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| 2 subs in a small room? Tbooe,I'm not sure I'd want to slice my comment that fine. A single subwoofer system that is smoothed with the addition of a second sub, EQ and/or room correction will IME usually produce a sense of cleaner mids than it did prior to such smoothin... | |
| Bi-polar (or Omni-polar), gimmick or real deal? IIRC, Ohm (omni) has a no cost in-home trial period as does Magnepan (dipole) for those models they sell direct. You could order both. Taste in dispersion patterns is personal, so this might be a good way to go, if you're willing to re-pack an... | |
| Digital crossovers Ivan,I believe that Salk offers (or at least once offered) an option along these lines. You might also be able to do it with DEQx and something like the Linkwitz Orion. The Orion features a separate, active (analog) x-over box, which you’d either ... | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive Ctsooner,The less expensive speakers are Ohm 100s with a pair of Rythmik 12" subs. This set-up features full bass extension for every recording I own, plus omnidirectional dispersion for 8 octaves. That combination of benefits outweighs the streng... | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive It's not always reverse snobbery. I own three different speaker models that retail at over $10k. While I spend time in front of each, I spend more time these days listening to a system with speakers that ran me about $2700. | |
| Digital crossovers BTW,I'm not 100% sure, but I believe that DEQx allows you to choose your slope, maxing out at something like 300 DB/octave. So, yes, without phase concerns, you can go to brick wall type slopes with digital x-overs. | |
| Digital crossovers I'm a fan. I use an Onkyo pre-pro in my all-digital system to cross my main speakers to subwoofers (the mains are two ways with traditional, passive, analog x-overs at the tweeter cross).All digital, multi-way x-overs like DEQx can sound great, t... | |
| 2 subs in a small room? Tbooe,I find that there is usually a major improvement in the upper bass and much of the mid-range (say the two octaves below middle A and a fair bit of the octave above) when you get the subs integrated properly. "Properly", in this case, includ... | |
| 2 subs in a small room? Tbooe If my understanding of Dirac is correct, it should be a breeze to integrate a pair of subs. If you're not using it yet, you may find that your existing, single sub set-up sounds much improved. | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive I just peeked at the speaker page at higherfi.com. They listed 27 different models with a six figure MSRP (tho most were offered at significant discounts). One model has a seven figure price tag. I'd invite anyone interested to peruse them and... | |
| 2 subs in a small room? Tbooe,Doing it by ear will usually take time. It's a bit of a PITA, but I've done it successfully several times. Unlike Coli, I've never failed to achieve smoother FR with a second sub. If you use an SPL meter or a RTA, it's much easier. These... | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive Tomcy6,I can 100% guarantee that different people hear differently. All you need to do is grab a few friends and run some pitch training software. I've done it (part of a performance curriculum I took several years ago ) and you'll see fundament... | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive Tomcy6,I can 100% guarantee that different people hear differently. All you need to do is grab a few friends and run some pitch training software. I've done it (part of a performance curriculum I took several years ago ) and you'll see fundament... | |
| 2 subs in a small room? A simplified answer: Any deep bass source will produce imperfect in-room frequency response as reflected long bass wavelengths collide in the room. In some cases, the collisions are destructive (resulting in frequecy response dips) in other cases... | |
| Do you have a secret "guilty pleasure" recording? Jnovak,Have you ever hear Tommy Emmanuel's solo guitar arrangement of Classical Gas? If not, I say "head straight to YouTube". Pretty incredible take on the tune and you may never think of that song in the same way again.On another note......For... |