Recent content by Holmz

^yeah ok - you have a point.^ But distortion, especially in subwoofer frequencies is pretty difficult to hear. I suppose a lot of higher order harmonics could really stand out. Chuffing and rattles are a real thing.

“Sealed versus Ported Bass, can the difference be measured?” Well.. not the way you are measuring it. It would be measurable in transcient response or in group delay. Just not in a frequency response plot… (which is a perennial boner-plot on here… like that is all that there is, ever was, and...

The Ikea carpet is a nice touch.

It is common for men to like a woman’s voice at times. It is better when they are whispering in one’s ear… :cool:

Well I suppose we can talk about full range and coaxial drivers. And then we can maybe get a better pattern and a better time domain performance, but we sort of lose SPL capability. There is a trade off between pattern, lobing and time domain performance. We choose where we want to compromise...

Ok so why is lobing bad? Why do we want to trade the performance at a focus point, for some mediocre performance everywhere else?

I was thinking more of say we put a microphone outside and stood 10’ (3M) away and talked and clapped. Then we put the speaker where the person was at and recorded that and compared the signals. Of course there are countless threads about “The artist’s intent” and countless threads where people...

Is there a case to be made as to which is more right?

Maybe, but probably not. A 3dB peak may be more easily heard, but a dip is generally harder… especially when it is narrow. The impulse response may also be relevant. I’m sure if it was not relevant, then DIRAC would not be doing so well. There is a lot of stuff in ^here^ that is not really...

And a cabinet resonance could make a focused image jump to a speaker. If tonal frequency response flatness is the main point, then a mono speaker may be ideal.

Your use of alchemy is showing a good grasp of english :cool:

Ok… do you have a measurement plot?

What leads you to believe there is a lot of distortion in that preamp? https://www.stereophile.com/content/audible-illusions-modulus-3a-preamplifier-measurements-part-2

Same story here.

Mentally preparing for what exactly… High blood pressure? Or anxiety? I suppose we could shoot at the lava?