bigshot
Headphoneus Supremus
My crossover is at 80Hz. I tried lower, because even though I'm using bass management, I'm still using full range speakers. But it seemed more problematic to smooth out the transition from speaker to sub. I might have gotten it if I had kept working at it, but it was easier to just stick with 80 because that was working fine.
I much prefer 5.1 sound to quad because I have a relatively large listening room that doubles as a screening room. My screen is ten feet wide so the left and right are about 15 feet apart. Without a center channel I would have a big dip in the center. A lot of multichannel rock music uses the center channel for vocals, and movies use it for dialogue, so it's pretty important. I actually would like to have a center channel in the rear if I could.
I have smaller rear speakers in the rear too. Planning on upgrading them soon, but I need to hire someone to come out and bolt them to the wall. Bigger speakers are always better.
I find most quad mixes stick to pushing the sound out to the corners of the room or the sides. That might have just been the mixing style back then. I don't know. The best 5.1 mixes I've heard push sound out into the middle of the room in a coherent dimensional sound field. I don't think you could do that with quad unless the room was relatively small and the speakers were positioned close to the listener. That wouldn't work in my particular room. It's too big. I don't think with quad you would want to be in the exact center of the speakers because that would be the focus of all the reflection in the room. Not sure about that.
It's impossible for me to do that because I have a living room to work with, not a sound studio. It has to function as a room to entertain in my home. Compromises have to be made for the sake of livability. I've certainly bought enough product... 20-25,000 records, 10-15,000 CDs, at least as many DVDs and blu-rays. They should be pleased as punch!
I much prefer 5.1 sound to quad because I have a relatively large listening room that doubles as a screening room. My screen is ten feet wide so the left and right are about 15 feet apart. Without a center channel I would have a big dip in the center. A lot of multichannel rock music uses the center channel for vocals, and movies use it for dialogue, so it's pretty important. I actually would like to have a center channel in the rear if I could.
I have smaller rear speakers in the rear too. Planning on upgrading them soon, but I need to hire someone to come out and bolt them to the wall. Bigger speakers are always better.
I find most quad mixes stick to pushing the sound out to the corners of the room or the sides. That might have just been the mixing style back then. I don't know. The best 5.1 mixes I've heard push sound out into the middle of the room in a coherent dimensional sound field. I don't think you could do that with quad unless the room was relatively small and the speakers were positioned close to the listener. That wouldn't work in my particular room. It's too big. I don't think with quad you would want to be in the exact center of the speakers because that would be the focus of all the reflection in the room. Not sure about that.
That's not what I said. If you want to hear what they heard, and it is your option if you don't, you need to calibrate to the same standards. You've already pleased the creators if you bought their product.
It's impossible for me to do that because I have a living room to work with, not a sound studio. It has to function as a room to entertain in my home. Compromises have to be made for the sake of livability. I've certainly bought enough product... 20-25,000 records, 10-15,000 CDs, at least as many DVDs and blu-rays. They should be pleased as punch!
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