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| 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... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Cleeds wrote: "No, it’s not a straw man argument at all, because some of these "swarm" advocates have argued just that, and have done so repeatedly. Here’s one just from this thread..." As far as I can tell, Erik's complaint arises entirely ... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world @Erik_squires wrote: " The idea that only swarms can sound good, or are the ideal fix for any possible ailment your system has is just not supported by evidence." This is what's called a "straw man argument", and is a fallacy. Here's the defin... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Northman wrote: "My question is this: do in fact high-end stores embrace the concept of multiple, inexpensive subs? If not, cynicism aside, why not?"@audiotroy replied: "[While] a swarm would sound better than one or two subs, most people do not... | |
| Sub Question. One higher quality sub or two lesser quality? (Rythmik vs HSU) Mapman wrote: "As I read it the two outputs are already in parallel and connecting two subs to each directly would result in 4 in parallel which would could result in loads 2 ohms or less with nominal 8 ohm subs. Two in series to each would ... | |
| Sub Question. One higher quality sub or two lesser quality? (Rythmik vs HSU) @mapman asked: "One question I have is how are people connecting multiple subs to their two channel systems not necessarily designed to output to multiple subwoofers out of the box in a manner that maintains proper load?" I can't speak for ot... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? Aj523 wrote: " 5. Tame from "40 cycles - 7000 cycles" as he calls it with eight (8) carbon panel CPs at $750 per panel. And since each panel weighs 150lbs, its about $1,000 for shipping. So all in $7,000." I agree with the frequency region he fo... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? Mahgister wrote: " I related my 2 years journey in my thread... "Miracles in audio....." Thank you very much. And thank you for the link to the Audioholics article, I'll look at both. Duke | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? Mahgister, it sounded to me like you have created a "stunning audio experience" by doing something to you room, but I have absolutely no idea what you have done. I have no idea what your "change of perspective" is, but would like to. You seem to b... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? Mahgister wrote: "how will you create ideal listening conditions in your own room?" That would take a while for me to answer and would de-rail or hijack the thread.I get the impression that you have something you’d like to share: "The best is the ... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? Mahgister wrote: " We must NEVER forget that acoustic preparation of a studio recording room has no relation at all with what must be used in a play back audiophile room.... " Please note that I said "control room", not "live room", the latter bei... |