Hi Hat sounds not heard well on my setup

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jmc207

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Re: Hi Hat sounds not heard well on my setup
« Reply #20 on: 27 Dec 2022, 07:51 pm »
Remember to keep the volume on the low side until you get a feel for how loud the particular sweep will get.

20 - 20,000 Hz audio sweep over 35 seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAsMlDptjx8

10 - 20,000 Hz Long sweep, or pick the frequency you want
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC4AhA76DgU&t=213s

60 - 6,000 Hz, a good basic range, especially if you're older
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eL5qa8MFWQ

Oh, and this great playlist of individual frequency test tones
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzFvCAfIq7a2SIBfDhpCytfJ4RHVb_KLY

Tyson

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Re: Hi Hat sounds not heard well on my setup
« Reply #21 on: 27 Dec 2022, 07:55 pm »
Do a search on "Pure Pink Noise" on Apple Music - this will pop up as a good option:




mlundy57

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Re: Hi Hat sounds not heard well on my setup
« Reply #22 on: 27 Dec 2022, 07:56 pm »
Thank you everyone!  A lot of great points.  My hearing is not perfect, my fiance's is much better.  I am visiting my daughter who has LGK 2.0 speakers and talking about high hats got me thinking about the range that LGK 2.0's can hit 80Hz - 20KHz.  Would a subwoofer that would fill in below 80Hz be very critical because music and movies, dialog, commonly would have sounds below 80Hz.  My daughter purchased a $150 turntable, an Audio Technica AT-LP60X, which is connected to an Emotiva TA-1 with LGK 2.0 speakers.  Long story short her simpler Turntable which does not require or allow you to set such as balancing a tonearm, tracking weight, or anti skate etc sounds much incredible, all of those settings are already preconfigured for the stylus that it comes with.  The Audio Technica sounds better than my Denon DP-300F with Ortofon Red with a Parks Audio Puffin preamp etc.  Maybe me "setting up" my Denon DP-300F is the problem, funny.

A subwoofer is a great idea especially since the TA-1 has the ability to crossover to a sub. Crossing the low frequencies to a sub will also allow the LGK to play cleaner since it won't have to deal with the low frequencies it can't reproduce anyway.

dallaire1

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Re: Hi Hat sounds not heard well on my setup
« Reply #23 on: 27 Dec 2022, 09:25 pm »
Tyson, hats off to you my friend. Aways looking at the big picture, smart !

HT1278

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Re: Hi Hat sounds not heard well on my setup
« Reply #24 on: 27 Dec 2022, 10:06 pm »
This file looks interesting.


https://youtu.be/qNf9nzvnd1k

Hobbsmeerkat

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Re: Hi Hat sounds not heard well on my setup
« Reply #25 on: 27 Dec 2022, 10:07 pm »


A measurement like that makes me think there's an issue with how the tweeter circuit is wired.

The easiest way to test is to disconnect the woofer and see if you hear any sound out of the tweeter connected through the circuit.
If its very faint, its likely that resistor positions got mixed up.
If there is no sound at all, that means the tweeter isn't receiving a signal. (Likely a missing or broken connection)

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Re: Hi Hat sounds not heard well on my setup
« Reply #26 on: 27 Dec 2022, 10:34 pm »
This file looks interesting.


https://youtu.be/qNf9nzvnd1k


Pink noise is better for measuring because it sends all the signals from 20hz to 20khz all at once.  So you can see at a glance what your speakers frequency response is.