I think it was the Cowsills that sang "Gimme a head with hair, long beautiful hair"
Well gimme a 626R with hair.
That is a "beard" and a "pony tail".
OK, I haven't lost it (I don't think anyhow)
Most of you know that Big B, suggests placing a solid surface from the bottom front edge of the 626R to the floor (called a beard) which will help acheive a tighter, deeper, and more powerful bass response.
Some time ago this was discussed on one of the "tweaks" threads which I commented on. Someone (I think it might have been our own Jim Romeyn) ask why we didn't place the same type of device at the rear of the speaker, since the port also affected the bass response.
I made a mental note to "try" this and basically forgot about it.
Well I tried it today. I just took a simple shelf I had lying in one of my closets and just leaned it up against the back of the 626R so that it was just under the port.
I call it a ponytail since it is a bit higher than the front (beard) and from the side it looks like a beard and ponytail
How does it work? Well in my system it seems to add a bit more of that "depth of 3-D texture and Bass Body" that I like so well.
But additionally it seems to create a greater "presence" to the whole presentation.
Your results may vary since much of bass response is either helped or hurt by room interaction and this tweak will increase that interaction/propagation/degradation situation
Doesn't take to much to try so if you have a shelf or panel or even couple sheets of stiff cardboard, give it a try and let me know if it does anything for yours.
