06-20-2024 Post does not mapped to Knowledge Tree Paul S San Diego, California, USA Posts 2,657 Joined on 10-12-2006 Post #: 301 Post ID: 27423 Reply to: 27422 Measurements vs Acoustic/Audio Preferences Jarek, I've got to hand it to you, you're not a quitter! Of course the only way you'll know how you like it is to hear it, which is why manufacturing capabilities are so important, so we won't die of old age before we find something we like! You are very correct about vintage 10" cones vs. LF; they don't do it. Vintage 15" will get you down to 50, maybe 40 Hz. What you get from "room gain", and how that sound appeals to you is something you will have to decide for yourself. I hope you will contine these posts, however; I like your dogged processing. Just as a point of reference, have you ever tried the larger vintage Tannoys in your room? 1 box apiece... Best regards, Paul S

06-23-2024 Post does not mapped to Knowledge Tree N-set Gdansk, Poland Posts 617 Joined on 01-07-2006 Post #: 302 Post ID: 27424 Reply to: 27423 Magic bass Thank you Paul. The thing is, once you hear that bass, you want more of it. Actually my appetite is even higher now. I've upgraded the XO caps to a higher grade (ClarityCap ESA -> MR + Milflex ) and this decreased subjectively the bass quantity at the same time making it a bit more accurate. I have not tried bigger Tannoys. They are not easily available here and paying the eBay prices just to try is not what I'd like to do. Besides they need very large cabinetswhich won't fit here. Cheers, Jarek STACORE

06-23-2024 Post does not mapped to Knowledge Tree Paul S San Diego, California, USA Posts 2,657 Joined on 10-12-2006 Post #: 303 Post ID: 27425 Reply to: 27424 The SET Problem, only with speakers... Sounds like the problem I always had with SET, I really loved the "bass" I got, but there just wasn't enough of it to "scale up" when I wanted to. I think I have told at GSC before that the founder of Stereophile, Gordon Holt wound up with Tannoys, pretty sure i remember they were DMTs. Not large boxes, but decidedly better "punch" and LF than older iterations (also less $$$...). FWIW, JGH did pro recording until he died, was very picky about tone, and all his systems had to play back his own recordings correctly. Interestingly, he also wound up with his own version of "surround sound". Best regards, Paul S