shadorne
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| Professional Monitors Bob,I suspect the dip occurs at resonance of box and driver system (see the impedance curve). The port looks like it is tuned around 40 HZ (low impedance point) to get better bass extension - this will introduce phase delays around that frequency ... | |
| Diagnosing Distortion in PC Based System I'd check the speaker with the same source music (CD) on another system and then work your way backwards to the source of the problem by adding components (eventually replacing the CD player source with your PC if all the other components check out). | |
| Professional Monitors Gb_ksu,They do look like a bargain. However, this reflex port design in a very small box speaker (6.5" woofer) will be unlikely to give you accurate bass. (i.e. you can't have your cake and eat it....great value will come at a little compromise)I ... | |
| Best amps for rock and heavy metal Jc51373,A lot goes into how the recording sounds by virtue of microphone placement, attack, reverb and EQ.See this article that explains some of it EqualizationYou can boost the 80 to 100 Hz range for a more Britney Spears "Baby One More Time" sou... | |
| Do you remember? I was wondering exactly the same thing about roofing contractors. Why is it that you hire them and they give you a ten year guarantee and then they have disolved in two years and formed a new company....?Perhaps the barriers to entry are too low a... | |
| When is your system good enough-and why? For me the sound is a thrill and exhilerating experience every single time I listen (music or movie). I have no need to add gear anymore. Realistic live music levels and a convincing timbre/soundstage presentation with low distortion is what does ... | |
| acoustic system resonators Physically these may alter the sound in the higher frequencies by adding harmonic overtones that ring well after the orignal excitation. (Studios use all kinds of tricks such as reverb etc. to give richness and provide hearing cues as to the locat... | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? Photon46, I get to listen to live jazz, classical, & choral music in our university's music department several times a week, and I tell you this: live music of all kinds is LOUD That has always been my experience...rarely have I heard a concer... | |
| Helping European Friend Avoid Bose Speakers but travels frequently to the UK on business.1) Why not arrange to meet him on a UK trip and spend a half day auditioning all kinds of stuff on Totenham Court Road. There is at least one Hi-Fi store on every block.2) Stick to audition of UK speak... | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? Shadorne, if your system drops details in the music at 60db SPL, you need to upgrade to a decent system LOL. Yes indeed you are right Pauly. I forgot to mention this is why I have to play so loud (don't have a decent system). Indeed, there is not... | |
| Can you correct nulls with acoustic treatments. I'm with Onhwy61....you probably have typical room bass boost. You need to tone down those bass bumps rather than boost 80 to 300 Hz.Secondly, above 200 Hz...you are dealing with wavelengths of roughly 5 feet...don't expect any kind of smooth resp... | |
| Sub to match PMC TB2+ Mrgman,Considering your speakers it is not surprising that you find a quality matching sub prohibitively expensive. Low frequencies are that much harder to reproduce without excessive distortion (20% and much more at the higher SPL levels which yo... | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? I typically listen about 90 to 95 db SPL continuous and on a good recording I may listen even higher (closer to 100 db SPL). Rarely do I listen to anything but very briefly at 105 db SPL (average rock concert levels). All these are at the listenin... | |
| Can you correct nulls with acoustic treatments. What I didn't expect was 10 to 15 hz. wide nulls (-10,-15,even -20 db.) at several other frequencies. No need to panic. This is quite normal. Do as Plato suggests first (try speaker positioning). You will need very serious room treatments for the... | |
| Krell 400xi Damping Factor I agree with above - don't get too hung up on Damping factor. Above about 10 it likely makes very little audible difference. |