Another question from the video, this for the PSA guys: Chris talks about one of the dials on the back boosting mid and hi frequencies to match the lows (at least that’s what I remember from the video).
How is this done? What is going on to accomplish that? He compared it to room correction (at least I think that’s what he meant) but done within the speaker. But (I think) he definitely said that signals are “boosted” (or words to same effect) as opposed to throttled back.
Is there amplification going on within the speaker? Passive tuning (as with resistor changes)? What goes into that dial setting that was mentioned in video? I took quick look at product page trying to find answer but didn’t see anything
I think if you listen to it once more, you get what he really said, but I’m also interested in the speaker matching option mentioned besides the rear tweeter thing.
It wasn’t that they need to be 8’ apart it is that the best integration is when you are 8+ feet away.
When you have non-coincident sources (like a tower speaker with separate drive units) there’s a minimum distance of sorts to get the proper integration.
Greg was far enough away. Also, I wouldn’t recommend him getting the speakers any closer to the sidewalls. As I touched on in the video, folks like Seigfreid Linkwitz recommended a minimum of 3’ (from the side wall) to get the reflections beyond 5 ms because of the time integration effect that our ear/brain system has.
Yes, we will be publishing a manual and some additional simple setup videos with simplified instructions (breaking down the setup process of our speakers, but also speakers in general).
The knob is basically a variable baffle step control (with a minor voicing change between the two steps) bypassing some crossover resistors. The mid and tweeter are quire a bit more sensitive than the woofer section and so we have room for adjustment. The woofer section (below the baffle step frequency) gets boost from nearby boundaries and so this switch can be used to adjust he mid/tweeter level to compensate.
I would recommend that 99% of people use the speaker in the “far” configuration, where that name is discussing the distance from a boundary.
Depending on the nature of your system, separate EQ (in Roon or elsewhere) could also be used, but we wanted to provide some simple adjustments in the speaker to account for placement.
Thanks for making the speaker distance distinction. For those that have inquired, in my setup the distance between the tweeters is just over 6 feet and tweeter to ear is just over 9 feet.
So I keep looking at that room behind your room in the basement? How big is that?. I have a tv in a space the size of your listening room and I love it.
Watching both FR 30 setup videos made me move my listening position back about a foot and I have to say I’m pleased with the results! I wouldn’t have tried it until I watched the videos. Thanks @Paul and @Chris_Brunhaver
It is a yet to be released album from Ron Miles and an great piano player/jazz quartet. Keep your eyes peeled for that one. So far, it’s sonically probably the best thing that I’ve heard from octave.
. I have a tv in a space the size of your listening room and I love it.