My computer sound system upgrade.

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Audioholic Slumlord
I had bought some used cheap computer speakers a year ago from Value Village which were marginally better than my laptop speakers. I always comb through the used loudspeaker market and a guy was selling a pair of Alpha PS1.





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Their advertised frequency response is 80Hz to 22KHz, +/-3db. Their low frequency response cutoff (-10db) is 58Hz. They sound really good but lack bass given the driver is 3.5" . They can crank quite loud having measured low 90db without getting harsh or distorting. I augmented them with a used PSB Sub1 , with an 8" driver

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Its rated response is 36Hz to 150Hz , LF cutoff (-10db) is 32 Hz.

For the casual listening that I do, it sounds really good and well flushed out for most music.

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The sub is underneath the desk against the drawers on the left hand side.
 
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Audioholic Slumlord
I finally got around to doing a REW measurement. Here's what I got.

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BoredSysAdmin

BoredSysAdmin

Audioholic Slumlord
looks like the sub is running 10-15db too hot, but if you like it, then why not? Other than that FR chart looks very nice.
 

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