | |
| CHALLENGE: Best speakers for playing 1812 Overture by Eric Kunzel with real CANON at 92+dB 8 Hz. That’s your frequency target for those Telarc 1812 cannon shots. Your system needs to be able to survive high power at 8 Hz. What sort of SPL would be "realistic"?According to the US Army, the impulse SPL of a 105 mm howitzer at the gunner’s... | |
| Mirage M1 big bipolar speakers in small room In that room, I’d suggest setting up your Mirages along a diagonal (like you room is a diamond instead of a square). This will geometrically delay the arrival of the first reflections. If the reflections from the rear-firing drivers arrives too so... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? There is another, somewhat unorthodox technique for getting a wide sweet spot, which works well with controlled-pattern speakers. By way of background: The ear localizes sound by two mechanisms: Arrival time, and intensity. If the arrival times ... |