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| Subwoofer damping I have been playing some classical music and the soundtrack from the movie "Charlotte Gray" BTW is a great disc.Anyway I tried different levels and 7:30 setting works very well with no noise out of the vents. At that level the sub still vibrates t... | |
| Subwoofer damping I took a look at the vents and they have a spiral design. If I remember correctly they were manufactured by dynaudio. I think I'll try adding some wool and see if I get an improvement. Typically is there a rule for the amount of material? Say not ... | |
| Subwoofer damping Acually I got out a tape and measured the box: 20WX41Lx50H | |
| Subwoofer damping The vents are 4 inch. | |
| Subwoofer damping AudioKIf you click on my system there is a picture of the sub. | |
| Subwoofer damping AudiokinesisThey are Scanspeak 16's. I don't know the model but the sub was built in about 1992. They have 2 scanpeak vario vents on either side. The box is about 20"Wx48Lx56H. I talked to the designer years ago and he mentioned that they needed m... | |
| Subwoofer damping I have a Velodyne also and that rattles all the dishes in the house. My big sub....sounds different...as instictavley you look around and say what the hell was that.I am going to add some wool as the cabinet is about 40+ cubic feet and I don't thi... | |
| Personal speaker evolution Bought a few pair and I still have them all except for some Pioneer bookshelfs.L55 JBLL200 JBLParAcas SattelitesParAcas stereo subwooferMission 70 MkIIParadigmsVelodyne DD18The JBL's are stored up at my dad's. Some day I move them to my downstairs. | |
| Subwoofer damping Thanks for the responses...I ordered 3 lbs of wool to start. | |
| Tube amp for "difficult" speakers,,, Tvad I don't have the specific info at hand but my speakers are a good match to my VAC 70/70. Just for others,I found this article on the VAC website.http://www.vac-amps.com/Technical_Monograph_90-9.htm | |
| Tube amp for "difficult" speakers,,, Tvad you must be right because I experience a lush midrange with plenty of balance,weight,and lucidity in both mid and low frequency. | |
| Tube amp for "difficult" speakers,,, Just a thought you might contact Kevin Hayes at VAC and get his thoughts. I have a Ren 70/70 and it has plenty of power for Dynaudio drivers although the crossovers are custom. I know the speakers efficency is in the high 90's. Kevin's amps have t... | |
| Can tubes ever be as quiet Solid State I recently purchased a tube DAC linestage the stock tubes gave a good soundstage and detail. I replaced them with bugleboys and there was a big improvement. I then replaced those with 1950 vintage tubes and the soundstage then became enormous and ... | |
| Advice needed building a system over time??? After years of doing this...The 1st thing is get a electrician to install some dedicated circuts and then contact Albert Porter and order some of his cryoed duplexes.If you like your speakers move on to the amplifier and audition several tube and ... | |
| Pops 300B tubes on turn on in my Vac Hello Bill,Yes i set the bias at the lowest setting.I am going to send the 2 back as this amp uses 8 of these and it's a chance i don't want to take to blow this baby. |