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  1. gene

    Powered Subwoofer Testing: Outline and Procedures Overview

    Product Suggestions? Guys feel free to start suggesting products you would like to be tested. I also started a thread here for fellow AVS members input as well: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=20670513#post20670513 thanks.
  2. gene

    Need Advice - Aperion, Emotiva, Def Tech?

    Keep in mind that a simple FR graph doesn't tell you if a speaker is running a driver into its breakup mode or if the cabinet has resonance issues. Most FR plots are done at low level where a problematic speaker typically doesn't misbehave. I touch on this in our up and coming article about...
  3. gene

    Casey Anthony Not Guilty Of Murder

    Sorry but putting duct tape on a kids mouth, driving around with the dead body in a car for nearly a month while partying and whoring as the body decomposed and then burying her corpse near her parents house are not the actions of an "accident" or "panic". Waiting 31 days to file a missing...
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    Casey Anthony Not Guilty Of Murder

    As a father of two children (daughters) and a resident of Florida, I am sickened by the verdict. What makes it even worse is that Casey is now a celebrity and likely soon to be rich over the death of her innocent child. Watch her get a book/movie deal and possible Reality TV show off of this...
  5. gene

    Transformers: Dark of the Moon reviews

    Hey nothing any of the Transformers series have ever did has been worthy of an Oscar. Gen 1 is still my favorite despite all the stupid stuff found in those cartoons. Transformers Prime is actually a big improvement and I highly recommend to any transformers fans to start watching it...
  6. gene

    Aperion Audio Verus Grand Loudspeaker System Reviewed

    Interview with Aperion Audio on Loudspeaker Design Philosophy I just posted this Interview with Aperion Audio on Loudspeaker Design Philosophy
  7. gene

    Energy Veritas V-6.3 Floorstanding Loudspeaker Review

    I agree with you as Klipsch has less than a good track record of "improving" brands after acquisition. Look how they treated the coveted Acurus/Aragon brands :( Only time will tell hence why it's important to sample their products in review every so often :)
  8. gene

    Transformers: Dark of the Moon reviews

    The movie was about what I expected but the blatant disregard for basic physics of two large masses being in close proximity was something the 1980s cartoon at least got correctly that Bay did not. I did enjoy how Leonard Nimoy interjected Spock logic while threatening to destroy the Earth :)
  9. gene

    Energy Veritas V-6.3 Floorstanding Loudspeaker Review

    Review Addendum added I added the following to Mark's review upon his request. Review Addendum Part way through reviewing the V-6.3s I contacted Klipsch, curious to know just how much of the V-6.3s were "Energy" and how much they're "Klipsch". Overall, the sense I got from their response...
  10. gene

    Revealing Flaws in the Loudspeaker Demo & Double Blind Test

    To me it implies the manufacturer considers their speaker to be uglier than the competition if the listener doest pick their speaker as the winner in a sighted test. That doesnt instill much confidence in ones product IMO.
  11. gene

    Revealing Flaws in the Loudspeaker Demo & Double Blind Test

    There is nothing wrong with doing SBTs for audio tests. We do them often when comparing products. The problem is when manufacturers do them with their own staff and mistakenly call them DBTs. Some of the very same manufacturers won't submit products to 3rd party shootouts even if they follow a...
  12. gene

    Overview of Audio Testing Methodologies

    I republished b/c it was never linked up to the forums and its a good primer to our up and coming loudspeaker articles.
  13. gene

    Comb Filtering, 2 front left, and 2 front right speakers a bad idea?

    You are better off running a 5.1 or 7.1 system in PLIIx Music Mode or 7 Channel Stereo mode (with the center and surrounds turned down to 30-40% of front channels). Alternatively, sell your front speakers and buy a model that will play louder instead. The issue of placing speakers side by side...
  14. gene

    X-Men First Class

    I loved this movie too. Perfect character casting of Magneto and Xavier. I think there was a mess up of timeline for the cameo but it was funny nonetheless.
  15. gene

    Questions about Axiom Audio

    Agreed, Axiom speakers, especially their towers, give you plenty of bass and top end. They have a very pleasing sound and appeal to an average listener that's been exposed to nothing but Bose and other department store alternatives. I've had many family members over the house doing blind and...
  16. gene

    Not exactly a s**t taco, but really, really close.

    I bet this poop meat is still more nutritious than the beef at Taco Bell and it likely has less sand and pesticides too :)
  17. gene

    Questions about Axiom Audio

    As Alan Lofft claims, price doesn't matter so feel free to directly compare regardless of how expensive the competitor speakers are... just as long as you do it blind so you don't prefer the "prettier" speaker :D If we are talking esoteric off the wall designs, I'd agree with Alan but if we...
  18. gene

    Questions about Axiom Audio

    Good points and thanks for raising them. It's interesting to hear people's concerns about positive reviews vs advertising. Part of the struggle we've always faced with Axiom and a few other brands is that they felt our reviewers were NEVER positive enough. This is why they never linked up...
  19. gene

    Questions about Axiom Audio

    Let me be clear and state I feel Axiom is a very solid company that offers incredibly good customer support and service. I feel most of their products are good though IMO they've lately fallen behind the competition in some areas. The position they've conveyed to me on my numerous visits to...
  20. gene

    Velodyne Digital Drive DD-15+ Subwoofer Review

    Velodyne upper end products have NEVER been about value. These are sold through the customer install channels for a reason. The retail price of the DD-15 and DD-15+ is pretty much the same. Considering that the DD-15+ offers significant performance advantages over the previous model, I'd say...
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