timlub
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| Best products for baffle material s ? I haven't done this, but with so many responses, I'll throw it in, maybe someone can try it. For the past several years, I've been thinking of trying small Styrofoam balls, mixed with concrete and epoxy, poured in a mold and sprayed with an automo... | |
| solid state integrateds that will hold their value I once owned an old YBA, it is a nice piece of gear... The Rowland stuff, I've heard in the past (all separates) were better than the YBA... I didn't notice a budget.. but my short list today in SS would include a Coda. Their integrated can be had... | |
| Best Amp for $300 to Power Paradigm Monitor 9s Sumo Polaris, no better value @ $300 | |
| D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ? I have abletec modules, they took about 900 hours for basic break in and still improved slightly over the next several hundred | |
| Old full range speaker as new subwoofer Why not just pick up an inexpensive subwoofer... I picked up a Pinnacle for $80... Plays fine down to 35hz... I bet there are several on Craigslist this week, You'll get something decent for $100 or less. | |
| Class A vs. AB vs. D... can you hear a difference? M-db and Bill, I also apologize, I realized those remarks might or might not at all have been directed at me... I sometimes find this forum quite difficult, we are a bunch of arrogant audio heads, we all know it all. On occasion some new members o... | |
| Best products for baffle material s ? Peter is absolutely correct, maple with a bit of bracing is very non resonant and does a good job... I am actually refinishing the front of my cabinets now in Maple... the problem with maple is that it is tough to stain... that's why you will find... | |
| Class A vs. AB vs. D... can you hear a difference? Bill, I'm very sorry that I wasn't objective and lost site of this question."Some Class A amps go to class AB after so many watts... is there an audible change?"A short answer would be, don't worry, a good representation of Class A, A/B or D could... | |
| Class A vs. AB vs. D... can you hear a difference? I've owned excellent versions of all 3... I've owned a dozen or so amplifiers in my time and can tell a difference between every amp that I've owned, But I can't say that it because one was Class A... A/B or D... Great amps are available in every ... | |
| 1 large subwoofer or 2 smaller ones...? There is a right answer, but unfortunately, not an easy one... it depends on the room. when you add a sub, you add room interaction, you create peaks & dips and have to deal with them. Placement is key. In some rooms it is totally conceivable ... | |
| DIY Nearfield Monitors Also, you would need to make sureThat if the wooferis ported youWould need to alter the portingFor the current box | |
| DIY Nearfield Monitors Depending on design... if Driver spacing and any driver staggeringOr mounting type, I.e. flush mountEtc, the answer would be yes...If not, you could hear some differencesIn time alignment or cabinetDiffraction | |
| Size of Midrange Drivers Johnk..... I betcha that wherever that baby beams it smacks you in the head.Really though, we're off of the ops topic, but what we have been discussing about cone drivers is the where the driver starts losing dispersion characteristics. I kinda el... | |
| Size of Midrange Drivers Hi Ptss, I've been down this road before, I won't push it, but I've been in the discussion of calling a frequency peak vs reduced dispersion before. I've experimented with curved cones, phase plugs and even flat cones.... I have found some varianc... | |
| Size of Midrange Drivers Johnnyb53, are you saying that all 6.5 inch drivers start beaming at 2086hz....??? |