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Active is obviously more flexible. But passive still wins on: fewer amp channels, no DSP latency, simpler, and you can sell it as a normal speaker. For a fixed two way you will never tweak, is active overkill?
"It is for modal smoothing , honey. Four subs flattens the room response. It is science." She is not buying it. Send help (and a fourth sub).
Not talking about $1000 cables. Talking gauge: for a 4 ohm speaker on a 5m run, does 12 AWG vs 16 AWG actually matter, or is it within noise?
PE has Dayton drivers 20% off this week. Good time to grab those UM series subs or RS woofers if a build is on your list.
Got access to a Klippel NFS and ran a cheap £30 5″ paper driver out of curiosity. Honestly? The on axis is clean and the directivity is better controlled than a famous driver costing 4× as much. Marketing is a hell of a drug. Data inside.
Genuinely asking. With modern modules (Purifi, NCx500) the measurements are basically transparent. I A/B'd my old AB amp against a Purifi build and could not pick them blind. Is there any audible reason left to run a big hot AB amp, or is it nostalgia at this point?
PRs: no port noise, no chuffing, work in tiny boxes. Downsides: cost, and that ugly out of band dip below tune. Feels like they get dismissed too fast in favor of ports.
Hypex dropped a new NCx500 OEM amp module — higher power, lower distortion than the NC500. The DIY crowd is going to have opinions.
My mains are 3dB at 35 Hz in room. Part of me says that is enough for music. The other part wants the sub for the bottom octave and the modal smoothing of going multi sub. Where do you land?
SB just opened preorders on a new Satori 6.5″ mid woofer. Egyptian papyrus cone, the usual gorgeous motor. Pricey but the Satori line has earned the benefit of the doubt.