audiokinesis

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Soundstage Width and Depth
Soundstage width which extends to the outside of the speakers can be encoded on the recording, but it can also be the result of strong early sidewall reflections. The Precedence Effect is not completely effective at suppressing directional cues fr... 
Religious music for less than devout
"A Christmas Song" - Jethro Tull "Amazing Grace" - The Blind Boys of Alabama "Another Christmas Song" - yup, Jethro Tull again "Hymn" - Barclay James Harvest 
Two medium size woofers Vs One big size woofer
"Acceleration factor" is the ratio of force or motor strength (Bl) divided by moving mass (Mms). It ignores cone area, and is imo therefore misleading. Let me illustrate why: Suppose we are comparing a single 10-inch woofer against four 10-inch wo... 
Swarming!
@audioquest4life wrote:  " I ordered the Classic Audio Loudspeakers T1.5 reference"  Congratulations!  AWESOME speaker!!  Audioquest4life: "I love that I can turn the volume way up on the subs when playing Back in the Saddle by Aerosmith, and j... 
More Power or use subwoofer to boost bass for music
Xcool asked, " Do you have any suggestion on reducing vibration to the wall behind and to the side of my subwoofer? Would acoustic panel or bass trap help? " To the extent that the vibrations in the walls are structure-borne, the SVS SoundPath Iso... 
Is my room size going to be a problem for speakers?
" It's only 10 feet by 10 feet "   In a room that size, one problem is that the reflections path lengths are very short.  In general the earlier a reflection arrives, the more likely it is to be detrimental to timbre or clarity or both.   IF you h... 
More Power or use subwoofer to boost bass for music
Xcool wrote: "Later that evening the building manager sent out an email to all residents that he received a complaint from some residents that they hear very loud bass music coming through their wall..." My guess is that the heavy passive radiator... 
More Power or use subwoofer to boost bass for music
@erik_squires wrote: "Maybe there’s a different way for swarm fan boys to behave more respectfully towards others and try to answer the OP’s question without asking him to triple the number of speakers in his home??" "Swarm fan boys" are not perfe... 
More Power or use subwoofer to boost bass for music
Xcool wrote:   " Actually, overall it didn't sound that great in the Magnolia show room.  I thought the speakers were very bright, but it did leave an impression of good bass.  I vaguely remember it was driven by a Rotel Integrated. "  My unders... 
More Power or use subwoofer to boost bass for music
Posted by Erik Squires in this thread: " Jesus, the 4 sub cult is strong here. " " The cult: Your problem is you have 1/3 the number of speakers you need!! You must add 4 more, bring it up to six!!! " " What I have a problem with is the cult that ... 
What 4 subwoofers to buy?
I agree with the suggestions of Rhythmik... excellent subs in my limited experience.  Duke 
What 4 subwoofers to buy?
@williewonka wrote: " IMO - the more "sources" the less detailed the bass gets and it I do not believe it equates to FASTER BASS.either "I always found the fewer drives the better - when it comes to HiFi. "I think we’ll have to agree to disagree o... 
What 4 subwoofers to buy?
Elate wrote: "I have been reading alot lately about the DBA thing, and without even trying it, I am positive that it will be the best thing for me." You must be pretty good at wrapping your head around new ideas, because the idea that four subs sp... 
More Power or use subwoofer to boost bass for music
@jl35 wrote: "when using 2 subs with floor standers, do they need to be identical or can they be close models..."   They do not need to be the same.  Duke 
More Power or use subwoofer to boost bass for music
@erik_squires wrote: "The swarm was an interesting idea which is promoted by fetishists whose motives and honesty I question... Please mark me down as some one who no longer believes those people are well meaning. I’ll no longer bother arguing wit...