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| sealed vs vented subwoofers For some reason the full link did not appear in my post above. From where that link takes you, scroll down to post number 19.Duke | |
| sealed vs vented subwoofers A sealed box will have more group delay than a vented box because it has a 4th order rolloff below system resonance, rather than the approximately 2nd order rolloff of a venteed box. However, the audibility of group delay at low frequencies has no... | |
| sealed vs vented subwoofers I believe that the room plays a dominant role in the bass region, and one of the things that rooms tend to do is boost the very deep bass due to boundary reinforcement. A sealed box sub generally gives better synergy with this room-acoustic effect... | |
| Stereo Subs - Do they need to be identical? In some cases, the quarter-wave cancellation from the bounce off the rear wall can be taken advantage of to tame a peak. As for asymmetrical placement, here's a link to a brief informal paper by one of the leading researchers in psychoacoustics, E... | |
| Stereo Subs - Do they need to be identical? I would say that... it depends. In my opinion the goal is to get a smooth in-room response in the bass region, and a smooth (perceptually seamless) blend with the main speakers. Depending mainly on the frequency response characteristics of the sub... | |
| 2-way vs. 3-way In my opinion the basic concept and format of the model 4430 is sheer genius. It elegantly addresses several significant issues, some of which are still virtually ignored by most of the high-end audio world. Briefly, the 4430 uses a large-diameter... | |
| Excessive Midrange Energy? Hard to say what's going on with the speakers without a rather comprehensive set of measurements. What you are hearing might be something that can be addressed in the crossover, but some things simply cannot be. Sorry I know that doesn't help much... | |
| Forward sounding speakers that Rock Greetings YYZ, I've noticed exactly what you're talking about with Rush recordings - many otherwise fine-sounding systems sound lifeless with Rush. I don't think the entire answer is necessarily a forward tonal balance; rather, I think it has as m... | |
| Omni directional speakers The Gradient Revolution and Helsinki both have exceptionally smooth power response (something a good omni also achieves), but the design goal is radiation pattern control to reduce early room reflections, rather than omnidirectionality. In my opin... | |
| Wide dispersion tweeters In general, smaller diameter diaphragm = wider dispersion. Note that the tweeter's faceplate (and the surrounding front baffle of the speaker) will act as a 180 degree horn, limiting the radiation pattern at the lower end of the tweeter's passband... | |
| Homemade sound panels Be careful not to end up with a room that's dead in the upper frequencies and still highly reverberant in the bass. It's easy to over-absorb short wavelengths, but very difficult to absorb long wavelengths. Lining the walls with a lot of foam pane... | |
| Best $500 speakers for Home theater only? For home theater, given that you already have a high-output sub, seems like high output mains are called for. Maybe Klipsch Chorus. Duke | |
| Beveridge speakers-does anyone still use them? Hello Baranyi,Congrats on your Beveridges! I had no idea. Very cool speakers indeed. Living legends.How do you have them set up? What are you driving them with? Thanks,Duke | |
| Zu Definition Pro - Please comment, room/shipping Hi Akatora,Your links are timing out for me, so I can't see what your room looks like. But if Macro says the big Zus will work in your room, I'm sure they will.As for shipping companies, I go first to freightquote.com in situations like this, but ... | |
| Hansen Emperor vs...... WildWildWes, I presume you're not aware... I wasn't either until Guido came to my room at RMAF. Guido is blind. That's why he said "I can report only what my ears detected".My wife was running my RMAF room when Guido came in, and when he asked a f... |