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I hope your joking b/c making a statement like this and meaning it on this forum will get you banner for sure. :eek: Lady Gaga is a no talent assclown that makes a career out of ripping off Madonna and any other notable artist that suits her needs. She is the epitome of the dumbing down of...

There is a reason Axiom is the only loudspeaker company producing a TwwwT center channel speaker. The extreme lobing it causes is typically an unwanted characteristic of good loudspeaker design. We will be discussing some of this in our up and coming article.

Interesting article, thanks Wayde. I do find it interesting however that iPhone and Blackberry both advise against putting their phones directly against your head. The Blackberry states a safe minimum distance of 1" while the iPhone states .2". This is how they can pass FCC limits of "safe"...

That's a real shame b/c the Verus line has some of the highest quality components we've seen in an ID loudspeaker company.

The 4 ohm dips shouldn't be much of a problem for you, especially since they occur above 80Hz and the speakers are relatively very efficient. We found these to be one of the best available speakers sold internet direct for what its worth though I'd consider a sub from SVS or HSU if you looking...

This has already been done in these articles: Crossover: Brains of your Loudspeaker and this: Crossover: Brains of your Loudspeaker Part II In a nutshell, its usually impractical to use an air core on a woofer b/c the value is too large and would require thick wire which makes the...

Yep that's an older cabinet and a budget product which is discontinued that could certainly benefit from what you did. Smaller cabinets typically don't need much bracing since the panel length is so small and resonance is higher but what you did can help. Again this exemplifies why what is...

I am not implicating any brands in this article nor am I bashing any. Instead I am praising those that go the extra mile to delivering a true high performance speaker.

Last year when I hosted our $1k Floorstanding Speaker Faceoff, both myself and Clint were able to identify the speakers after only a few short listening trials. Each brand typically has a defined sonic signature that a trained listener can identify. Imagine being around speakers you build all...

This thread at AVS Forum has inspired me to co-author a new article with Paul Apollonio about Loudspeakers titled: Loudspeakers: Is Your Favorite Manufacturer Cutting Costs? In it I will be discussing the benefits of using higher quality drive units, crossovers and bracing and the importance...

Sorry guys, our forum only allows 10 options in a poll so I went with the brands most folks here are familiar with. I meant to disrespect to Ascends, Salk or others not mentioned in the polling options. As enough data is gathered, I will pick the top 3 to assign near future speaker reviews...

We'd like to get your opinion on who you feel makes the best built and best sounding loudspeakers in consumer audio. Your opinion should be based primarily on sound quality followed by build quality and durability. This choice should be based on the overall product line of a particular company...

It's important to realize that just b/c a company spends tons of $$$ on research, doesn't mean that the benefits of that research gets directly dumped back into their products, particularly their consumer audio loudspeakers.

Alternative Perspective on Noise Cancelling Headphones This is an old article but relevant giving the subject material: Marketing Influence on the Government

A while back my brother met the lead Engineer behind the Bose Clock radio. He asked him to honestly say what he thought about the product. The Bose Engineer replied "we did an amazing job on the product for a $50 budget". :rolleyes:

Great Scott!

Agreed. Most modern displays have pretty accurate color to begin with. Setting the black level correctly is the most important thing when getting a display out of the box.

Here is a plot of an in-room measurement of my system in the front row using no smoothing. My RBH subs are tuned at 18Hz and my Velodyne's are sealed. AS you can see b/c of room gain, my -3dB point is 12Hz. I can put out over 110dB at my listening position for around 15Hz but it starts...

A Note about Slopes and F3 Also watch out for subs that place a brickwall filter below its f3 point. This will negate any room gain below that frequency and can typically cause the sub to ring. I'd much rather have a sub flat to 25Hz with a gradual 12dB/Oct rolloff below that than a sub flat...

There is no good reason to make a sub flat down to 12Hz other than marketing. Making a sub flat to 20Hz at meaningful output will have plenty of room gain to play bass below those frequencies if ever called upon to do so. There is virtually no program material that goes much below 20Hz and the...