In Reply to: Because if the Q is high enough and the baffle is big enough,you don't need it... posted by hitsware on February 3, 2007 at 14:05:34:
Now I'm even more confused.Who wants to have a 16 square foot baffle x 2 ... and still need one or two more speakers for the bass under 50Hz.?
Who wants to use a 2.0 Qts. driver?
And would a 2.0 Qts driver on a 16 square foot open baffle really provide a flat frequency response down to 50Hz. without EQ?
If the answer is yes based on measurements of a real speaker, not theories, then I apologize for questioning the use of a 15" driver in a dipole configuration with no EQ.But then you'd still need to add a monopole speaker to fill in the bass under 50Hz. -- and that would make no sense because the greatest advantage of dipole speakers in most rooms is less excitation of bass standing waves (causing a more realistic reproduction of bass instruments). Why use a monopole speaker to reproduce those low frequencies when a dipole speaker would have the greatest inherent sound quality (including room effects) advantage over monopole speakers?
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Richard BassNut Greene
Subjective Audiophile 2007
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Follow Ups
- You suggest a 16 square foot baffle and a 2.0 Qts. driver ... so would still need another speaker for bass below 50Hz? - Richard BassNut Greene 14:37:14 02/03/07 (8)
- Re: You suggest a 16 square foot baffle and a 2.0 Qts. driver ... so would still need another speaker for bass below 50H - AJinFLA 17:58:44 02/05/07 (5)
- Room modes sparse under 50Hz.? - Richard BassNut Greene 09:39:48 02/06/07 (2)
- Re: Room modes sparse under 50Hz.? - AJinFLA 15:44:23 02/06/07 (1)
- Let's consider a typical 20 x 15 x 8 room -- maybe you may be somewhat partially right about monopoles below 50Hz.! - Richard BassNut Greene 09:41:08 02/07/07 (0)
- Re: You suggest a 16 square foot baffle and a 2.0 Qts. driver ... so would still need another speaker for bass below 50H - hitsware 20:45:43 02/05/07 (1)
- Re: You suggest a 16 square foot baffle and a 2.0 Qts. driver ... so would still need another speaker for bass below 50H - AJinFLA 16:10:43 02/06/07 (0)
- Re: You suggest a 16 square foot baffle and a 2.0 Qts. driver ... so would still need another speaker for bass below 50H - Tom Brennan 17:57:02 02/03/07 (0)
- Re: You suggest a 16 square foot baffle and a 2.0 Qts. driver ... so would still need another speaker for bass below 50H - hitsware 15:28:52 02/03/07 (0)