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| The Center, Measured Not that I’ve looked at every set of off-axis measurements done on a center-channel speaker, but I’ve seldom seen off-axis response that good on a conventional speaker, let alone a center-channel speaker! (For anyone wondering what I’m talking ab... | |
| The Center, Measured Imo that is SUPERB off-axis performance for a center channel speaker. Bravo! | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? @helomech wrote: "It’s quite apparent from his posts that Audiokineses doesn’t have a strong grasp of speaker science." Could you elaborate? I'd like to know where you disagree with me. I'm not infallible. Thanks. | |
| Passive subwoofer amps help! @mijostyn , I agree with you about the heat issue. Except for the very first generation of my subwoofer system, dating back to 2006, I haven't been putting amps inside of subwoofers. My observation (based largely on conversations with customers)... | |
| Passive subwoofer amps help! @mijostyn , thanks for the QSC suggestion. I should have mentioned that the Dayton SA-1000 has a fixed 80 Hz second-order line level highpass filter to roll off the bottom end going to the amp for the main speakers. No DSP in the Dayton; it's a... | |
| Passive subwoofer amps help! Dayton Audio makes a thousand-watt shelf-mount Class AB subwoofer amp with controls for phase, low-pass frequency (4th order slope), and gain, and it has a single band of parametric EQ. It's called the SA-1000. Available from Parts Express, Part ... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? @erik_squires wrote: "I'm reading @audiokinesis but avoiding commenting when I just don't know what I'm talking about. Honestly my experience with very poor measuring speakers is rather limited so I yield the floor. 🤣" Here is Floyd Toole being... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? Not all dips are created equal even if they look similar. How the dip was caused makes a significant difference. Comb filter effects tend to be considerably more benign than the dip in an anechoic or quasi-anechoic curve implies. This is because ... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? @wyoboy wrote: "@audiokinesis With your discussion of on-axis/off-axis, made me wonder if that means these speakers should not be toed-in--ie so listening position is off-axis? or perhaps toed-in to where the "crossing point" is in front of listen... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? @erik_squires wrote: "If the peaks and dips are not audible, as @audiokinesis suggests then I wonder why and how they went through all the trouble to introduce them in the first place?" I think the up/down peak/dip jogs are artifacts of the encl... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? Narrow-band peaks and dips which occur within about 1/3 octave of one another tend to be "averaged" by the ear. Therefore, that on-axis frequency response graph looks far worse to the eyes than it sounds to the ears. The on-axis dip at 3 kHz is w... | |
| Looking for the next level in imaging... This will be a simplified overview. @polkalover, the "holy grail" of spatial quality is arguably the "you are there" presentation, wherein the venue spatial cues on the recording are perceptually dominant (whether they be real or engineered or bo... | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama @dz13 wrote: "Any such case filed against Erin would be dismissed long before any trial." First, thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge of how these things play out. My understanding is that Erin does not live in an anti-SLAPP sta... | |
| Should Speaker Manufactures provide a Frequency Response Graph? @erik_squires wrote: "I'd much rather see off-axis frequency plots as done by Stereophile and others, as well as dynamic range plots." Yes! The off-axis information in particular is imo extremely useful. I WISH John Atkinson did not "normalize... | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers @tektondesign wrote: "once we get into the 5-10 watt range the air pressure jets in and out of them at speeds above Mach1 and they get audible." I do not dispute the "audible" claim, but am skeptical of the "speeds above Mach 1" claim. North of... |