dasdoing
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well, I see floor standing speakers with multiple mids ans tweeters all the time. you only will have cancelations verticly. nobody listens to music standing. you sure don't want them side by side though.
How many audiophiles are need to stack a couple of B&W 801s?
A 1602 is a fitting name. I would love to hear that 1602 configuration. The 801 in single configuration has a good thump and nice snappy mids and I think a 1602 would be great for loud and proud rock and roll.Is that the B&W 1602?
A 1602 is a fitting name.
Good idea BUT It seemed to me that this person is not in the USA (Crutchfield's main selling location) by them having said: "but the bigger stages like the A170 are way more expensive here". Emphasis on the word "here". To me it indicates that they are not in the USA.I don't see the "way higher price" of a single pair of A170s vs. two pairs of Stage A130s. In fact at msrp a pair of A170s sells for $600, exactly the same as two pairs of A130s. Crutchfield currently has a JBL sale going with Stage A130s selling for $200 per pair and A170s for $360 per pair, so two pairs of A130s cost $400 or $40 more than a pair of A170s. I'd expect a pair of 2.5-way A170s to provide better overall performance than two pairs of stacked 2-way A130s.
Yep, I addressed that in post #36. When asking for local purchasing advice on global forums it's important to include one's location due to pricing variations in different countries. "Here" could be anywhere.Good idea BUT It seemed to me that this person is not in the USA (Crutchfield's main selling location) by them having said: "but the bigger stages like the A170 are way more expensive here". Emphasis on the word "here". To me it indicates that they are not in the USA.
But I do wonder if nine A130s driven by a Denon X-4700H with Auro upmixing would sound better than any $1000 pair of stereo speakers. This would not be an easy thing to test. I suppose to take low frequencies out of the comparison, it should be nine A130s and two subs compared to a $1000 pair of speakers with the same two subs.
While the Earth would not stop rotating, due to differing impedances from sample to sample, the engineer part of my brain says [vomit emoji]. It'll work though. Then again, unless* one is slamming the amp into clipping, parallel will be fine.Can you run them in series?
Do tell!!! Inquiring attention-span-challenged, reality-TV-warped minds want to know!!!store manager...lied about everything, when he wasn't threatening me (I was 14 at the time).
A year after I stopped working there he stole all the inventory and skipped town. Real class act, that guy.Do tell!!! Inquiring attention-span-challenged, reality-TV-warped minds want to know!!!
I'm not sure the variation between samples matters that much. If you can drive any one of the samples with an amp rated for 8 ohms, you can drive the pair in parallel with an amp rated for 4 ohms. The only challenge is that if either unit is actually defective and you've now doubled that possibility.While the Earth would not stop rotating, due to differing impedances from sample to sample, the engineer part of my brain says [vomit emoji]. It'll work though. Then again, unless* one is slamming the amp into clipping, parallel will be fine.
*ha ha that's a big qualifier though isn't it?!?
When the speakers are this tall, vertical dispersion really isn't an issue!Now we're talkin'...
Although the top pair of Nineteens should probably be flipped onto their tops, for best results.
...excactly...get them 6" off the floor...Now we're talkin'...
Although the top pair of Nineteens should probably be flipped onto their tops, for best results.