martykl
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| High quality subwoofer - which one? Rower,WHAT pray tell smooths out the C4's room bass response?The obvious answer is "nothing". Most folks who run the main speaker full-range simply fit the sub's response "under" the rolled off bass response of the main speaker and live with the s... | |
| High quality subwoofer - which one? I believe that the reason that integrated high pass crossovers are disappearing from subs is simply economic. As you note, the high pass is redundant for HT use which - just guessing here - completely dominates the market for subs at any price. Th... | |
| Good amp match for vinatge Vandersteen 2C's? Personally, I think that I'd go the other way here:The soft top end of the original Vandy 2 was an essential part of that speaker's character (and charm). I say "Don't fight it".I first heard the Vandy 2 paired with the original Quicksilver mono a... | |
| High quality subwoofer - which one? IME, the answer is a little involved:The Velodyne DD series subs have (DRC) software that is effective (when set up manually, the auto mode sucks) in smoothing bass response by correcting room induced effects. If you are listening to music only, "... | |
| Speakers with no rear wall, better or worse sound? I'd think that there will likely be (at least) 2 audible effects:Overall bass response will likely be attenuated as room re-inforcement from the "front" wall is eliminated.Bass response should be smoother as frequency specific destructive interfer... | |
| Single Vendor Components for MMG Here's another thought, particularly if your source material is strictly digital:You might consider an HK990 integrated amp and a pair of quality subs. The HK provides a quality dac, digital x-over, and room correction, as well as a Citation deriv... | |
| 2 Subs The trick now is integrating the subs properly. A room corrected sub controller, either stand-alone (Velodyne SMS-1) or built-in (Audyssey, as found in many pre-pros and AVRs, or the TI version in the HK990 integrated amp) greatly increases your c... | |
| Help Me Name a New Band Slipknot,Good idea, but already taken by this Kokomo, Indiana cover band:www.surrenderdorothy.infoMarty | |
| Help Me Name a New Band Feynman, Schwinger and Tamonaga strikes me as a fine name for an irony loving 4 piece combo. This is the trio that won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1965. The name is both obscure and fully detached from anything relevant to your music, while simu... | |
| INTEGRA DHC-80.3 Surround Processor Jeff,I "went over" to the room correction "dark side" for my main, 2 channel, music only system several years ago. My ARC and Joule preamps were first joined by a Velo SMS-1 room correction/sub controller, then replaced by an Onkyo pre-pro with XT... | |
| Surround processor with stereo analog outputs I'm not exactly sure about the "stereo analog" part of your requirements, but...You will get two, line level, analog sub outputs from any 7.2 or 9.2 pre-pro...and there are many from Denon, Onkyo, Integra, Marantz, NAD, Anthem etc. These will also... | |
| Prima luna Owners - What Speakers are you using Brad,I can't really comment on the PL5/Merlin as I have no direct experience with the combo, but I can say that the speakers don't require a ton of power to work well. I've gotten more than adequate SPL and very good dynamics out of the older VSM ... | |
| Prima luna Owners - What Speakers are you using I've used PL mono 6 amps (with KT-66 output tubes installed) to drive my Merlin VSMs for several years. To my taste, it's a very good combo that (more or less) optimizes the Merlins - preserving their spooky mid-band and providing a bit more punch... | |
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| which subwofer is better? No sweat. |