Popori Electrostats - Top of the Food Chain

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Housteau

Re: Popori Electrostats - Top of the Food Chain
« Reply #60 on: 29 Jun 2025, 06:24 pm »
Thank you.
I have talked and worked with Edgar many times. How he manages to do all that he does is beyond me.
He is a human dynamo. Nobody I know talks as fast as he does!

I have the Bacch4Mac with the Babyface Pro + and room correction output through Roon.
Is there anything more to be dome to activate the room correction other than to run it with the microphones in your ear in the listening position?
If I understand you correctly, a point source box subwoofer is just fine to use with the Poporis so long as  the subwoofer and Popori's output frequencies don't overlap.

Yes, Edgar is quite something else.  You will need to be sure the settings in the ORC section are correct for what you want to do.  Very often the default setting are fine, but for the Popori by itself, set the low correction limit to 40Hz.  Also, allow 4-6 dB of boost.  When mating a sub have its gain set high.  ORC will trim it back.  Also have ORC set to the low limit instead of that 40Hz.

If you have the ability not to overlap by using two separate  crossover frequencies, I have found that to be best.

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Re: Popori Electrostats - Top of the Food Chain
« Reply #61 on: 29 Jun 2025, 09:26 pm »
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What I have found is when the main speaker radiates bass in a figure 8 pattern, like here, then you really really want to have the sub match that pattern.  Box subs stick out like a sore thumb because they radiate like a pulsing sphere.  Makes perfect integration almost impossible.

Has not been my experience and I cross over well above 100 hz, but I may not be as fussy as you with all of your show experience.  :o That's not a dig, but an honest assessment.
The sub used is probably more important than the pattern, and also the implementation would be critical. I would also say it has to be acoustic suspension, or sealed, to blend in.

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Housteau

Re: Popori Electrostats - Top of the Food Chain
« Reply #62 on: Today at 02:57 pm »
Here is the link to my Popori WR3 install and set-up that has just been released'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMDZonChvqo&t=19s

Housteau

Re: Popori Electrostats - Top of the Food Chain
« Reply #63 on: Today at 03:43 pm »
There are two things that I did not go into detail about in the video that I should have at least mentioned.  The first is that the differences in frequency responses were probably also influenced by the construction differences of the room itself.  The second is when it came to fully understanding the timing issues.  Because of the differences between right and let channels in frequency response, the corrective mix of settings used is different for each channel.

Early B.

Re: Popori Electrostats - Top of the Food Chain
« Reply #64 on: Today at 07:13 pm »
How do the Popori's sound compared to your previous VMPS speakers?