Just enjoying great music at comfortable levels, granting hearing health and hopefully doing it for many years to come.I don't listen to that level. No fun.
My typical peaks are over 90+ dB, and I sit more than 9 ft away.
If you only listen to low volume, then your priority is different than mine. Unless you really lacking space, plenty of others much cheaper options out there for your listening level.
Yeah, comfortable level could mean different things to different people. For my wife, it is very low level. For me, I feel more comfortable when I can "feel" the bass punch. : )
I do feel the power my Mythos offer. Indeed.
Source of the measurements?
Sorry, I mean deeper and more powerful than the Velodyne. The Paradigm will obviously kicks its ass, but that's kind of an apples to oranges comparison. We're talking about the kind of performance that can be achieved from a tiny box, and KEF is reaching what is physically possible with their subwoofers.
80 dB at 1 meter at 20Hz. In a typical room this will not be very audible . 100dB at listening position at 20Hz does not sound very loud.
I hear music made by me thanks to my Roland Fantom 8, with frequencies that can go from 8 Hz (moving the octave down from A0) to 4186 Hz (C8, no shifting here due to lack of musicality ) based on the MIDI notes I play plus their harmonics, usually ending around 12000 Hz....15000Hz.
Well, for me this measure here is more than enough.
Your smartphone is not measuring the level at 20Hz and is likely adding some weighting ( A or C weighting) . Play a 20Hz sign wave and use an SPL meter that is accurate down to 20Hz to get 80dB SPL. You wont think its loud. In fact its just above the threshold of human hearing, falling under the 20 phon curve below. This is not opinion, it is science.
Use a real mic and measure with REW. Or, use a real SPL meter.
But since this applies equally to the original/live sounds as well, the reproduction needs to be flat and not boosted. Of course, if you listen at lower levels, some compensation would be useful but, of course, at lower levels the demands on the sub are less.
I think that you can get a real subwoofer like this for the same price: https://www.rythmikaudio.com/FV15HP.html
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