drew_eckhardt
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| Benefits of a cardioid subwoofer? Cardioids and dipole sub-woofers couple differently to room modes than monopoles in the same location. This works very well with dipoles and the height mode.Cardioids implemented with an acoustic delay and dipoles don't benefit or suffer from room... | |
| Likely culprit for harshness at higher volumes? 1) CDs. Some are mastered horribly bright2) Room. Too much reverberation at high frequencies3) Speakers. | |
| DIY. Whose speakers would you use? >04-01-11: Orpheus10>I assembled the speakers in my bedroom from a kit. I do not believe there is any kit suitable for the "main room". It's all about "relativity".Siegfried Linkwitz designed the Audio Artistry line of dynamic dipoles, inclu... | |
| DIY. Whose speakers would you use? >If you could pick and choose from any parts out there, which tweeters mids and woofers would you spec for a DIY set of speakers? What about the crossover electronics? Which caps, etc? Crossovers to be internal. Amps SS.Whatever an experienced ... | |
| Does the port tuning frecuency limit x-max? The port radically reduces driver excursion in its pass-band (so it's less than in a sealed enclosure) but allows excursion to approach what it would be without an enclosure as you drop below its high-pass poles (much more than "reasonably" sized ... | |
| Are these speakers fully compatible? > Harley52 writes>Drew and anyone that wants to read. 18.4db of sound will take 85-95 watts of power,all things being equal.As fall out from the 1970s amplifier power advertising shenanigans the US FTC requires consumer one and two channel a... | |
| Are these speakers fully compatible? >03-18-11: SpareribsThanks. I'm in a small bedroom so playing at very load levels is not really a need. Plus I usually listen to jazz and classical music with some classic bluesy rock.I wouldn't assume that. Good jazz and classical recordings h... | |
| open baffle speaker question >03-04-11: JohnkDrew said and I quote[Don't bother with a full range on a baffle even if you add a sub-woofer and/or super-tweeter.] This is wrong info many experts use this design Including Nelson Pass. I think Nelson might have the edge in re... | |
| open baffle speaker question Open baffle speakers can work exceptionally well (I own a pair of Orions, and the latest versions are better than everything else I've heard provided you can live with the SPL limitations. Earl Geddess' waveguides crossed to large (10, 12, 15") mi... | |
| 2.0 or 3.0 or 4.0 for HT Movie Audio? >02-14-11: Dorfma05 writes:I'm planning on doing a form of 4.0. I have the front left & right set up as full range with a sub on each of these 2 channels to enhance the bottom octave.The problem there is that Dolby Digital is encoded to all... | |
| Adding Sub to current system Rpg writes: >I currently have a pair of Sonus Faber Electa speakers. These speakers have 6" and 1" drivers respectively and have a 1st order crossover. The popular magazine test disk demonstrate the speakers go down to about 40HZ.A 6" driver ca... | |
| Dunlavy SC-IV bass problem Speaker and listener placement has a _lot_ to do with the bass you get out of your speaker. After moving to a new home/room I needed to move my seat forward six inches to avoid a noticeable suck-out. | |
| Martin Logan Quest Z Bass - can it be fixed ? 12-09-10: Johnsonwu>Adding a sub makes it worse. It's a phase coherence issue.The "speed" of the panel and that of the cheap cone are vastly different.No. It's a power/polar response issue.The panel is a dipole, with 4.8dB of directivity and a ... | |
| Surround Processor-Programmable for No SubWoofer Note that some processors discard the LFE channel when no sub-woofer is present to avoid over-driving the main speakers (the LFE channel has headroom for 115dB SPL at the seats vs. 105dB from the main channels).Dolby permits this behavior | |
| what is purpose of home theater processor? 10-30-10: Chadnliz>Having said that if you have a system that excells at music it will easily perform well for movies but the reverse cant be had as easily.That's backwards.An excellent home theater system will produce 105dB SPL main channel an... |