shadorne
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| Subwoofers - Front Firing vs. Downward Firing Here is an anecdotal explanation on why downfiring gives a smoother response in the 100 to 300 Hz range. This is quite an old discovery. The technical explantion is "quarter wave cancellation", which I gave above. I checked out REL's design (uses ... | |
| What is with B&W these days? soundbars, ipod doc.. B&W marketing has been their primary forte from day one. This looks like a clever move to me. | |
| Subwoofers - Front Firing vs. Downward Firing For a real laugh look at HT Shack, where they test subs intended to be woofer downward next to a wall [RELs] in a parking lot with the woofer pointing to the side. FWIW - Ilkka Rissanen, who conducted those "laughable" tests, recently got a job w... | |
| How to treat room acoustics? Retail sources? GIK corner Tri-traps are just the ticket - you don't want to deaden the room any further with too many panels just add some big broadband absorbers in the corners.... | |
| woofer combo & alignments: on large vs few small Actually it is simple, when a big woofer barks the many small woofers yelp and run away with their tails between their legs ;-) | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps And it is great to see young girls like Stefanie Heinzmann with so much soul & funk | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Fergielicious has a delicious voice too. She is impressive live. She gives me goose humps. | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust - a great demo recording, never fails to give goosebumps. | |
| musical small sub for B&W 805s's The problem with larger woofers is that they are slower than smaller ones. I am not sure where this concept started but there are many who share this view. IMHO, the single biggest factor in fast or slow designs is the speaker Q or resonance. Ove... | |
| woofer combo & alignments: on large vs few small What is the trade off in having one large woofer vs several small woofers? A single large woofer is an easier load and can be put in a single box. Generally you get the most dynamic bass response (moves more air) and large voice coils cool better... | |
| What kind of active speakers? A smooth off-axis response I understood to be important to obtaining a larger listening region, but I had not given any thought to its impact on reflections. That makes sense. Especially important when you realize that we hear the energy from the... | |
| What kind of active speakers? Musicnoise,I have this book. It is excellent although a bit long winded for a useful reference. (Not enough math for my tastes but plenty of psychoacoustic discussions) | |
| Two-part headphone question HD650 is top line quality. If your headphone amp is not great quality then get something with low impedance. My Sennheiser HD-25-1-11 Pro's work great with crap amps - extremely dynamic and great for PC's or airplane trips as you get around 17 db ... | |
| Subwoofers - Front Firing vs. Downward Firing As a general rule - as you move the sub out into the room you'll need to use a sharper low pass filter and lower cut off to achieve proper integration and don't forget to add delay based on the sub position to the listener => 1 foot closer = 1 ... | |
| Subwoofers - Front Firing vs. Downward Firing Bear in mind that by moving the woofer around you are altering the position of the bass driver. This is similar to moving a speaker or raising it on a stand. If your subwoofer is 2 feet high then if you turn it upside down you have rasied the woof... |