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| What Do You Think . . . and How Does It Work? Kenjit wrote: "[Siegfried Linkwitz] obviously had a few designs that were available as DIY projects but i dont know of any that stereophile reviewed." Liinkwitz had several commercial designs which were manufactured by a company called Audio Artis... | |
| How do you share the sweet spot? This will be somewhat counter-intuitive, but with some horn speakers the sweet spot width can quite wide. First a bit of background: The ear localizes sound by two mechanisms: Arrival time and intensity. With most system setups, as you move off to... | |
| If Audiophiles care about sound, then why so few threads on acoustics "... why so few threads on acoustics?" Room acoustics can be a fairly complex subject... and imo if we’re talking about home audio, the speaker’s radiation characteristics and setup also come into play - in other words, it’s not just about the roo... | |
| What Do You Think . . . and How Does It Work? " NOBODY has done any comparisons to check if a $2 PVC pipe beats a $50k high end Wilson." Nobody is claiming that either. But somebody is committing a straw man argument fallacy.Duke | |
| Subwoofer Question Kingharold asked, "would four horns in the four corners achieve enough improvement to be worthwhile?" Todd Welti of Harmon International investigated symmetrical subwoofer placements using simulations, and four subs with one in each corner was one... | |
| In the middle of a pandemic, Stereophile reviews ~ $30K equipment @douglas_schroeder wrote: " Perhaps, as happened to me, a review of a pricey component started well before Covid-19 scare, and wound to conclusion now. Sometimes it takes months for a product to come to the reviewer! " That (or something similar) ... | |
| Subwoofer Question Daveyf1 wrote: " The more subs in the room, IME the easier it is to overload the room....and this really needs to be taken into consideration. " If we’re talking about a setup where the user is careless with the level control for the sub(s), then ... | |
| Best bookshelf loudspeakers under 10,000 for the pair Jcwaudio wrote: " I am downsize my system from Martin Logan electrostats and quad 2905 And would like a bookshelf that would have some of the same attributes of the quads. " Quads are a very tough act to follow. Aside from their articulation and f... | |
| Looking for an acoustic engineer or specialist First of all, kudos to you ebenlees, for setting out to really do it right! The difference between what a professional acoustician can do and what an enthusiastic amateur acoustician can do is huge. I fall into the latter category and after expe... | |
| Why do you guys pursue a flat frequency response when you buy a subwoofer? Deep_333 wrote: "Many hardcore audiophiles i know stick with 2 channel music systems, a.k.a, their high end turntables, DACs, integrated amps/monoblocks, etc with no bass management. These guys try subs and abandon them because they can’t get it t... | |
| Is room treatment a science? Millercarbon wrote, "That Geddes book is a gold mine! If only I had known - and it had come out a dozen years earlier!" Yes it is a gold mine, under-appreciated probably because it has "Home Theater" in the title. I’ve been in Earl’s home theater ... | |
| Why do you guys pursue a flat frequency response when you buy a subwoofer? Deep_333 wrote: " Now, when subs are being integrated with these speakers, the sub appears to be an afterthought. An end user like myself who’s not a speaker designer or professional audio engineer, is somehow being asked by sub manufacturers to m... | |
| Why do you guys pursue a flat frequency response when you buy a subwoofer? Millercarbon to tomic601: " So you choose liar. " Miller, just for the record, I’m not comfortable with what you did there. In a now-deleted post you called for tomic to do such-and-such or else he was (in your words) a liar, and when he didn’t, y... | |
| Why do you guys pursue a flat frequency response when you buy a subwoofer? " Duke - I will resend you the hi-rez photo at your AK business email." Got it - THANK YOU! Very interesting pattern of waves on the lake!! How were the patterns moving? Duke | |
| Why do you guys pursue a flat frequency response when you buy a subwoofer? Deep_333 wrote, " Duke, Can you name the popular opinions among sub manufacturers on how they think it should be addressed? Of course, more subs a.k.a an array of 4, 8 or 16 is great for business. But, are there other opinions out there?" Setting ... |