From: "Tim S Kemp"
Subject:
Date: 04 January 2004 15:33

To make any meaningful contribution to Hi-Fi sound ALL sub woofers should
only ever be used in a room from which every particle of air has been
removed.

There are is only one aspect to home audio that matters - and that is
enjoyment. If your enjoyment comes from accuracy to the original (and most
people can rcognise good fidelity from bad) that's one thing, and a
subwoofer can help for music that was intended to be used with one
(especially music recorded for 5.1). If your enjoyment comes from feeling
the pulse of dance music, a subwoofer can help for that too.

Life is full of comprimises, we are all limited by space, budgets, spouses
taste in decor etc. Subwoofers have their place both in home cinema and
hi-fi, correctly balanced and set up (mines in a poor location) as much as
they do in the studio and live-sound setting.


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To Tim and Jim

Hi guys - Can't agree about subs - even when supposedly "properly set up"
Maybe I'm just sensitive to the mush which they put out but they strike me
as this years "graphic equaliser" and the sooner they fall out of fashion
again, the better.

Cheers

David

To Tim and Jim

Hi guys - Can't agree about subs - even when supposedly "properly set up"
Maybe I'm just sensitive to the mush which they put out but they strike me
as this years "graphic equaliser" and the sooner they fall out of fashion
again, the better.

Cheers

David

On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 17:49:06 +0000 (UTC), "David"
wrote:

To Tim and Jim

Hi guys - Can't agree about subs - even when supposedly "properly set up"

Supposedly "properly set up" is not always "properly set up."

Kal

On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 17:49:06 +0000 (UTC), "David"
wrote:

To Tim and Jim

Hi guys - Can't agree about subs - even when supposedly "properly set up"

Supposedly "properly set up" is not always "properly set up."

Kal

"David" wrote in message
...
To Tim and Jim

Hi guys - Can't agree about subs - even when supposedly "properly set up"
Maybe I'm just sensitive to the mush which they put out but they strike me
as this years "graphic equaliser" and the sooner they fall out of fashion
again, the better.



If it helps, I'm with you all the way on this......

"David" wrote in message
...
To Tim and Jim

Hi guys - Can't agree about subs - even when supposedly "properly set up"
Maybe I'm just sensitive to the mush which they put out but they strike me
as this years "graphic equaliser" and the sooner they fall out of fashion
again, the better.



If it helps, I'm with you all the way on this......

On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 17:49:06 +0000 (UTC), "David"
wrote:

To Tim and Jim

Hi guys - Can't agree about subs - even when supposedly "properly set up"
Maybe I'm just sensitive to the mush which they put out but they strike me
as this years "graphic equaliser" and the sooner they fall out of fashion
again, the better.

Properly done, they most certainly do not put out 'mush', but I'll
agree that 90% of the subs on the market are garbage. The interesting
thing is that this is the one area in audio where you really can do a
better job with DIY than you can buy at any price!
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 17:49:06 +0000 (UTC), "David"
wrote:

To Tim and Jim

Hi guys - Can't agree about subs - even when supposedly "properly set up"
Maybe I'm just sensitive to the mush which they put out but they strike me
as this years "graphic equaliser" and the sooner they fall out of fashion
again, the better.

Properly done, they most certainly do not put out 'mush', but I'll
agree that 90% of the subs on the market are garbage. The interesting
thing is that this is the one area in audio where you really can do a
better job with DIY than you can buy at any price!
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

agree that 90% of the subs on the market are garbage. The interesting
thing is that this is the one area in audio where you really can do a
better job with DIY than you can buy at any price!
--

DIY a sub? Most are active, often with feedback. Occasionaly with digital
amps, motion sensors, set up software, room response algorythims..........

Given a big enough cabinet I could generate bass in (almost) any room.
Getting a quart out of a pint pot.....that is not something even the most
"throw money at it" R&D of B&W etc. has been able to do.

I hates dem,..... nasty, fat, subses...... (with appologies to Gollum)