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| Favorite Obscure Rock Song These are arguably trend more towards "progressive rock" than "mainstream rock". Apologies for not picking just one: "The Camera Eye", Rush "Moths", Jethro Tull "Astronomy", Blue Oyster Cult "11:59 PM October 30th", The Changelings "Rajah Kha... | |
| All speakers have a little EQ built in @akgwhiz wrote: "@audiokinesis can you expand on how low, or how much of the phase curve that’s low inductance, at low impedance is acceptable for most tube gear?" The interactions between the speakers’ impedance curves and the tube amps’ output... | |
| All speakers have a little EQ built in As one who occasionally dabbles in crossover design, often with one eye on the frequency response curve and the other on the impedance curve, I’d like to toss out an observation: Equalizing a frequency response anomaly without introducing an impe... | |
| Is Anyone Using Subwoofers the Same Size as Their Mids? I use four 10" diameter subs in my system. Depending on which speakers I'm using, my midwoofers range from 10" to 15" in diameter. In general, subwoofer drivers are optimized for subwoofer frequencies, and midbass drivers are optimized for midb... | |
| Speakers - Your "Safest" Choice @gnoworyta wrote: "What I was trying to get to is the speaker that you or others think are a "crowd pleaser" (for lack of a better term)...." I understand the appeal of a safe-bet "crowd pleaser" speaker, but imo this is an unrealistic expectatio... | |
| Which is better, a fussy speaker or a versatile one? To the extent that amp + speakers + room = "a system within a system", compatibility and adaptability are arguably desirable qualities for a loudspeaker. Duke | |
| What happened to my room acoustics In my opinion: "There is a roll-off before 20kHz.." This is the shortest wavelengths being absorbed by surfaces in the room. "A dip is present around 12kHz.." There will be a on-axis cancellation dip in the response with a round horn or roun... | |
| Horns with good timbre and tonality? @phusis wrote: "What about, and maybe when is the diffraction part most troublesome here; what’s inherent to - as a distinct sonic imprinting/coloration - the narrow slot section leading up to the horn widening at every volume level (i.e.: at low... | |
| Distributed Bass Array Speaker Placement Arrival times are not critical in the bass region, at least not within the range of delays arising from the subwoofers being different distances from the listening position. The ear’s time-domain resolution is poor at low frequencies. We cannot ev... | |
| Subwoofers: Ported or sealed? @jaytor wrote: "[Open baffle subs] don’t pressurize the room like a conventional sub - the bass is there in the room. For music from traditional instruments like double bass or kick drums, this sounds very natural. These instruments don’t pressur... | |
| Horns with good timbre and tonality? From a previous post of mine: “You mentioned full scale symphony. The ability to convey the hall ambience on a good recording again goes back to getting the reflection field correct, as the in-room reflections are in effect the "carriers" for the... | |
| Subwoofers: Ported or sealed? @tvrgeek wrote: "For music, I much prefer low Q sealed. The roll-off much better matches the room gain so flatter to start with..." @erik_squires responded: "This is a subject I don't think most audiophiles understand. You have no idea what in-r... | |
| Horns with good timbre and tonality? @ei001h wrote: "I appreciate speed and dynamics with good timbre and tonality. I know horns are good with speed and dynamics, but not sure if they can do timbre and tonality like SF can." I’ve been designing and building horn hybrd horn loudspea... | |
| speakers for small room "The room is 13’ x 11’ with 3 walls, the other side opening up to the rest of the house." If I understand correctly, one side of your room is effectively a large opening into the rest of your house. If this is the case, then in the bass region yo... | |
| SPL Surprise! 24 dB of difference under the conditions described seems reasonable to me. I’m not going to make a comprehensive analysis of all the factors that may be in play, and will be making some simplifying assumptions, but I think this covers the dominan... |