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| Atma Sphere S30 amp Weebeesdad, in my opinion if the impedance stays above 7 ohms or so and is smooth (no big impedance peaks above the bass region), the S-30 is often still a strong contender. The S-30 will deliver increased power into an impedance peak, which is wh... | |
| Ribbon tweeters: Do they create a ringing sound?? Before you go too far, make sure it's not a room issue. Sitting in your normal listening position, use a handclap or sharp fingersnap to check for ringing. Duke | |
| New audiophile looking for first speakers. HELP The requirement for great power but also finesse (death metal & classical) is a tough one within your budget constraints. My suggestions are the Altec Model 14 and Model 19, and the JBL Model 4430 studio monitor. In my opinion any of these wil... | |
| Sound Lab DynaStat - removing vintage panel Glad you got the information you needed. I didn't think I could be an intermediary and reliably relay information back and forth about something I hadn't seen.I don't know if this will apply to the 1996 generation Dynastats or not, but here is wha... | |
| Tailoring tweeter output The problem with acoustic attenuation of your tweeter's output is that any material absorptive enough to make a significant differnce down at the bottom end of your tweeter's range is going to be overly absorptive in the top octave. Assuming were ... | |
| Any one with Evett and Shaw experience? No experience, but a bit of trivia: "Shaw" is Clayton Shaw of Emerald Physics fame. He is both outrageously innovative and intimidatingly competent (me speaking as a competitor), so I'm not surprised that his earlier efforts still hold up quite we... | |
| Hemp Drivers, musicians lov'em, audiophiles? My understanding is that there is greater variation in fiber size with hemp pulp than with most other types of paper. All else being equal, I think this would have the effect of reducing the Q of breakup peaks (making them wider but not as tall). ... | |
| Full Range Speaker That Can Play Near Boundaries Numerous challenges arise from near-the-wall placement in a small room: Early reflections are inevitable, degrading the imaging and usually tonality (especially in the midrange and lower treble); room gain will boost the bass region more than the ... | |
| Need advice on speaker/x-over update Don't pad the woofer - too many negative side-effects attached to that much series resistance when it wasn't included in the original design work. Once the problem is found all will make sense and the solution will be obvious.Duke | |
| Need advice on speaker/x-over update Measure the original parts and the new ones to be sure they are really the same values; parts can be mislabeled. Double-check the circuit to make sure you have the right parts in the right places; humans are not infallible.Be aware that sometimes ... | |
| Can I get deeper bass from my 890c Boleros? Not knowing any more about the 890c Bolero than what you just posted, I presume they have a passive radiator.Lowering the tuning frequency of a passive radiator will not necessarily give you a "better" bottom end. It will re-shape the speaker's lo... | |
| Speakers to alleviate room anomolies Rleff, in general it's desirable to have a lot of low frequency sources in-room, as long as you aren't stressing the main speakers and as long as you aren't over-emphasizing some portion of the bass region or otherwise creating a problem (like you... | |
| Speakers to alleviate room anomolies Room effects dominate in the bass region, and the peak-and-dip pattern is a function of room dimensions (and damping), source location, and listener location. In other words, move the bass source(s) and/or the listener and you re-arrange the peak-... | |
| Need Guidance: Soundlab A-3 Content Those speakers are very unlikely to be rare/collectible, as the parts, materials, and technology that SoundLab uses has progressed significantly since that pair was made. If the core (the part underneath the cloth) has a wooden frame, and/or cable... | |
| Side firing woofers The electrical phase of the woofer has nothing to do with its physical orientation. The net acoustic phase at the listening position is affected by the relative distance of the drivers from the listener at the crossover frequency. Unless the path ... |