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Guest contributor and Senior Product Training Specialist Ben Hagens shares some interesting background as to why the standard 80 Hz crossover setting for subwoofers in home theater and stereo setups may not be so valid anymore.
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Loudspeaker toe-in is a concept as old as stereo itself. Because of an unavoidable design flaw in most loudspeakers, to get the deepest, most accurate soundstage possible some measure of toe-in was necessary. This is where the equilateral triangle setup came from
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Recordings and soundtracks contain the reverberation signature, or room tone, of the space they were recorded in (concert hall, recording studio). In a movie soundtrack, the recording contains the reverberation signature the director and audio designer conjured up. Either way, the reverberation has been provided for you, so it makes sense that a listening room that is overly reverberant will interfere with the sound the artist intended.
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KEF America is proud to announce their participation in Psychic Debris Field, the latest multi-sensory, multi-media installation by acclaimed Los Angeles artist Doug Aitken.
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Everyone loves bass. Whether in a song or a movie, very few things in the entertainment world top the thrill of deep, tight bass at just the right moment. It’s the pursuit of that magic that sometimes leads to bloated, inaccurate, one-note bass. An under-performing or poorly set up subwoofer can do an amazing amount of damage to the fidelity of even the most expensive audio system.
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