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| Subwoofers masking other frequencies. While it's true that you'll get the loudest sound in the crossover region when the sub is "in phase" with the main speakers, that may not be what sounds best. IF one of the issues is too much contribution from the sub in and above the crossover r... | |
| Automatic Room Correction has won the Subwoofer Wars Dannad wrote: " Does ARC do this? I don’t know, but it is certainly possible. " I would be surprised if automated room correction algorithms are that sophisticated. But perhaps they are... I must admit that my knowledge of the topic is apparently ... | |
| Automatic Room Correction has won the Subwoofer Wars Dannad wrote: " ARC can detect accurately speaker distance based on first time of arrival and based on timing could differentiate between direct and reflected." It depends on the wavelengths and reflection path lengths. In order to get good direct... | |
| Automatic Room Correction has won the Subwoofer Wars Imo room correction works great in the subwoofer region, but not so much further up the spectrum. This is because the microphone picks up the reflections along with the direct sound, and does not differentiate between them. That’s fine at very low... | |
| Subwoofers masking other frequencies. You're welcome, audiomaze. Duke | |
| Subwoofers masking other frequencies. The phase knob mostly affects the blend between subs and mains. When it SOUNDS right, it IS right. There are too many variables to predict in advance what the "right" setting will be, but in the end what matters is how it sounds. Don't be afra... | |
| Subwoofers masking other frequencies. My initial guess is that it's an integration issue, and that the subs are contributing too much energy a bit north of the subwoofer region. Make sure you aren't using the LFE inputs, unless you are using a home theater processor. And even then,... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world @sounds_real_audio wrote: "The " swarm" is actually an old term..." Really? I am not aware of the term "Swarm" being an "old term", as you claim. I began using it in 2006 as the name for my four-piece distributed multi-sub system. Were others usi... | |
| 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 ... |