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| Speaker placement and dB differences Time gating is a technique for measuring the speaker's output without including any room reflections. A specialized measurement system is required. The microphone is switched on for just long enough to capture the direct sound from the speaker a... | |
| Speaker placement and dB differences Last_lemming, you might try switching your speakers, left speaker to where the right one is, and vice-versa. Assuming there are no issues upstream of the speakers (like a weak tube in one channel), this will help narrow down what is a speaker iss... | |
| Speaker placement and dB differences Unless you are using time-gated curves, windowed to avoid room reflections, what you are picking up is speakers + room. In that case, unless your room is acoustically symmetrical across the spectrum (which never happens), some measured differenc... | |
| Getting the most out of my Definitive Tech bp2000's Jesse12 wrote: " I do notice a significant incease in sound and clarity the further I pull it away from the wall." Glad to hear it helped a bit! (I initially mis-read that as "I do not notice..." . Must work on my reading comprehension skills!)Duke | |
| Getting the most out of my Definitive Tech bp2000's I have no experience specifically with Definitive Technology speakers but I have designed and manufactured bipolar loudspeakers. Set up correctly, bipolars can convey rich timbre and do a good job of disappearing as the apparent sound source. They... | |
| How to accurately gauge speaker sensitivity to match with tube amp? Fritz wrote: " Hi David- Here’s the impedance and phase curves of the series crossover Carbon 7 SE Mk2 loudspeakers. http://fritzspeakers.com/Images/speakers/Carbon7mk2ScanDome.jpg " In case anyone doesn’t understand the implications of what they ... | |
| How to accurately gauge speaker sensitivity to match with tube amp? " A high damping factor will provide very good control of the bass drivers." Hmmmm. For a quick summation of my thoughts, skip to the last two paragraphs. Apologies for getting fairly nerdy in between here and there. In practice, any series resist... | |
| Articles You Feel Should be Shared Excellent article on room treatment by a multi-award-winning studio designer: https://www.gikacoustics.com/diffusion-by-jeff-hedback/ Some very advanced concepts about loudspeaker design and relevant psychoacoustics: http://www.gedlee.com/Pape... | |
| Are these Speakers the BEST on Planet Earth ?... @twoleftears wrote: " I’d take these... over the Kii: https://dutchdutch.com/8c/ " The Dutch & Dutch 8c uses a proper waveguide, which looks to me like it’s based on Earl Geddes’ Oblate Spheroid math, but evolved to meet the specific requireme... | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? I don’t need to be a plumber to use the toilet. But there are times when amateur plumbing skills sure come in handy. On a more serious note, I'm not a fan of thought systems which increase division between people. I'm in favor of drawing bigger a... | |
| Will this amp trick work for increasing bass performance? Robert1976 wrote: " Anybody an idea what @millercarbon meant by a “$3k DBA”. Any links to a product like this?" Millercarbon may have been referring to a subwoofer system I make which uses four small subs and costs a little over three grand. Brief... | |
| Recommendations for electronic crossover. @georgehifi wrote: "... bridging amps makes what could be a good amp, lean towards becoming a PA amp." This has been my experience as well, with some pretty nice amps (Accuphase). The difference was immediately obvious. Duke | |
| Full Range speakers for a living space Twoleftears wrote: " Enveloping soundstage vs. speakers close to wall behind them=pretty much mutually exclusive." "Pretty much" yes, but perhaps not quite entirely, "mutually exclusive". So I agree with you.Acoustician David Griesinger was speaki... | |
| Replacing everything - Speaker Recommendation Request - Under $3,000. With music.... "Only weird issue: my desk faces the speakers. I have 2 large PC monitors on the desk. Because of the placement, I can only really hear the speaker on the right (because there's a monitor that blocks the left speaker). Wondering if there's ... | |
| Recommended Speaker Design for Corner / Near-Wall Placement? Hi Hedwigstheme, I saw that and appreciate the mention. The model you linked to isn’t idea for up-against-the wall or in-the-corner in my opinion, as it has a rear-firing tweeter which likes a bit of breathing room. The model you are thinking of w... |