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| Open Baffle Experience In response to Kenjit's post about me above: For the record there are two apparently very different sides to the story, but imo this thread is not the place for either side. | |
| Open Baffle Experience @johnnycamp5, here are four reasons why I think the spectral balance of the reflections should be similar to the spectral balance of the direct sound: 1. Timbre is more natural when the reflections fully support the first-arrival sound. Where the... | |
| Open Baffle Experience @johnnycamp5 wrote: "I should be more specific - Are all OB open back tweeter? I thought some had forward only directivity . So the heavy drapes question was more for the mid range and bass frequencies." Yes, some open baffle speakers have rear-... | |
| Open Baffle Experience @johnnycamp5 wrote: "We read in this thread a redundant dimension of about 3’ off front wall as a minimum with OB. "I wonder if less distance (approx. 2’) with heavy drapes behind might work…" Not really. Imo the issue is time delay, and you can... | |
| Speaker Suggestions $30K Sasha DAW competitor? @plaw , this might be the thread @keithr is talking about: | |
| Starting from scratch in a large room @deertrail7, what are the horizontal and vertical dimensions of your 24" deep shelf? The reason I ask is, in that size room adequate SPL capability and low-end air-moving capability are going to be an issue, and both of those tie back in to louds... | |
| Magnepan .7 Alternatives @flasd wrote: "Either too much treble..." "Too much treble" can be a symptom of "not enough bass". @flasd: "Room dimensions: 11.5’ W x 12’ L... Listening Distance from Speakers 8.5’ - 9’..." This implies your Maggies are pretty close to the w... | |
| Raising Subs? Imo an advantage of using more than one subwoofer is that you can distribute them far apart and asymmetrically such that each is a different distance from the room boundaries. The result is a significantly different room-interaction peak-and-di... | |
| Another HiFi Listening Room help request @hleeid, the Magnums are sold by my colleague James Romeyn, as he lives near the cabinet shop that builds the enclosures. But I think a set would eat up too much of @bionicgiblets33’s budget. Speakerhardware.com sells subwoofer kits that I design... | |
| Another HiFi Listening Room help request Thank you for the mention @soix but my Swarm subwoofer system would be inadequate for this application. IF home audio subwoofers are going to be used, Hsu Research comes to mind as offering a LOT of SPL-per-dollar. The room size AND DJ-ing use bo... | |
| Another HiFi Listening Room help request Very interesting set of requirements! Prosound ruggedness and functionality and value combined with high-end audio sound quality... imo that can be done with high quality prosound drivers and attention to system design, especially regarding the ra... | |
| Tekton haters and bashers you just got a new target! "... you just got a new target!" *pew! pew!* [nothing happens] *pew! pew!* [nothing] Dangit, is this thing even loaded?? | |
| What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers? @phusis wrote: "The EV Constant Directivity horns (HP9040 + DH1A) on my EV main speakers, by virtue of not narrowing the HF response on-axis, should require equalization in its upper band above some 3kHz, at least for their intended cinema use, b... | |
| What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers? @larryi wrote: "I sort of think that 95-96 is at the low end of the range. My speakers are 99 db/w efficient, and friend calls that medium efficiency (his speakers are above 112 db/w efficient." Imo this is something to be aware of: Very often t... | |
| What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers? @tannoy56 wrote: "What would you say are the attributes of low efficient speakers? Anyone?" Low efficiency speakers will give you deeper bass response for a given enclosure size, often dramatically so. The obvious implication of the above is, lo... |