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| Damping factor or watts? Rodman99999, I'll take you up on your bet. My house up against your farm. Here goes:The speakers used were 92 dB efficient two-ways. The woofer in the RMAF '06 room had a moving mass of 79 grams; Fs = 40 Hz; Qes = .35; Qms = 11.69, and Vas = 77 li... | |
| Damping factor or watts? These comments from recent audio shows are about rooms that used an amplifier having a damping factor of about 1.2 (that's "one point two"):"Bass was excellent. I think I was told [the speakers] went down only to the mid 30s (I could be wrong) - s... | |
| deHavilland 845G or GM70? Well first the disclaimer - yours truly peddles deHavilland. If the speaker is low efficiency and/or a somewhat difficult load and/or if you like it really loud, go with the GM70.If none of those considerations come into the picture, go with the 8... | |
| Best new loudspeaker MrTennis, I have a customer who would disagree with you. He plays, or played, violin in a symphony in either Vermont or New Hampshire (I can't remember which). Prior to auditioning SoundLabs, he told me that the only speaker he had ever heard get ... | |
| Best new loudspeaker Hi Techmachine,You may be new here but obviously you're no newbie. You mentioned the big SoundLabs and the big MBL Radialstrahlers as "the finest representatives of their specific technologies". I'd have a hard time arguing against you on that.The... | |
| SS Pre-Amp / Tube Amp In my opinion, the speakers enter into the picture.In many if not most systems, the most important component pairing is speaker and amplifier. If the speaker works best with a tube amp, then that's the place to have tubes in your system. From ther... | |
| An alternative to powered sub woes? AS1963, I posted a somewhat detailed reply to your inquiry on Audio Asylum.Briefly, I'm not sure that your sub's crossover filter is steep enough to blend well with your Sonus Fabers. Also, equalization can correct the frequency response for one l... | |
| I Ordered a Pair of SP Tech Speakers Agear, I appreciate being included on your list. It's an honor just to be mentioned between the same parentheses as those guys.Duke | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? Mrtennis,You may be right - come to think of it I measured the dip on the 3.6, not the 1.6. It was subtle, averaging maybe 1 dB or so. Overall though, my impression of the 1.6 is different from yours for whatever reason. Have you tried adding "win... | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? Pubul57, the 1.6 would indeed sound very nice on strings and most things. There is of course some trade-off, and I think you probably nailed it - they don't dig down real deep. On the other hand, their pitch definition in the lower registers is su... | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? If you are able to accomodate them, I think Maggie 1.6's would do what you are asking for. In my opinion Aragons and Maggies are an excellent combination. Duke | |
| The Anatomy of the Acapella Violon - shocking find Keith aka Amfibius, "isobaric" means constant-pressure. It can be accomplished by many different internal geometries, and does not require that the internal woofer be fed the same signal as the outer woofer. I used to build 'em. The very-close-cou... | |
| I Ordered a Pair of SP Tech Speakers Spenceroo, I agree that there are not many competitors to SP Tech that use waveguide technology.KEF and Pioneer TAD Home Audio and Tannoy and Gradient and Nomad (and probably a few others that I can't remember offhand) use coaxial drivers where th... | |
| The Anatomy of the Acapella Violon - shocking find Amfibius, thanks for the link to the photos. I can't tell much more about the woofer from the photos, unfortunately - I was hoping it would be identical to something in the Madisound catalor.Eyeballing the crossover I see two notch filters and a c... | |
| The Anatomy of the Acapella Violon - shocking find Keith,Thanks for the information. I think the woofer system you have is what would be called a "sealed isobaric". It has been twentysomething years since I worked on an isobaric system. Basically, the inner woofer dances in sync with the outer woo... |