Recent content by Paul Burke

Stopped watching at hand made cryogenically treated crossovers heard a few of them, thought they were decent enough for the price but nothing special. Could well be better on a proper home demo but looks were too off putting back at the time I’d have been interested

Hoffman’s iron law. Efficiency, bass or volume, pick one to sacrifice. Small speakers can be quite efficient, but be lacking in lower end output, can’t have all 3

Hmm, about 150 quid at best guess, so maybe 1% of system cost, would be much lower than 1% other than more recently changing to a stack of power amps, 8 channels of active xo with multiple subs. Wouldn’t be surprised if there’s nearly 100m of cable all in so prob a quid or 2 a metre Good to...

Small speakers tend to sound big until you put them next to something actually big, and realise there’s an octave and a bit missing, with an attempt to make up for it by a 60-80hz hump like so many do For a half decent chance at small sounding big it’s subs, or a sealed box with a linkwitz...

Just a little... https://www.hifinews.com/content/pmc-twenty526i-loudspeaker-lab-report

In any average sized room both (though don’t know many details of kii’s) will still excite room modes same as any other speaker, it’s just physics, can’t avoid it. Most Uk rooms will be 50hz and under for main modes. D&d’s are cardioid and constant directivity from 100hz. Even though, energy...

100%. I’d say all audiophiles should learn how to use rew and a mic. The set and forget type can do just that, and tweaked can tweak to their hearts content, just in an area that actually matters. 8c’s aren’t necessary for room correction, there are great options out there, like roon and it’s...

No, not for a while, the current build will be taken back to the shop at some point for final waveguide fitting and finishing, will set up for a listen then and might have a play around adding a few subs to them again. Could help decide what to with them eventually, prob keep them till I move...

Found it interesting to have a more direct comparison to the passives they replace too, not using any filters, only the room boundary distance settings. Shows what a flat fr output (other than the very slight downward tilt towards 20hz) sounds like in the room. As long as the room itself isn’t...

The current build are rosewood cabinets with a boire baffle & padauk inlays, they’re prettier. Sound good too

No comparison for me, obs are good but not in the same league. Same thought by a friend who’s a shahinian fan and ob user. But clearly not in everyone’s view. Friends views have varied having listened at my place, ranging from best setup they’ve heard, anywhere any price, to preferring their...

Mini dsp shd is as mentioned already ideal for this. No need for external dac, or even the blue sound. Easy enough to get one on home demo and see if you like it. I use a pair of them, so 4 outputs for each channel, active 2 ways with 4 subs, or lots of other combinations depending what I’m...

For the back of the woofer, worth doing but not as vital. Very easy if done before attaching baffle- assuming that’s possible, most cabinets don’t have a separate baffle like these do Far more important though is the biggest radius possible on the 2 long verticals sides, helps edge diffraction...

Looking nice. Assume the woofers will be flush mounted? And any plans for a roundover?

I wouldn’t be surprised by anything I see in futurshop tbh. Surprised manufacturers aren’t onto the over burned in thing yet tbh. Seems like they’re missing a trick. Old and overused cables, send them back every couple of years and they’ll refresh them, flush them out with a clean signal and...