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| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Unreceiveddogma wrote: " Well, if 2 are better than 1, and 4 are better than 2, then are 8 better than 4; are 16 better than 8? 32, 64, 128, 256...? (Is that a straw man argument, or, lacking other evidence, simply taking the argument to its logic... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world M-db wrote: " Duke is a Bassist? " I manufacture bass guitar speaker cabinets and sometimes that gives the impression that I'm a bass player. But I'm not. " Who's you're hero, inspiration? " One need not be a bass player to be inspired by ... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Thank you mahgister. Duke | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Thank you mahgister. What do you mean by "active resonators"? Are these Helmholtz resonators, and/or do they have moving parts? Do they operate in the audible band? Duke | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Mahgister wrote: "With acoustic ACTIVE devices controls and not only PASSIVE materials treatment, they gives me so much bass..." "You forget Active acoustical device controls..." "For example how do we use reverberations in a positive way to make ... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Cleeds wrote: "I don’t have any objection to swarm or DBA systems at all. None. Some of its advocates are effusive in their promotion and it looks pretty silly. That is all." I understand. Thank you for clarifying. "I don’t see anyone on this thre... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Mitch2 wrote: " Earl’s Ph.D thesis was on the acoustics of low frequencies in small rooms, so he should know a thing or two about subwoofers and bass behavior in audio rooms." Earl was my mentor, and I use an early version of his ideas about ... | |
| Update on Audiogon Member Almarg Oh wow. Very sad about Al's condition. Wishing the very best to you and yours, Al and Margaret. And thank you David. Duke | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Oz, you are quite welcome. Cleeds wrote: " But that is exactly the claim that some have made: " Do you really mean "EXACTLY"? Because imo that is open to dispute. Not that I necessarily think squabbling about the meanings and implications of words... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Ozzy62 wrote: " Perchance, did anyone see this important question?" Did you see my answer? Duke | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Hleeid wrote: "Interestingly, the DBA provided the greatest percentage of improvement in the smaller room." It probably seems highly counter-intuitive that a SMALLER room would benefit the most from having a LOT of subs, but the explanation is pre... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Veerossi wrote: " My setup is different from the standard DEBRA though: I’m still unclear how to setup the phasing on the sub amps since my DEBRA uses 2 Qty of the SA1000 subs amps instead of one to drive the 4 subs. It’s supposed to have some... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Tyray suggested: "Why don’t you guys (and gals) get together and have a respectful subwoofer shoot out... test each others hypotheses, scientific principles, use the audio test equipment to set up your equipment and record everything for posterity... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Erik, you are too good to hang your hat on name-calling and too smart to treasure your grievances. Why not talk tech instead? Duke | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Teo audio wrote: " First, Fix the room. Fix the room Fix the room Fix the room Fix the room. Can’t say it enough times. Fix the room." For some highly experienced perspective, I invite you to click on the link below. Once you get past the ad, list... |