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19 Apr 2016, 7:03 pm

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What kind of gear are you using?

you won't believe it- it is strictly low-end stuff- an old [circa 1972] pioneer 35 wpc receiver my sister gave me, some old
2-way nova #6 8" acoustic suspension bookshelf speakers my brother gave me, a pair of circa 1980 MCS [technics] 3-way 10" reflex speakers in large [almost dorm-room fridge-sized] enclosures that I got for $25 at goodwill, a dbx "subharmonic enhancer" box [kind of an electronic sub], a 25 wpc surround amp also bought used for cheap, and finally a pair of sub-bookshelf-sized old sony 5" reflex speakers my sister gave me. the MCS units [adjusted properly] sounded better [at least in my tiny tin can] than they had any right to sound, though I imagine they might sound a bit tinny in a larger regular house. the MCS boxes are against the front wall about 30 degrees apart from my couch, the nova 6s I have at standing head level near the ceiling, just behind the listening position, and the little sonys at the back top corners, wired in hafler circuit surround. it is just a synergy happening with this collection of stuff in this particular compact environment that allows for the volume and clarity I get. I have [per test signals] usable bass down to 25 cycles per second in this environment, though it drops like a stone below that. I can hear most of the deep bass in my pipe organ records. led zep pounds the walls and floor. in a tin can, it sounds a lot like the air pressurization effect of a sub in a car.



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20 Apr 2016, 8:10 pm

auntblabby wrote:
mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:
What kind of gear are you using?

you won't believe it- it is strictly low-end stuff- an old [circa 1972] pioneer 35 wpc receiver my sister gave me, some old
2-way nova #6 8" acoustic suspension bookshelf speakers my brother gave me, a pair of circa 1980 MCS [technics] 3-way 10" reflex speakers in large [almost dorm-room fridge-sized] enclosures that I got for $25 at goodwill, a dbx "subharmonic enhancer" box [kind of an electronic sub], a 25 wpc surround amp also bought used for cheap, and finally a pair of sub-bookshelf-sized old sony 5" reflex speakers my sister gave me. the MCS units [adjusted properly] sounded better [at least in my tiny tin can] than they had any right to sound, though I imagine they might sound a bit tinny in a larger regular house. the MCS boxes are against the front wall about 30 degrees apart from my couch, the nova 6s I have at standing head level near the ceiling, just behind the listening position, and the little sonys at the back top corners, wired in hafler circuit surround. it is just a synergy happening with this collection of stuff in this particular compact environment that allows for the volume and clarity I get. I have [per test signals] usable bass down to 25 cycles per second in this environment, though it drops like a stone below that. I can hear most of the deep bass in my pipe organ records. led zep pounds the walls and floor. in a tin can, it sounds a lot like the air pressurization effect of a sub in a car.

That sounds like quite the awesome setup, and I always like it when people put vintage gear to good use. Have any pictures you'd like to share (if you're OK with that)?

I wonder what would be causing your setup to have trouble reproducing frequencies below 25hz. I've heard that frequencies below 20hz are cut off during MP3 encoding, though I'm not entirely positive about this. I will say that the FLACs I've listened to often have nicer sounding bass than their equivalent MP3s.


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20 Apr 2016, 8:18 pm

I am writing a new book! :D


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20 Apr 2016, 8:24 pm

mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:
What kind of gear are you using?

you won't believe it- it is strictly low-end stuff- an old [circa 1972] pioneer 35 wpc receiver my sister gave me, some old
2-way nova #6 8" acoustic suspension bookshelf speakers my brother gave me, a pair of circa 1980 MCS [technics] 3-way 10" reflex speakers in large [almost dorm-room fridge-sized] enclosures that I got for $25 at goodwill, a dbx "subharmonic enhancer" box [kind of an electronic sub], a 25 wpc surround amp also bought used for cheap, and finally a pair of sub-bookshelf-sized old sony 5" reflex speakers my sister gave me. the MCS units [adjusted properly] sounded better [at least in my tiny tin can] than they had any right to sound, though I imagine they might sound a bit tinny in a larger regular house. the MCS boxes are against the front wall about 30 degrees apart from my couch, the nova 6s I have at standing head level near the ceiling, just behind the listening position, and the little sonys at the back top corners, wired in hafler circuit surround. it is just a synergy happening with this collection of stuff in this particular compact environment that allows for the volume and clarity I get. I have [per test signals] usable bass down to 25 cycles per second in this environment, though it drops like a stone below that. I can hear most of the deep bass in my pipe organ records. led zep pounds the walls and floor. in a tin can, it sounds a lot like the air pressurization effect of a sub in a car.

That sounds like quite the awesome setup, and I always like it when people put vintage gear to good use. Have any pictures you'd like to share (if you're OK with that)? I wonder what would be causing your setup to have trouble reproducing frequencies below 25hz. I've heard that frequencies below 20hz are cut off during MP3 encoding, though I'm not entirely positive about this. I will say that the FLACs I've listened to often have nicer sounding bass than their equivalent MP3s.

most bass reflex speakers have a 24 db/octave roll-off below the tuning frequency, as opposed to the 12 db/octave roll-off of an acoustic suspension enclosure. cabinet tuning frequency [most efficient bass alignment for given woofer and cabinet/duct] of the MCS speakers was 29 cycles per second, was down approx. 6 db @ 25, almost nothing below that. that is par for the course for most speakers. that is the purpose of subwoofers, to reproduce that bottom octave or two that regular stereo speakers can't really touch. and I play only CDs/radio/tv sound through this system.
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21 Apr 2016, 7:52 am

Kuraudo777 wrote:
I am writing a new book! :D


So will I be starting this coming Monday.



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