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| Sound traps/acoustic panels to improve the sound Increasing the amount of absorptive material in your room is, in my opinion, more likely than not a step in the wrong direction. Nearly all absorptive materials are more effective at short wavelengths (high frequencies) than at long ones, and it s... | |
| 2 subwoofer??? Thanks, Bignerd100.Giving credit where credit's due, my primary source for the above-mentioned first school of thought is David Griesinger, and my primary source for the second school of thought is Earl Geddes. Just for the record, Earl recommends... | |
| 2 subwoofer??? Hi Dbld,A basic premise of the second school of thought is that room acoustics dominates in the bass region. So the idea is to use what inevitably happens in the room to your advantage as much as possible.Consider the single subwoofer situation: T... | |
| 2 subwoofer??? Virtually all CD's are mono below 80 Hz, so I doubt there would be a significant audible difference between dual mono subs and dual stereo subs.I do believe that dual subs offer significant room integration advantages over a single sub.From my inv... | |
| what is good sound ? Mr. T, I think you've described two types of listening: hypercritical evaluative listening, and relaxed heart-&-soul listening. In my opinion, we properly engage in the former to identify equipment that will allow us to later engage uninterrup... | |
| Zu on Zu While I haven't measured the Druids, based on what the Griewe design seems to be (a type of underdamped tuned pipe) the SoundStage curve is not unreasonable given the way it was measured. Based on my own auditions of the speaker, I would expect th... | |
| Zu on Zu Hi Sean,You've cleared up some of my misconceptions about your 10" driver. Very, very impressive linear x-max capability for such a high efficiency, wideband driver. Yes, I'm jealous. On the crossover terminology issue, note that different writers... | |
| Zu Druid or Tone + sub Bevan, it looks to me like you have the answer three posts up! Make the pilgrimmage to WNF Audio - it will be well worth the effort. What your own ears tell you is worth far, far more than other people's opinions.Best of luck to you,Duke | |
| Zu Druid or Tone + sub Hi Bevan,Even though it's not practical given your location, I agree with Tvad's sentiments that the Zus are speakers you need to make your own mind up about. As you have no doubt noticed, they evoke a great diversity of opinion. My guess is that ... | |
| High Efficiency Monitors - List Omega makes some fairly high efficiency small speakers (genuine 8 ohm load, efficiency in the lower to mid 90's) using modified Fostex and other fullrange drivers. You trade off bass extension and high power handling capacity. D. Edwards is right ... | |
| Powered woofers Thanks for your responses. I appreciate each of you taking the time.Gregm, thanks for mentioning the AP Medea speakers - I wasn't aware of them. Perhaps along vaguely similar lines to your DIY project, I think Carfae made a Lowther-based speaker c... | |
| contradictory communication MrTennis, thanks for letting us know who you are. I went to audiophilia.com and read your "Accuracy and Musicality" article to get a better feel for where you're coming from.I dropped syllogistic logic class nearly 30 years ago (seemed like the lo... | |
| High res tube amps under $1.5k : TAD-60 perhaps? For highest possible resolution in a reasonably priced tube amp, you might want to consider OTL amplification if your vintage Merlins have a relatively friendly impedance curve. Do you know what their impedance curve looks like? Duke | |
| Sound ideas..... You might want to get a copy of "Premium Home Theater - Design & Construction" by Earl Geddes.Though video topics are covered, most of the book is about optimizing the sound in a home listening room. The author is an expert in the fields of ac... | |
| differences between tube and solid state designs Biomimetic, I can't speak to loudspeaker design at a specific price point, but maybe I can point out one reason why a loudspeaker's job in general is quite a challenge.Everything in the analog signal path before the loudspeaker deals with three do... |