phusis
Responses from phusis
| Bigger drivers = bigger soundstage The OP headline doesn’t gel all that well with the described findings, it seems. Too many factors are at play determining "bigger soundstage" than mere driver size alone, though better "room fill" is more in line with the use of larger drivers/ove... | |
| Best Speakers You Have Ever Heard In Your Home @sounds_real_audio -- It does seem like it is possible to own the dream speaker. Interesting that no one mentioned those really large and or really expensive speaker.My experience has been the same. Not my experience - that is, while my actively... | |
| "Musical" subwoofers? Advice please on comparing JL subs As far as a sub amp goes (or run up to ~1kHz) the Class D-based Crown K2 is as good as any I've heard. When bridged it's supposedly a fine all-round amp not restricted to subs/lower to central midrange prowess only. As great stand-alone all-round ... | |
| Anyone ditch the sub after large speaker purchase? @douglas_schroeder -- I make systems with varying numbers of 15" woofers, from none, to one dozen. Yes, that's right, one dozen 15" woofers. There are fundamental things that happen with LOTS of cone surface that simply cannot happen with less co... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... @audio2design --Time I picked up on this:Why are you going on about something that 99.9% of audiophiles have no interest in doing, and 9/10 of the remaining 0.1% are going to screw up?To begin with most audiophiles seem to have no concept of activ... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... @audio2design -- Unfortunately phusis, your view towards active speakers is simple, just the replacement of passive crossover to active crossover. There is far more possible in terms of active speaker development that cannot be implemented in thi... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... @douglas_schroeder -- Further, so now it’s being said that you can have an "active" speaker without the amps in the box! Well, isn’t THAT a revelation! I always thought that was designated a speaker with an active x-over. That opens up questions, ... | |
| Audiophile system for Techno and Dance music @rixthetrick -- Massive SPL, huge volume cannot possibly compete against a highly resolving sytem, even for Techno or any other EDM music.I am not saying my 400 watts per channel doesn’t perform, and cannot play loud. However I will state that low... | |
| Audiophile system for Techno and Dance music @cal3713 -- Can you post a link to your tapped bass horn designs? They look great... Thanks. The plans are shared in this post:https://www.avsforum.com/threads/my-lilmike-microwrecker-lilmikes-plans-in-thread.1514504/post-24285...Build thread h... | |
| Audiophile system for Techno and Dance music Good quality prosound drivers often have 10-20 dB more clean headroom than what’s normal for high-end home audio drivers, which translates to a very relaxed sound even at fairly intense home audio sound pressure levels. Prosound woofers and midwoo... | |
| Bass Driver Size - how much better is an extra inch? @steve59 -- All things being equal there’s no replacement for displacement...But use the sportbike analogy and the experienced will say smaller and lighter is better on a tight track. The problem with analogies is finding the ones that apply prope... | |
| Bass Driver Size - how much better is an extra inch? @cd318 -- I rather suspected that my front ported Tannoy Berkeley’s didn’t go down that far despite their 15 inch drivers.According to one site their frequency response is 35Hz - 20kHz. I strongly suspect that it barely scrapes 35Hz let alone bein... | |
| Klipsch La Scala 2018 or the Triangle Cello? Indeed, fairly different speakers, the La Scala II’s (AL5) and the Triangle Magellan Cello’s. In essence it’s a direct radiating design vs. a fully horn loaded ditto, and while the Cello’s sport a moderate, rated sensitivity of ~91dB’s and a horn-... | |
| Bass Driver Size - how much better is an extra inch? @cd318 -- Horn loading like your Klipsch Cornwall’s will result in a different bass sound than ported designs which will sound different to sealed boxes. The Cornwall’s 15" bass driver is ported. The sibling La Scala’s on the other hand are using ... | |
| Bass Driver Size - how much better is an extra inch? @emergingsoul --[...]Not sure why driver sizes tend to be smaller these days unless you pay a lot more.Indeed, a lot more; size is progressively expensive in hi-fi, not to mention high-end, and for physics to be more closely approximated - taking ... |