audiokinesis
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| Dual vs single sub "If we agree with Duke's statement that 2 subs in a room provides twice the bass smoothness of 1 sub and 4 subs in a room provides twice the bass smoothness of 2 subs..."I was paraphrasing my mentor, Earl Geddes. Not only does the frequency resp... | |
| Dual vs single sub "I’ll take the stereo bass. It sounds better."If you would be willing to list some recordings that do have true stereo bass, I would appreciate it very much. I would really like to try some known-stereo-bass recordings on my system and see how th... | |
| Dual vs single sub "I don’t believe that virtually all CDs have bass frequencies summed."That’s okay. I didn’t either and argued with Earl about it. I forget the details of what he said but he had been sufficiently thorough in his investigation to change my mind. It... | |
| Dual vs single sub "I don’t believe it. No offense to you personally."Could you clarify? What exactly do you not believe? And, no offense to you personally either. | |
| Dual vs single sub "The Ford Motor Company?"Ford hired Dr. Earl Geddes as a consultant. One of the questions he wanted to know the answer to was how common is it for CD's to have stereo bass content. He asked everyone in the department to bring in their CD's. Aft... | |
| Image/soundstage and punch/bass "Are there speakers out there (new or used) in the $2,500 price range that have the image and soundstage of Magnepan (my current set up is MG12s) but the punch and bass for rock/hip hop type music?"You might look into bipolar speakers, like the Mi... | |
| Kii3 loudspeakers "the kii takes the degradation caused by room acoustics out of the equation making it appear as though its a better speaker."If the room is what degrades the sound of otherwise good speakers, then taking room effects out of the equation may be the... | |
| Kii3 loudspeakers "The kii cheats by using dsp to fix room problems."Among other things, the Kii uses DSP to generate a cardioid radiation pattern which helps minimize room problems in the first place. I don’t see how this could reasonably be called "cheating". Imo... | |
| Kii3 loudspeakers I forgot to give reasons for suggesting the Dutch & Dutch.Like the Kii, it is a very thorough design. In addition to what frostdotcom posted, I really like the waveguide that Dutch & Dutch uses for pattern control. As one who has mulled o... | |
| Kii3 loudspeakers I would also look at the Dutch & Dutch 8c. Duke | |
| Speakers for restaurant I would think that you'd want fairly uniform coverage over as much of the area as you can reasonably get. Mirage speakers come to mind. They are quasi-omnidirectional, and so they give good coverage over a very wide area. Duke | |
| Dual vs single sub "Duke had told him OB/Dipole subs would be a better choice for use with his loudspeakers.""when I told Duke what drivers I was going to use he said mine will kill his."Okay that’s it. I’m firing my marketing department!!Seriously thank you both, a... | |
| Dual vs single sub Several posts above I wrote: "your four subs only approximate a line source; each sub still behaves as an omnidirectional point source."Presumably in response, mijostyn wrote: "4 subs at 4 foot intervals with the outer two in corners does not appr... | |
| Dual vs single sub "The best you can hope to do in any enclosed space approximating a livable room is to control primary reflections and since they have the most energy that represents 90% of the battle."I disagree with this statement as far as the bass region goes.... | |
| New Gallo Strata's sound like tin-cans: break-in time problem? Thanks for clarifying. |