BIC speakers other than the 62CLR?

[silversurfer]

First, I am not one that believes in EQing a speaker unless unless it includes phase correction as well. IMO, EQing corrects flaws in the FR. I would take a flat FR before any EQing.

On the issue of ported vs sealed, we will have to agree to disagree. It is also arguable that the sealed enclosure is easier to design. If you say you can hear the differences between ported and sealed, would you be willing say that those differences are measureable? What would that measurement be?

I'll take a great sounding speaker no matter how it is designed. I have no bias on its design.

 

[MacManNM]

First, I am not one that believes in EQing a speaker unless unless it includes phase correction as well. IMO, EQing corrects flaws in the FR. I would take a flat FR before any EQing.

The room will augment the FR. I listen to everything flat on my 2 ch system. Have you ever listened to a pair of McIntosh XR-7's with an enviormental eq? Some of the best sounding music I've ever heard. SPl levels are the issue, not phase.

On the issue of ported vs sealed, we will have to agree to disagree. It is also arguable that the sealed enclosure is easier to design. If you say you can hear the differences between ported and sealed, would you be willing say that those differences are measureable? What would that measurement be?

Measurable? I have listened to several speakers, I tend to like the sound of a sealed enclosure more. As far as quantifying it, I can't. I never had measurement equipment in the room while I litstened.

I'll take a great sounding speaker no matter how it is designed. I have no bias on its design.

I agree. IMO, sealed enclosers sound better.

 

[silversurfer]

Being an engineer, I am sure you understand that applying EQ to a speaker changes its phase qualities. Would you agree that phase is important? Room correction and speaker correction are two different things, which are you referring to. Room correction such as that offered by DEQX http://www.deqx.com I think is the wave of the future, freq, phase, and time correction.

I have not heard the XR-7.

IMO, sealed enclosers sound better.

That's fair, at least you are not claiming to be unbiased . I claim, on the whole, that neither is inherently better and that it is all in the hands of the designer/engineer.

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

Being an engineer, I am sure you understand that applying EQ to a speaker changes its phase qualities. Would you agree that phase is important? Room correction and speaker correction are two different things, which are you referring to. Room correction such as that offered by DEQX http://www.deqx.com I think is the wave of the future, freq, phase, and time correction.

I have not heard the XR-7.


That's fair, at least you are not claiming to be unbiased . I claim, on the whole, that neither is inherently better and that it is all in the hands of the designer/engineer.

Put a sealed box in a corner. Put a vented box in the center of the room. It's all room acoustics and placement. EQ's cheat the system. That's not a bad thing. All of our recordings were done with eq's. Some were overdone. Sometimes we need to bring them back down to earth. Speakers can only reproduce what the recording engineer intended the piece to sound like. Who knows what that was? But if we disagree, we can easily change his/her minds. Who cares what George Lucas thinks surround sound should be. If I want megabass, then dammitt, I'll have megabass. I'm paying for it.

 

[silversurfer]

Please don't bring Lucas into this. The Star Wars DVDs sound like crap!

 

[Privateer]

George Lucas

He should have been shot before starting work on episode 1.

Please don't bring Lucas into this. The Star Wars DVDs sound like crap!

I agree, episode 1 and 2 sound horrible.