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| Bookshelf Speaker Stand Difference? @gdnrbob, the junction between stand and speaker will not be wood-on-wood. We have no plans to include a dedicated isolation base like the Townshend Isolation bars. Nothing against them! But we'd rather people make their own choices in that area... | |
| Bookshelf Speaker Stand Difference? @dadork, thank you very much. We’ll certainly try not to overprice them, but they are considerably more parts-and-labor-intensive than either a comparable subwoofer or a comparable speaker stand would be. The new version's footprint won't be as de... | |
| Bookshelf Speaker Stand Difference? Gdnrbob asked, " Please, can you tell us why you want to do this? " We make a stand which includes a subwoofer and an up-and-back firing driver. The purpose of the subwoofer is self-evident, and the purpose of the up-and-back firing driver is to m... | |
| subwoofer advice Snapsnap wrote: "I will have to do some research on what amp would be suitable for subwoofer duty, and how many are required to drive multiple passive subs." I use the Dayton Audio SA-1000 for the Swarm. Assuming your passive subs are 4 oh... | |
| Bookshelf Speaker Stand Difference? " speaker stands need crossovers? Didnt know that " To the best of my knowledge mine is the only one that does. It's a bit unorthodox. Duke | |
| Bookshelf Speaker Stand Difference? You can use museum putty to get a secure connection between speaker and stand. I'm finishing up the crossover for an expensive speaker stand today. Duke | |
| subwoofer advice Snapsnap, if I understand correctly, you want to power your passive subs with the amplifiers which are already in your active subs, is that right? If so, that's extremely unlikely to be feasible. The amps in your active subs are matched to the ... | |
| Tweeter/Mid minimum amp power rating for magnepan 20.1 in active setup? Thank you, psilonaught. Eyeballing Stereophile’s impedance curve of the MG-20, it looks like 4 ohms nominal (for the mid/tweet section) with a ballpark 12-ohm peak a little south of 2 kHz. That’s a 3-to-1 peak; not horrendous, but not insignifican... | |
| Calling all electrostatic speaker owners The paint will destroy your electrostats. The panels will no longer hold an electrostatic charge. Duke Electrostat owner starting in 1995, SoundLab dealer since 1999 | |
| Tweeter/Mid minimum amp power rating for magnepan 20.1 in active setup? What does the impedance curve look like for the mid/tweet section of your 20.1's? Imo the impedance curve plays a significant role in amplifier matching. Are you using an active crossover, or the passive crossover in the speakers? If the la... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ @atmasphere wrote: "Harmonic orders above the 2nd decrease rather slowly as compared to a circuit that has a ’cubic non-linearity’ (produces the 3rd as the primary distortion component). An amplifier that has this quality has its distortion de... | |
| We spend too much time talking about tweeters I think I understand where Erik is coming from. In terms of how much energy a loudspeaker puts out, typically relatively little is actually delivered by the tweeter. In terms of wattage, a typical tweeter might see 5% to 15% of the wattage that th... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ @ctsooner wrote: "it's simply not true to make a statement that a higher sensitivity speaker is more costly to make..." Based on sixteen years of manufacturing fairly high efficiency speakers, I disagree. The enclosure is usually the most e... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ @erik_squires wrote: "Another area where attribution is difficult, the dynamic nature of high efficiency systems. "Is it that, or is it the controlled dispersion? "I'm not saying low compression speakers aren't good. I'm saying that some o... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ Mijostyn wrote: "A speaker that can hit 110dB without compression is going to be more dynamic than a speaker that can only get to 100 dB even if it is less efficient." Agreed. Mijostyn again: "Another issue is trying to run 15" woofers up... |