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I have the Metabo/Hitachi equivalent of this. I think it's quite a bit smaller than this one. Incredibly useful tool. You can do a lot of useful fabrication with one of these and an appropriate adhesive.

Loudspeaker non linearity can be split into a few categories. One is linear distortion, where at a given point in space, the speaker is creating certain frequencies too loud or quiet. Another is non-linear distortion, where the speaker is creating signals which are not in the original, generally...

Same with mine, I use a usb c/c charger. Probably my best audio purchase honestly, those things are great.

63 for me. Or the ones from the 2000s

Oh - I have another good one. PSB Stratus Gold. Vifa polycone drivers, good designer.

Any of the big KEFs and B&W from this era measure well. Nice looking, as well.

I bet the big Dunlavys are excellent. The big acoustats too. I'd pass on Klipsch.

Everything about it is insane. The inability of a woofer to stop and start instantaneously was already addressed by an innovation called a low pass filter. I just respect the follow-through. I don't really understand how the whole thing works, to be honest he didn't explain what bandwidth each...

Love it, totally insane. We're going to miss these guys one day.

Making a very small speaker with good directivity characteristics is easy since the woofer is about the same size as a midrange unit in a good 3 way speaker. Having said that, the degree of refinement and optimization in the ascend Lunas is remarkable. It is close to perfection given the design...

Good point, you're quite right. But you can expect some improvement though.

Proximity is the best solution. The idea that since we are less sensitive to bass, it somehow is less of an issue for neighbors is absurd - since we are less sensitive, we compensate with 15" woofers with huge xmax and boosting the levels so we can hear them. Don't try to control the emission...

Play the purest, most simple tone you can play on the instrument when comparing. A 12th fret harmonic on the g string would be what my choixe. This will help you focus on the harmonics created by the resonator rather than the string itself. I can't remember if resonators sound less resonatory at...

They've gotten better but they're still a decade behind. It's pretty laughable. I saw a video comparing my machine to a MacBook of comparable cost for video rendering. They were just as fast! But the MacBook did it without being plugged in. Oh did I mention fan noise? Do MacBooks even have...

Not in this case. It is a firmware issue the IT can't solve. They've tried to fix it. It's a fine machine but I'd never spend my own money on it.