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    Passive radiator speakers… really a benefit?? To bassreflex speaker design

    Two things were probably invovled. Firstly, You don't know the transfer function of each speaker's tuning. If it was tuned for flat free field response (that is flat in most free design software) then they become boomy when placed inside a room due to boundary gain. Especially so at tuning...
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    Passive radiator speakers… really a benefit?? To bassreflex speaker design

    S You are right in that the cone becomes unloaded and excursion goes through the roof. My point was that there is little accoustic output below the Fb which I think is handy as it reduces boomines from room modes and reduces the amount of sound escaping Your room (and spilling over to Your...
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    Passive radiator speakers… really a benefit?? To bassreflex speaker design

    If You can hear group delay then You tune it too high. The lower we go the less sensivitive we are to distortion in frequency and phase. This is another reason to use PRs at very low tuning frequencies. In such case this null that You wrote about and in general steeper cutoff below Fb comapared...
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    Passive radiator speakers… really a benefit?? To bassreflex speaker design

    See its like with everything in audio, solve one problem and You run into another. Of course its more sensible to tune for say 25-30 hz and avoid the extreme weight and related sag but its not unusual to do it. If I remember well this PR was sold in two flavours, one with 200 grams of factory...
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    Passive radiator speakers… really a benefit?? To bassreflex speaker design

    No chuffing but You may get out of displacement, same issue :) but in general yes, its easier to do a PR design than a state of the art BR, like if You wanted to follow what Kef did on LS50. If You can fit a BR large enough to keep air speed down than its fine even with a straight pipe.
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    Passive radiator speakers… really a benefit?? To bassreflex speaker design

    Its called cone sag but its the spider that gets stretched over time under the weight. So density has nothing to do with it.
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    Passive radiator speakers… really a benefit?? To bassreflex speaker design

    Scan Speak 26W00 PR coupled with Peerless XLS12 would require 400 grams to hit 20hz in a ~20litres box if I remember well.
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    Passive radiator speakers… really a benefit?? To bassreflex speaker design

    Yes they do but the scale of it depends of cone weight. Woofers usually have way lighter cones compared to PR which cas easly carry 300-500 grams of weight.
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    Passive radiator speakers… really a benefit?? To bassreflex speaker design

    As stated, depends on the requirements og the design. If You want it small and go low, go for PR. Or if BR lenght is not a problem, then BR is fine. I would say BR as air doesnt sag over time and in general behaves in a more linear manner. Alas, its not suitable for every design and it has it...
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    Passive radiator speakers… really a benefit?? To bassreflex speaker design

    With PRs You can get away with very low tuning frequency, especially with limited box volume. With traditional BR that would mean a cery long port taking up a lot of space, with strong parisitic resonances of its own (other the tuning frequency).
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    Sennheiser Momentum 3 Wireless Noise Issue

    On batrery replacement threads I saw poeple comment that some units had a loose battery issue, if You hear this noise in the earcup that connects to USB it moght be that the battery is loose, since ita glued directly to the driver.
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    Wanting to build 2 small subwoofers to go on either side of my fireplace - advice appreciated

    Side firing Peerless XLS 10" with passive radiator tuned to mid 20s. With room gain it will work like a charm down to as low as You like. Mine works in a cab 22,5 cm wide, around 18-19l. I think it would still work trimmed to 21 cm.
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    Pink Noise sounds boomy with Harman tuned headphones.

    I wonder why nobody tried to compute the dofference between ear coupler used for measurement and "personal" ears. I mean, ear's transfer function im db/f is just a different way of measuring oiter and inner ear diameter, depth, height etc. So for example if spmeone has ears significantly larger...
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    Looking for BT/ANC over ear with 'hardware EQ'

    While EQing at source is easy as You write it becomes tiresome if You have many receivers for each source. I use my phone to play music on headphones, currently I'm using system wide EQ that was stock with firmware. But I also use it to stream Tidal via BT to a stereo in my sons room and Wiim...
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    Looking for BT/ANC over ear with 'hardware EQ'

    Well measurements are our for several days now and it looks just a bit better that M3 but not overly so, surpisingly close to Sony M4 Lately I saw Shure SRH1540 second hand in good shape for similar price as I could buy new Senn M3. It doesn't have bluetooth, ANC but on the upside there is...
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    Looking for BT/ANC over ear with 'hardware EQ'

    @MayaTlab thanks, Your posts on different headphones supposedly sounding the same after EQing for the same target are very interesting. Being in this hobby for over a decade I have been through a few moments of disillusion already, and I know that Harman's target is not neccesarily the Holy...
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    Looking for BT/ANC over ear with 'hardware EQ'

    Just for the sake of other people researching this topic, I'll post an update. If You don't mind using SBC codec for BT listening, apart from AKG 371BT, N700 M2, there's also Jabra Elite 85h which has really good tracking of the Harman curve. There are also some JBL 600 and 700 series...
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    Looking for BT/ANC over ear with 'hardware EQ'

    @MayaTlab yes I had my eyes on the Qudelix unit for a longer time but ultimately I decided to focus on all-in-one approach. @jhaider thanks for the suggestion, indeed FR looks quite likeable oit of the box. Sadly it only has SBC, I was thinking aptx to be my minimum requirement and LDAC as a...
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    Looking for BT/ANC over ear with 'hardware EQ'

    Hello there! This is my first post in this forum. I am growing out of my Fostex T50RP mk ii and out of wired headphones altotogether. I am looking for versatile (codec and connectivty wise) BT over ear headphones with solid build quality that will last me some years, which sadly disqualifies...
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