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| Placement of Dual Powered Subs with Tower Speakers My suggestion would be deliberately placing both subs with asymmetry in mind. For instance, one might be on the front wall near the left corner, and the other might be on the right wall near back corner, but a different distance from that corner t... | |
| Perfect Speaker Placement - Put next to the back wall as much as possible. ieales wrote: "As a retired recording engineer, I can tell you first hand that studio and home setups are as different as chalk and cheese."In the studio, we don’t listen to music. We listen to instruments, voices and mixes."B I G difference." ^^T... | |
| Is this how a Subwoofer Crossover is supposed to work? Pinwa, in the spirit of plowing with the horses you’ve got, I like Erik’s idea of plugging the port(s) on the mains and then overlapping the mains and subs. If the Moabs have multiple ports, you might leave one open. This might work as a plug: htt... | |
| Is this how a Subwoofer Crossover is supposed to work? " Bingo! And I already provided the simple $2 solution to getting exactly that from his existing amp. https://www.epanorama.net/circuits/speaker_to_line.html " Good call!! Duke | |
| Is this how a Subwoofer Crossover is supposed to work? Hello Pinwa, Imo the close-miced curve of the Starke provides a lot of useful information. Now you can tell what was room interaction and what was native to the subwoofer, and it is much easier to tell what the crossover is doing. Good job!! I thi... | |
| Is this how a Subwoofer Crossover is supposed to work? Wolfie62 wrote: "Looks there is a hardwired inductor blocking output at 50 Hz. Is there?" I speculate that the inductor is the woofer’s voice coil. In general the longer the voice coil (the more turns of wire in it), the higher the inductance. The... | |
| Is this how a Subwoofer Crossover is supposed to work? @kenjit wrote: "They [Erik and Duke] are the worst of enemies and any suggestion otherwise is disingenuous." This is a lie. Stop stalking us both. Duke | |
| Is this how a Subwoofer Crossover is supposed to work? Cheeg wrote: "There is some great information here, but this thread REALLY has me wondering if I want to mess with subwoofers!" Well said. This thread would be an extremely discouraging introduction to subwoofers. There are some very successful sc... | |
| Is this how a Subwoofer Crossover is supposed to work? "Please do [elaborate]..." "First order" means "6 dB per octave". "Second order" means "12 dB per octave. "Third order" means "18 dB per octave". And so forth. I made a mistake and mis-read the vertical scale. Upon closer inspection, the slopes I’... | |
| Is this how a Subwoofer Crossover is supposed to work? Erik asked: "Then let me ask this question another way. Looking at the OP’s original data, have you ever seen 2 subs start out that poorly in a room?" I’ve never measured two subs in a room. There may be significant room for improvement, but do n... | |
| Is this how a Subwoofer Crossover is supposed to work? "Attempting to set crossover points, and delays for both subs at the same time is a lot of work. Far easier to do after you’ve gauged the overall response of a single sub." Hi Erik, My experience, and the experiences of many customers who are usin... | |
| Is this how a Subwoofer Crossover is supposed to work? In my opinion a good starting point would include seeing what the sub itself is doing without the room’s effects. Since this is a sealed-box sub, this will be fairly straightforward. Measure the sub’s output with the microphone about 1/2" from the... | |
| What’s the benefit of placing speakers like this? (diagonally at the corner) Diagonal placement geometrically eliminates early sidewall reflections, which imo is highly desirable. And assuming the room isn't overdamped, the energy which normally would have been in those early reflections survives to become beneficial late... | |
| Speaker upgrade for classical music Hiphiphan wrote: "I have the Raidho D3.1 (I purchased them used; I’m not wealthy). Is the SuperStand, which contains the back-firing driver, compatible with a floor-standing speaker such as this?" Duke replies: Very nice speakers!! I have not trie... | |
| Speaker upgrade for classical music Hiphiphan wrote: "After reading your second post, I realize you’re suggesting the use of additional drivers that are pointed at the wall in FRONT of the listener. This seems like it would be effective for enhancing the illusion of venue cues that ... |