Recent content by Erik Arisholm

It is true that at low SPL, the ear is less sensitive to the lowest and highest frequencies than the mids, but this difference diminishes at higher SPL. I.e., the so-called equal loudness contour of Fletcher Munson. And at very low SPL, the lowest bass will even fall below your threshold of...

Sorry I have to correct myself, I do agree that we have to compensate for less hearing sensitivity at lower frequencies at lower SPL. But that was not really my point.

Yes I understand but this is where I tend to disagree, based on my experience ;-) I think, once you get the timing right (and that includes control of reflections), you will end up wanting less tilt below 200Hz or so... What most people miss is the bass impact, not the overall bass energy and...

Yes, of course, they are very much related. I agree wrt blending subs with mains, but I am not really talking about sub/main integration here, just the overall response of the speaker(s) vs room ;-)

With my new 20" ASC Isothermal tubetraps I achieved significant improvements down to about 40Hz or so in terms of decay times. And exceptional results around 80Hz where it really matters. Not so with my earlier "bass traps" from GIK etc:-)

Yeah I think we mostly agree, except I don't think I am mixing things up too much. The main point I tried to make is that there is a difference between the frequency domain correction most people are concerned about, and the resulting measurements they look at, and the more complex picture...

By time domain behavoir I simply mean all the bass from the very low to the very high hitting your chest at about the same time, so that you physically can feel the kick, as opposed to just massive bass rumbling around in your room for too long, and starting at different times. And then there is...

Yes so I bet your decay and other time domain graphs would also look pretty good in that case... no disrespect to anyone as I also like that lovely deep bass hitting me hard, but I think too many hifi-nerds who love bass have not yet heard the impact of properly time aligned and punchy bass,so...

I know it is all subjective and based on personal preferences but I am surprised how many seem to prefer the "Harman" type bass boost of something like +10dB (or even more!) in the low end compared with 1kHz. Never liked that except for action movies. But I suppose those things also depends on...

Unfortunately it is a fairly long drive from Alabama to Oslo - Norway, but if you plan to visit anywhere in the neighbourhood please send me a PM ;-) cheers, Erik

Thanks :-) Yes I've owned a lot of different speakers, but these ones are just very spectacular and puts a smile on my face every day :-)

These will stay for a while :-)