audiokinesis
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| Which is better, a fussy speaker or a versatile one? To the extent that amp + speakers + room = "a system within a system", compatibility and adaptability are arguably desirable qualities for a loudspeaker. Duke | |
| What happened to my room acoustics In my opinion: "There is a roll-off before 20kHz.." This is the shortest wavelengths being absorbed by surfaces in the room. "A dip is present around 12kHz.." There will be a on-axis cancellation dip in the response with a round horn or roun... | |
| Horns with good timbre and tonality? @phusis wrote: "What about, and maybe when is the diffraction part most troublesome here; what’s inherent to - as a distinct sonic imprinting/coloration - the narrow slot section leading up to the horn widening at every volume level (i.e.: at low... | |
| Distributed Bass Array Speaker Placement Arrival times are not critical in the bass region, at least not within the range of delays arising from the subwoofers being different distances from the listening position. The ear’s time-domain resolution is poor at low frequencies. We cannot ev... | |
| Subwoofers: Ported or sealed? @jaytor wrote: "[Open baffle subs] don’t pressurize the room like a conventional sub - the bass is there in the room. For music from traditional instruments like double bass or kick drums, this sounds very natural. These instruments don’t pressur... | |
| Horns with good timbre and tonality? From a previous post of mine: “You mentioned full scale symphony. The ability to convey the hall ambience on a good recording again goes back to getting the reflection field correct, as the in-room reflections are in effect the "carriers" for the... | |
| Subwoofers: Ported or sealed? @tvrgeek wrote: "For music, I much prefer low Q sealed. The roll-off much better matches the room gain so flatter to start with..." @erik_squires responded: "This is a subject I don't think most audiophiles understand. You have no idea what in-r... | |
| Horns with good timbre and tonality? @ei001h wrote: "I appreciate speed and dynamics with good timbre and tonality. I know horns are good with speed and dynamics, but not sure if they can do timbre and tonality like SF can." I’ve been designing and building horn hybrd horn loudspea... | |
| speakers for small room "The room is 13’ x 11’ with 3 walls, the other side opening up to the rest of the house." If I understand correctly, one side of your room is effectively a large opening into the rest of your house. If this is the case, then in the bass region yo... | |
| SPL Surprise! 24 dB of difference under the conditions described seems reasonable to me. I’m not going to make a comprehensive analysis of all the factors that may be in play, and will be making some simplifying assumptions, but I think this covers the dominan... | |
| What would your "perfect speaker" sound like. "The highest rated loudspeaker is the least flawed, not the most virtuous." - Floyd Toole | |
| Flat frequency response Back when I was an avid amateur speaker builder, I borrowed some test equipment from a technician so I could fine-tune a crossover design, my target being the "holy grail" of flat frequency response. As I got closer and closer to "flat", the sound... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often Imo loudspeaker design is a competition of ideas, a vital part of which is the implementation of those ideas. Given that most companies have finite resources to invest in product development, it only makes sense to develop and perhaps manufacture... | |
| Question: Sub with Fs 54, but response remains above 95dB down to 27: How can I best build @hsbrock , I used Bassbox Pro by Harris Technologies. I have a couple of other progams but they are no longer available. | |
| Question: Sub with Fs 54, but response remains above 95dB down to 27: How can I best build @hsbrock , the modeled response that I described up-thead checks out. It assumes 3 dB from boundary reinforcement at 40 Hz, and 6 dB from boundary reinforcement at 20 Hz, and a lowpass filter frequency no higher than 80 Hz. It also assumes the T... |