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| Hi efficient speaker, bass problems "Because all high efficiency speakers have an uneven bandwidth when being driven..."This depends of the thermal and mechanical power handling capacities of the drivers used. For instance a 4" fullrange driver with 1/2 mm of linear excursion and 30... | |
| Front port vs Rear port Weseixas, I believe that the fundamental resonance of an open-on-both-ends tube will occur at the frequency where the tube's length is equal to one-half wavelenth. For a port 6" long, that would be about 1.1 kHz. In my opinion a nearfield or small... | |
| Front port vs Rear port "The position too near the wall, so to speak, usually manifests itself in nearfield reflections, a larger problem imho than port constriction." - LrskyWell said - I agree 100%.Regarding port location, note that if the speakers are designed for pla... | |
| Help a confused newbie build his first setup... Once we get far enough away from the speakers that the reverberant field dominates over the direct sound, it really doesn't matter whether the sound originated from a point source or a line source. And by the time we're outside the main listening ... | |
| Im looking for Speakers/Sub to play rap mostly As one who manufactures both home audio and pro audio speakers, and does so with pro audio drivers, in my opinion they are not necessarily whole different ballgames.One reason to consider speakers that use prosound-type components for demanding ho... | |
| Dunlavy SC-IV bass problem You can check the polarity of the wiring on the woofers with a battery.Connect the + battery terminal to the + speaker input, and the - battery terminal to the - speaker input. The crossover will send the DC voltage from the battery to the woofers... | |
| Dunlavy SC-IV bass problem Don't change woofers unless you are prepared to redesign the crossover. If you really want more bass, I suggest having the woofers' T/S parameters measured to see if it's feasible to port the cabinets. Otherwise, woofers that give you "more bass" ... | |
| martin logan prodigy vs sound lab m-2 I'm rather embarrassed by how promotional my post from 2001 now reads. I try not to do that any more.Duke | |
| Full-range/horn loaded on a budget? You might try The Hornshoppe:http://www.thehornshoppe.com/index.htmlI have no idea if owner Ed Schilling keeps stock on hand, but his speakers have an extremely enthusiastic following, assuming you don't mind spending a lot less than $2800.Or, pic... | |
| Sealed vs Ported Subwoofers In my opinion the central problem of low bass reproduction is room interaction. Low-frequency gain from boundary reinforcement has a significant impact on subwoofer in-room performance, so let's look at that. But first a bit of background: The ear... | |
| D’Appolito designs in smaller rooms? In my experience, you want a narrower radiation pattern in a small room than you do in a large room, and in most cases you want to use more toe-in than normal. This is to keep the energy in the early reflections to a minimum. To the extent that th... | |
| pro's and con's of a 4 ohm speaker? In general, amplifiers are happier into a high impedance load, as long as they aren't driven into clipping. So assuming all else is equal (which of course it never is), I'd suggest 8 ohms if there is no danger of clipping and 4 ohms if there is. N... | |
| StereoTimes Interview with Duke LeJeune/Audiokines Clio09 wrote: "I'm now using the 45 degree toe-in in my new condo and I have to say I'm liking it very much. I'm getting a whole new perspective on the sound stage and there is definitely a larger sweet spot. I guess the designer knew what he was ... | |
| StereoTimes Interview with Duke LeJeune/Audiokines Thank you all very much for taking the time to post here, I appreciate your good thoughts and encouragement. And especially thank you Clio09 for starting this thread. Duke | |
| In Room Frequency Response Measurements My target is a gentle downward tilt across the spectrum, maybe -4 dB or so at 15 kHz relative to 400 Hz. In-room measurements are usually dominated by room acoustics at any given microphone location below 400 Hz or so, and therefore are not reliab... |