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You are bypassing a VERY important question with respect to lpad/pot adjustable speakers. How accurate are those pots? Are they totally linear and do they track equally?
But suggesting that someone buy a new amp when it's possible that two clicks on a speak pot, or an EQ change, or another bass trap are what they are after... no, sorry. I just don't see it, and I'd feel, what was your world, repugnant about doing it. It's fine to consign yourself to a never-ending pursuit of "just one more upgrade!", but to knowingly take money while pushing someone else down that path? No.
Hardwired designs present the problem that when the parts go out of true - and all parts do in time - you get to rebuild the crossover if you want it fixed. Of course, a lot of audiophiles are in the new-speaker-line-a-year club and don't need to think about this. I've held speakers for over a decade, and I do.
Scott Mayo wrote: "Hardwired designs present the problem that when the parts go out of true - and all parts do in time - you get to rebuild the crossover if you want it fixed"I've been following this thread with some amusement, but as an electrical engineer just couldn't let this comment pass. I think the makers of all those mil-spec resistors and caps would be really surprised to know they go "out of true".
We use pots because they allow a 1/20th of 1dB change in level to be effected by the user. Often such a change is all that is needed to tame hot trebles or a forward midrange. A fixed value does not allow the user to adapt the music to his tastes. Also, resistors are not made with sufficient tolerances to give me the precision I feel necessary for level changes. Also, fixed parts change value with age and there's nothing you can do about that. The pots change too, but all you have to do is move the wiper over one winding and you're back in business. Fixed values are invariably determined by measurement, i.e. whatever meassures flattest with your mic and test gear and environment. However, bass below 200Hz is boundary-dependent; fixed values do not allow for changes in room or placement. You're going to be wrong virtually 100% of the time, no matter what you think your measurements tell you is best.
Everybody will recommend what they own as they honestly believe it's the best sound for the money....
VMPS offers constant upgrades all of which are touted as changing audio as we know it! What's the difference between spending money on improving your non-speaker cmponents vs. spending $1200 on supposedly matched caps, wave guides, or new drivers?George
Zybar has not heard the Constant Directivity Waveguide. Only a few Beta testers have. It's not yet in production, but is expected late January. IMO, it's bad form to imply something negative about something someone hasn't heard. George implied I've done the same thing, to justify & defend his action. Even if I did it, it doesn't make it good form. I apologize if I ever did it.The CDWG technology, now that George brought it up, IMO is a huge leap forward in loudspeaker technology. I've heard it se ...
As an avid AC reader, but infrequent contributor, I cannot be more amused at Marbles postings, especially his crucifixion of ScottMayo, dealer though Scott may be. One with 4874 posts telling someone else that he has "persistant or irrelevant posts" is hilarious. Reading this much hot air from one poster is obviously ego inflating for one, but nauseous to others. Maybe the Salks do have wings, but the holy grail of sound is between the ears of the individual listener, regardless how hard one tries to brow beat the competition.
If a non dealer wants to tell him all about VMPS, I don't have any problems with that. When you persistantly try to pump products you sell, or are in the process of becoming a dealer for, I do. ...
