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    • It’s 15°in SP. Ive got to drive the estranged wifey to a doctor’s appointment this morning. Very appreciative of the heated seats in the Honda on a day like today.
    • But they still lost to Michigan. And that's black as death. JJK
    • Most posts address solutions for existing rooms and problems.  In this case we can suggest solutions before the problems have been built as the architect is just starting work on my retirement cottage.  However there are a few major challenges posed by the site.  The cottage will  span a ravine which cuts through a bluff above a National Scenic Waterway.  This means acres of glass to appreciate the view.  As it is a retirement cottage there will not be a separate listing room or theater.  The great room (perhaps 40x22 and sheathed in one long wall of glass and including an open kitchen) must perform all functions.   I have a pair of Klipschhorns (1988 and re-caped), a pair of La Scala's (1976), and a pair of Klipschish shortish horns of my own design to contribute to the room, and 24 Watt Tube amp of my own design to drive them.  I could build a monoblock Tube amp for center channel if desired (yes, I capitalize "Tube").  I also have a friend with the software to perform simulations once we provide him with the constraints.  My initial ideas include the following: 1. Exposed beams in the ceiling to act as sound dams 2. Sunken listening area 3. Elevated or vaulted portions of the ceiling 4. Partial walls partitioning the kitchen and entry so some sound is reflected and some passes over and through openings   And adding to the challenge there will be no carpet.  A giant Oak tree blew down in my forest and is being sawn by a local saw mill for the floor. (it might be a live-edge floor, but in any case planks of 2-4 ft. width)   Perhaps the only good news is that there is no concern with isolation of of sound from the rest of the cottage.  If things are loud my Wife and I will be there!   All ideas will be greatly appreciated...   Dr. Hillbilly (the doctorate is in Mechanical Engineering, not Medicine) 
    • Coffee's good.  What's new in here?  3 in Duckburg this morning, light snow and we won a lil football game last night.          
    • I like it when these old threads are brought to the top. 
    • Rabbit season. Duck season.  The recommendation is to play them loud using the whole spectrum of Hz for 100 hours. I suspect that 99% of speakers do not undergo this exercise. So, what happens to the 99%? Do they break in later when we buy them from their original owners (lol), or are they forever incapable of sounding their best because only a certain range was properly 'loosened'?   
    • A very good french group Shaka Ponk et the singer Zazie, in live they are excellent      
    • Interesting.. As someone who's purchased several pairs of new speakers and drivers I believe the break-in process is real as I have experienced it first hand. Most notably in the first 10-24 hours is the bass response- I always start out with bass dials (tone control) cranked up a bit and after a day or two end up having to turn them back down as the bass becomes excessive as the woofer breaks in. HF / crossovers take longer to smooth out.    
    • Currently using a Paulkitson DSP0408RTS with settings transposed from Xilica XP4080. The Paulkitson has 16 PEQs per output so in future I can setup minimum phase crossover per ChrisA. Also it has FIR filters. Much newer/later gen DSP, A to D, D to A and opamps than Xilica.
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