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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel.

Post Subject: The issue is a complex one and should not be addressed generically ...Posted by Romy the Cat on: 3/12/2011

oxric wrote:
I have a question ..... I understand that the issue is a complex one and should be addressed with more care and paying attention to detail ...

Oxric,

The issue is a complex, very complex but only if to try to predict behavior. If however do not try to forecast then truly there is no complexity, in fact everything is very easy: you do the things, you observe the resulting Sound and you react upon the result. I think I got good result but I can hardly take credit for it – it just happened. Yes, a result is in away an outcome of my navigation but success is not to do right things but rather avoiding to do wrong things… I wish I know ahead what is wrong.

Anyhow, if you ask about strategy to implement ULF then it is an interesting question. I do feel that a playback sound has to be built first and then ULF has to be added as a compliment to a proper sound of playback. Might be I feel this way because it was mine way, or might be it might serve as universal rule. I do not know. The way how I trained myself is to disconnect channels. While I was making Macondo, installing it, moving it and experimenting with it I was frequently disconnecting channels and was listening “what was left”. I like to think about sound as additions and subtractions.

The most interesting subject however is to go for bass and ULF or to have an integrated bass. For years I used integrated where two bass channels did anything used 73Hz. What I have now is more advanced but take a look at the cost and the efforts. Saying all of it I need to admit that the bass that I use to have in my old room and the bass I have now is very much same type of sound. I did not have frustration with the bass then and if I did not move I would gladly use that integrated bass as my old room did not need and would not handle ULF.

So, ULF and the specific ULF topology is not something that required by Sound but rather is something that is demeaned by listed and permitted by room. Therefore any generalizations is very hard to do.

The caT

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