I will not make a post mentioning medication
I will not make a post mentioning medication
I will not make a post mentioning medication
I will not make a post mentioning medication
Aw crap, it slipped out. Sorry.
Seriously, it's a fair question. Every so often I spend a few days doing nothing but non-stop system tweaking and almost always end up with a significant improvement, but I probably won't be able to spend enough time to be confident I have an optimal setup until my hearing has degraded to the point where all I really need is a couple of midrange drivers anyways.
It is never-ending, and in some ways speakers like the LFRs are just another reminder that even the finest audio systems are arguably over-simplified relative to what we need to get everything perfect.
Even stereo imaging is a gross approximation of real world sound production, although I continue to be amazed by the uncanny realism it can provide, presumably because it all has to go through a pair of ears anyways.
Phase controls on subwoofers drive me crazy because they are a single control trying to deal with two separate variables:
- matching phase between subwoofer amp/wiring and main woofer amp/wiring (this is really a 0/180 degree thing)
- introducing delay to approximately compensate for the path distance between subwoofer/listener and main woofers/listener (two distances, one knob, get it right)
- I guess the phase control may also be compensating for different responsiveness between the sub and woofer drivers (heavier drivers accelerate more slowly) but I don't think so
It would be interesting to split the signal and run it through two separate phase controls, each one adjusted based on path distance relative to a different main woofer, then recombine the results. First thought is that it would make everything sound like
"Rock On" , but I suppose that would not really be an improvement... the best you can do is get the subwoofer somewhere between the main woofers in terms of arrival time.
