Multiple Small Subs - Geddes Approach

[gedlee]

Having been to Prague many time, if she is Czech thats all I need to know!! For those of you who have never been to Prague - drop what you are doing and go, right now, don't wait. (Leave the wifes and or girlfriends at home!)

[terry j]

hi Bill

hmm, think your analogy is a bit fishy.

wanna know what I thinks a great idea? a gang of us get together and go thru this procedure. I know that sounds like I'm making out that it's complicated (and prob the hard thing to grasp is actually how simple it is) but hey! any excuse for a pissup tight? brett would no doubt be interested too.

and being the nice guy that I am, I'll even let everybody experiment on my system heh heh.

Earle, so very quickly just to confirm, the results of phase being right is reflected in the FR measurements, either a sweep (which is what I've gotten used to using, have to learn to do RTA) or RTA using pink noise, in any case the 'hole gets filled'...is it as simple as that?

Using multiple subs would tend to randomise any particular 'phase problem' of any one sub I guess, ie it all comes out in the wash.

so all those questions to peter about his wife, you was just czeching?

[peterbrorsson]

Having been to Prague many time, if she is Czech thats all I need to know!! For those of you who have never been to Prague - drop what you are doing and go, right now, don't wait. (Leave the wifes and or girlfriends at home!)

Close but the same area, othervise I fully agree.

Peter

[gedlee]

Originally posted by terry j

Using multiple subs would tend to randomise any particular 'phase problem' of any one sub I guess, ie it all comes out in the wash.

so all those questions to peter about his wife, you was just czeching?

Yes - exactly!

You need to go to Prague to understand the other part. There is no place like it. Its my favorite place on Earth!! I was there just after the Wall came down - Wow! Then I went back twice more. Its a beutiful place with fantastic women and the best beer in the world. Whats not to like!?

Why is Audio so sexist? I don't understand.

[terry j]

Originally posted by gedlee


Why is Audio so sexist? I don't understand.

because there are people like us in the hobby???

In any case, thanks.


Now whilst I do remember, I very much enjoyed you 'comments' in some sort of article/writeup regarding the relative importances of the electronics in the final outcome. However, the last link I has to them (there were two IIRC) now comes up page not found.

If you know which ones I'm referring to, are they somewhere else?? Or you were responsible for their disappearance?? dunno, copyright or something?

If you're not sure I can go and dig up the old links, dunno if they'd help at all. Would like to have another look at them, hopefully for some sort of audiophile test coming up (expensive front end vs cheap front end, all done blind of course, a la the matrix test)

[gedlee]

Oh - thats simple - the importance of electronics in audio? Right?

Its not! Thats pretty simple.

I'm not sure which I like better - being a sexist pig or an audiophile heretic! Tough choice !

[soongsc]

Originally posted by gedlee
Having been to Prague many time, if she is Czech thats all I need to know!! For those of you who have never been to Prague - drop what you are doing and go, right now, don't wait. (Leave the wifes and or girlfriends at home!)

Agree

[terry j]

Originally posted by gedlee
Oh - thats simple - the importance of electronics in audio? Right?

Its not! Thats pretty simple.

I'm not sure which I like better - being a sexist pig or an audiophile heretic! Tough choice !

Hi earle, this is one of the ones I was talking about

http://www.gedlee.com/downloads/Comm...20Comments.pdf

but it has 'disappeared'. Do you know why?? or where it can be found now?


I can't imagine too many 'audiophiles' agreeing with you on the importance of the electronics, which I find interesting in a weird way. For example, in one of the traditional areas of audiophile dispute, valves vs ss amps, you are probably a 'hero' to some of the valve guys because finally 'we have an explanation of the various distortions differences between the amps'. BUT, on the other hand you'd be a villain because of your stance on electronics as a whole.

An interesting insight into human behaviour sometimes, we pick and choose what we want to accept in order to defend our positions and reject the rest.

[sbe4kdr]

Earl,
I've got to correct you.
It's a well known fact that we Belgians have the best beer(s) in the world.

[Pan]

And about the women..


/Peter