The secret to achieving realism is to move the right amount of air, not necessarily lots of air.
Just cranking up the volume control on the subwoofer doesn't create realism. You need clean deep bass in realistic (not necessarily massive) amounts. I have heard several systems where the subwoofer was turned up to accentuate bass, and string quartets, one of the types of ensembles that if "near miked" can sound like they are in your room, didn't sound the least bit real to me.
Also, having numerous 1800 watt (or other large amps) doesn't do you any good if you can't get 1800 watts out of the wall for each of them.
and I would like Gary to chime in with the 12 woofers in the G 1.2 column, .. there has to be some DSP in there too ...
That's where skill comes into play. One does not go full throttle into a hairpin turn.
The secret to achieving realism is to move the right amount of air, not necessarily lots of air.
Just cranking up the volume control on the subwoofer doesn't create realism.
You need clean deep bass in realistic (not necessarily massive) amounts.
Also, having numerous 1800 watt (or other large amps) doesn't do you any good if you can't get 1800 watts out of the wall for each of them.
Coming into right hand hairpin, split second before entry sharp left quarter, full throttle, sharp right full, lift-off, trail throttle, correct, exit, full throttle.
Not in a modern car though......
Coming into right hand hairpin, split second before entry sharp left quarter, full throttle, sharp right full, lift-off, trail throttle, correct, exit, full throttle.
Not in a modern car though......
You never taught me that!
To me the reason would be , a built in powered sub would limit amplification choices and I dont really like most subunits that are on the market , because of efficiency (usually ver low )and membrane material .
I want my bassdrivers to be driven by boulder or zanden amps , not digital amps , some listening session i choose the zanden the other evening boulder
Good tube bass is different from either digital or SS , different as in more room fill, rounded /softer , more natural, more definition…
While I agree that tube bass is different than SS bass and it is more “rounded/softer,” I don’t agree it is more accurate. Tube bass doesn’t have the extension and overall linearity that great SS bass has. While I enjoyed the bass quality of my ARC VS115 with KT-120 tubes, it didn’t really compare with the bass from my Krell KSA-250.
Ask Myles what differences he hears in the bottom end with the Cello amps he has now vice his ART amps.
I suspect it also depends on the cut off freq where the active sub takes over , whether it is 50 hz or 150 hz for example...
The positive thing being off course the adjustability of the powered sub , to be honest i dont have a lot of personal expirience with subs at home .
I did hear the new big top model kharma sub lately with the exquisite midi (with the new driver ) and i wasnt that impressed of the combination.
I never heard the wilson sub , which i reckon would be a kind of a sub benchmark , although most of the high$$$ systems in the US seem to be playing with Gotham subs , kind of strange i thought , because the big alexandria bassdrivers ought to be able to put a lot of bass energy in the room , maybe the alexandria woofer module is a little low in efficiency compared to the MTM .
Or maybe i am just bassshy
The X1 which i never heard used other (focal) bass drivers than the focals which are used today(as seen from pics ).
My recollection of the big wilsons is that the maxx 2 put out great bass ( maybe even a little bit to much, room dependant off course ) and the X 2 a little less (note i only heard it for half an hour at a dealer on not familiar music), although its a great speaker as is the maxx 2
great to have some first hand info lloyd , i just reread the m. collumns review , and its a great looking speaker even more edgy/stealthy looking than the X2
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