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| 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... | |
| Recommended Speaker Design for Corner / Near-Wall Placement? Walls and corners reinforce the lower end of the spectrum, which may or may not be beneficial, depending on the specifics of the speaker design. Corner placement means that there is a side wall very near by, and reflections off that nearby side wa... | |
| Speaker popularity The absolute phase of recordings is not consistent. Most are in "normal" polarity but quite a few are in reverse polarity, perhaps because one of the preamps or processors in the studio inverted phase. Some preamps have a polarity reversal switch ... | |
| Phase inversion, active speakers and a tortured soul I have used an Atma-Sphere MP-3 preamp to drive active ATC speakers. Duke dealer | |
| I can prove your room is bad Here’s an interesting perspective from acoustician Matt Poes, who does room design and installs acoustic treatments for home audio and professional studios and venues: "A speaker that has controlled dispersion does basically the same thing you’d e... | |
| Damping Factor - Interesting article @david_ten wrote: "1. Regarding: My understanding is that low damping factor generally calls for high amounts of global negative feedback, which in turn can obscure low-level detail. "Is this more of a solid state amp issue?" In practice probably... | |
| Damping Factor - Interesting article @david_ten asked: " Reaching out to those that know this stuff: does damping factor play a role with (influencing) perceived scale (image size)? If so, how? Thanks. " Not directly, to the best of my knowledge, but imo it can indirectly. My un... | |
| Listeners who are using Dynamic Subwoofer(s) with Magnepan Speakers " Is there anyone out there who is pairing Magnepan speakers with a dynamic subwoofer or subwoofers with good or otherwise results. I’ve heard that timing issues can occur with that combination." My understanding, based on fairly extensive experie... |