Recent content by dfuller

Yep - if there's anything relatively easy to critique with the Ones, they just do not have headroom until you get to the 8361s. At which point, you have to start considering the conventional stuff at that price point (S360s, KH420s, 1237s... you get the idea).

Let's not misstate things, I'm staff, not faculty.

I am of the belief that in a room with ER heavily absorbed, perfect dispersion matching is somewhat less important than in a room with higher ER levels. As long as it isn't categorically broken (ie, the crossover is intentionally screwy either from the beliefs of the designer about first order...

I feel like this is part of why I prefer standmounts with one big woofer to e.g. towers with multiple smaller woofers - the one big one dictates a wider baffle, and that de facto "controls directivity" more than the narrower one. The problem is different people have different tastes, so what I...

For those curious, this is my reference playlist. Every song is there for a purpose - be it midrange balance, low frequency handling, HF extension, imaging and stereo placement - it's all there for a reason. https://tidal.com/playlist/25b8e2a0-d337-4865-852f-3520444115cb If you have questions...

The ceiling is arguably even more important than sides and rear for absorbing because the vast majority of speakers have wildly misbehaving vertical polars. I really recommend people to go listen in a really great space like that. It's quite revealing of what things actually sound like. It...

Can we skip the pithy comments that don't add anything, please?

If you get a chance, it's worth listening in one of his rooms. It's my "true north" for sonics for a reason. FWIW - "too dead" usually means unbalanced reverberation times, lots of upper mid and treble damping and way not enough lower mid and bass absorption. (Of course, dealing with...

Yes - I'll note, they're kind of utilitarian looking. Plus they're active.

Yes - I'm running Neumann KH420s. Extension in room is well below 30hz, so no need for sub from a LF extension point of view.

Yeah, I kind of... don't really care what Toole says about preference wrt side wall reflections. I still don't want that in my studio space, it just mucks up the decision making process. Every room is flawed, but my goal is for my room to be as minimally flawed as possible. And no, 20+dB down...

JA's measurements match reasonably well (minus his flawed LF nearfield stitch). Generally I don't put a lot of stock in the flowery prose that tends to see use in subjective reviews. That is entirely possible - there's a lot of "audiophile music" that is particularly more friendly to... perhaps...

I have; it's usually a result of an overly reflective space. Things get more diffuse and less precise sounding. Some people hear it as spaciousness.

I'd actually be interested in testing this. I'll see what I can do... Benefits of working in a 4 year audio engineering program!

Not true. They just need more power to get to the same level as more sensitive speakers. Not poorly designed. This is nonsense also. Hoffman's Iron Law applies - sensitivity (SPL handling, in actives), LFX, size. Pick two at the expense of the third. Because it's comparing watt-for-watt. 2.83V...