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How Much Subwoofer Is Enough?
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Sounds like that is enough subwoofer for you. Some people will keeping getting bigger drivers, more inert cabinets, more power, etc. I...
Wednesday at 8:03 PM
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Are room acoustics better on smaller speakers?
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Being pedantic, speaker size does not have a direct correlation with bass extension. Many home theatre or pro audio speakers are built...
Monday at 9:45 PM
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Auribus Acoustics Sierra Graph
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Close enough. How is the distortion and group delay? Perfect tonality doesn't mean much to me if they don't sound good at high volume.
Mar 21, 2024
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New SB Gema DIY 3-way speaker design
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They have a 20mH inductor as part of a series notch filter on the woofer. I think it would be smarter to pick a different driver that...
Mar 15, 2024
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DIY speakers
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If those are in-room measurements without gating that would explain why you found the tweeter level too high. It appears everything...
Mar 9, 2024
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Extending bass response with the help of dsp
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Mono subs are usually better than stereo, managing room modes outweighs the small benefit to stereo imaging. Assuming you use a...
Mar 9, 2024
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Is this as good as it gets?
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True, I was talking about building subs the same physical size as the KEF KF92, just more capable. If you are willing to have bigger...
Mar 7, 2024
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Is this as good as it gets?
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There are ways to improve, but not cost effectively. The KEF Blade Meta would perform slightly better but those are $28-35K per pair...
Mar 7, 2024
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Acoustic design for 2 ch vs 5.1
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That claim doesn't hold water. A lot of basic treatment advice applies regardless of channel count. Using bass traps to reduce...
Mar 7, 2024
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Harman Curve for the Low End
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That is typical. More bass boost lends itself to enjoyment, despite causing psychoacoustic masking on the mid-bass region. It is also...
Mar 2, 2024
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"The Bronco" DIY Studio Monitor
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Awesome build. I am sort of shocked your friend didn't just integrate a subwoofer, studio monitors which can play below 40Hz at high SPL...
Mar 2, 2024
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three-way speaker conversion to four-way active
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Yes, rotate them 180 degrees. With the mid closer to the woofer they will have superior time alignment, meaning their energy is summed...
Mar 2, 2024
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I was offered these DIY builds "for parts". What have I got here?
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I would pass on those. Whoever built them put a lot of care into the cabinet finish and none into the speaker design. Huge directivity...
Mar 1, 2024
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alex-z
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three-way speaker conversion to four-way active
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Looking at the pictures, a number of basic design principles such as flush mounting the tweeter and keeping the mid close to the woofer...
Mar 1, 2024
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Assistance on REW measurements
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As a sanity check do a sweep of the LFE channel by itself. Should be channel #4 when using ASIO4ALL over HDMI. Also check you are not...
Feb 29, 2024
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