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| Question on small bass drivers in tower speakers A couple of the parameters of bass production are volume displacement of the driver and the air volume of the enclosure, plus, if ported, port length/diameter. Porting helps "stretch" the bass extension of smaller drivers. More smaller drivers may... | |
| Self-powered speakers: any good? The distinction between *powered* speakers and *active* speakers needs clarification. Powered speakers have built-in ampsthey do not necessarily have multiple amps and active crossovers. Active speakers utilize active crossovers and an amp for ea... | |
| Need help with Jazz Betty Carter. Sarah Vaughn-Live in Japan, Suede-sings and plays trumpet. If you like latin Latin jazz, Flora Purim-usually recorded with Airto, but also has a few releases under her name. | |
| $2500 speaker threshold It's a generalization. In general I can see his point, but, however, except, on the other hand, it's also a simplification. There are things that can't be done for less than a couple thousand, on the other hand, there could be an argument for an u... | |
| conundrum You can't judge a speaker by the price or the size. In subjective listening tests a good $2k pair can beat a $12k pair. Do yourself a favor. Listen to more speakers without any limits on price or typelisten to what you can't afford and what you m... | |
| Why do subs sound bloated or slow? Number one reason why subs, or for that matter any speaker producing frequencies below 80 Hz, sound bloated is the room. Adding a second sub will substantially help in reducing room mode peaks and nulls. That's why some people swear by using a ful... | |
| Not so Easy to Skip the Preamp? Better check the amp. You may have been lucky with the A500s, but I was not. For me, 3 out of 5 were bad, one within a month, two straight out of the box. I also found that the volume controls are not goodbest to leave them at full output. | |
| Help a confused newbie build his first setup... You wanted opinions, you got it. And that's why you're confused. As a musician also, I know where you are coming from. Take your time. Read. Listen. Question everything. If you don't use your head, you'll use your wallet. You need facts, not opini... | |
| Historicity? We think we seek novelty, when in fact, we usually seek familiarity with a dash of novelty. Music that presents too much of one over the other leaves us either uninterested (too familiar) or "can't warm up to it" (too novel). If after a few more l... | |
| speakers for a smaller listening room Your best bet is to equalize the bass frequencies below about 100 Hz (or even as high as 150 Hz). Smaller speakers will only mean less bass, not controlled bass. The treble problems are likely a result of being so close to the back wall. Experimen... | |
| How to level match when comparing components? In addition to an SPL meter, you will need a pink noise signal. As Jax2 mentioned, using music to level match is nearly impossible.I agree it takes time to fully evaluate a single component. For comparisons between two or more, direct A/B is neces... | |
| Have you tried matching a stereo to your hearing? The natural sound of things is our reference. Our natural hearing curve is our reference also. If we "compensate" for our hearing curve we are actually throwing the balance of natural sound way, way off. We'd have pounding bass and excruciating tr... | |
| Filling out the sound Floor reflection typically causes some cancellation in the upper bass, around 100-200 Hz range. First try an area rug in front of the speakers. | |
| Which speakers have the biggest soundstage Soundstage is a function of the acoustical interaction between the speakers' dispersion, room reflections and placement. I have found that dipole or omnidirectional speakers provide the biggest soundstage. Front wall to speaker distance affects th... | |
| why aren't ribbon tweeters more popular? Downsidesdelicate, easily overdriven, higher distortion, beaming dispersion pattern. Ribbon and quasi-ribbon also exhibit edge resonances and a rising frequency response, some more than others, making them difficult to work with and listen to. Ho... |