ieales
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| Adding an Sub that doesn't go well below speakers? Roll the bottom out of the mains from at least 40Hz with a passive first order filter to the main amps 2x Martin Logan 800x or better. Any similarly capable sub with multiple XO slope, 180° continuous phase, polarity inversion. OR miniDSP 2x4HD... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? ...we only have marketing hype to evaluate products Truer words were never spoken. The only thing I ever bought in a HiFi shop that I didn’t evaluate in my system were Spica TC-50... about forty years ago. | |
| Subwoofer ^^^ Read Floyd Toole's book. | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? Cables make a difference. I’ve said that for over 50 years. What is not guaranteed is that any particular cable in any particular system will effect a change or be an improvement to all. Regardless of all the marketing claims. Advising someone t... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? Shame some people just come to these threads to throw stones. Stating provable facts isn't throwing stones. "my system sounds fantastic" and could be made not so with a single cable mismatch. Sometimes you have to wake a sleepwalker so they d... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? MasterBuilt are probably fine cables. Like all cables, they interact with the source and load. There is no Magic Bullet. Their spiel and its ilk are repeated ad nauseum on most every audiophool product page. 😵 | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? Nice people post links. WBF* search is hopeless. * Wife's Best Friend? What does WBF stand for? (abbreviations.com) | |
| Subwoofer A well executed sub with adequate controls* properly integrated with the mains improves the listening experience out of all proportion to the frequency response. I ran an Audio Concepts Force with Spica TC-50 XO @ ≈85Hz rolling the lows first ord... | |
| Subwoofer Multiple distributed subs give even, not accurate, bass at the LP. All-Pass phase controls operate at only a single frequency with varying degrees of shift across the passband. See | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. Point of clarification on woofer replacement: Since I’m using subs, I don’t need the low bass extension of the LFT’s woofer which is obtained by mass loading. Bruce did a superb job with original Usher, lowering the free air -6dB to 15.3Hz See ... | |
| Subwoofer You left out the single BEST brand of subs to consider for two channel: REL. Once I would have agreed. In twenty years, I’ve yet to hear decent demo of a REL product, even in $100k systems. IMO, REL gave up engineering for bling. Most of their... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. @ledoux1238 Bruce first mentioned the new panels in April 2022. We bought a new motorhome in May 2022. Our heating system died Dec 22nd. Still on the radar... but since the system is so outstanding, there’s a bit of "Ain’t broke,,, Don’t fix"... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. @mijostyn As a former Tympany user myself just what are you doing now? The system you described above? Yes Harry Pearson’s favorite bass reproducers! I thought the Tympany were OK at the very bottom, not great. BUT, at the time I owned t... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. ALL equipment reviews are specious and designed to sell product to the naive. | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. The LFT-8b can be turned into a world class speaker that has few equals... for those who appreciate coherence and staging. They play loud enough and only change level, not character no matter the request. Replace the passive XO with active DSP. T... |