I have 3-way speakers with low crossover in baffle step region - about 350 Hz. Changed filter connections, so midrange and tweeter ares connecteed to same cable posts.
Biamped them and played with upper amp volume. At certain level sound suddenly became much more real. Can't say how many dB-s the drop is. From the ear I's say 1,5 - 2 dB.
To my hearing most commercial sprekers have a drop between 100 - 500 hZ. Upper part may be very clean and realistic, but overall not real. And then bass sounds from under 100 Hz suddenly jump up. But many people don't share my view and are happy with the usual stuff, including for example guys who design Audes speakers.
Biamped them and played with upper amp volume. At certain level sound suddenly became much more real. Can't say how many dB-s the drop is. From the ear I's say 1,5 - 2 dB.
To my hearing most commercial sprekers have a drop between 100 - 500 hZ. Upper part may be very clean and realistic, but overall not real. And then bass sounds from under 100 Hz suddenly jump up. But many people don't share my view and are happy with the usual stuff, including for example guys who design Audes speakers.
tmblack said:
Any time the baffle isn't big enough to reinforce the bass like it does the midrange. IOW allmost any two way.
A three way is often a better solution if you want to keep the sensitivity high. Maybe double 12's or a single 15 side firing in a deep but narrow cabinet crossed where the mid starts falling off from the narrow front baffle?
Many commercial 2/ways use it. That's why most are power suckers. (96 db or lower sensitivity)
The answer to such a simple question is really complicated. Whenever you try and do a BSC, you also change the phase response, and that changes sound. Dave pointed a good starting point, but don't take formulas for granted, otherwise you will end up with an opinion like a "blind man's impressions of an elephant".
BSC should be used if you find a problems that looks like it could be solved by using some sort of BSC. The less you have to put between the amp and the driver, the better. Since BSC depends on location of drivers, shape of baffle, and the response before using BSC, It really might not be a good idea to assume you have a baffle step problem just based on dimensions.
Case B will result in significantly lower bass than case A. With case B the rear wave must travel 48" more distance than the front wave, although a significant amount will take the short cut over the top. With case A the additional distance is only about 24". With B though you will change the radiation patern toward cartoid and your wings will need extensive bracing because significant pressures will be exerted on them.
and because you are not in acousticaly dead room you have to use
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You answered yourselves. Btw also rightness of measuremets as Magnetar wrote could be an issueBS is existing phenomenon in case I mentioned and can be corrected as was written. In theory has magnitude of 6dB, usually shows less /say 2-4dB/ because is masked by reverbant sound field in listening room according to box and ear position.
Take a look at anaechoic measurement or another one. They shows 6dB BS with central freq. 350Hz or 650Hz respectively /different boxes were used/
Don't be scared. The sound quality is not always an issue in the market. Production of B+W and vast majority of other producers are led by marketing dpt. not by technical.
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