Aww, come on… Somebody already broke bad in this thread. :))
J.P.
“BREAKING BAD”?
Come to think of it with Walter White retiring soon [last 6 episodes are airing next month} some one needs to take over for the adrenaline junkies who watched the show for 5 seasons.
Maybe a hidden lab inside the speakers and the new amp turns the product to pink from blue?
emailists said: I wish Paul would have taken the phone call to bring some female presence to the show. The character of Paul needs a "love interest," to make him more relatable.
It's even better than that. We got to watch him hang up on Terri which should generate some rating boosting drama. Next episode will go viral when she chases him into the room swinging a 2m AC12 with enthusiasm. :O
Great videos Paul keep em coming!
Great videos Paul keep em coming!
Wait for him to get back to the office, first!!
:)
--SSW
Thanks guys! I am finally back and will get something out this week. Think Helmholtz Resonators!
OK guys, part 4 has just been published on YouTube. It discusses in some depth Helmholtz Resonators and why we’re using them and what they do. So important is this subject, for those wishing to understand and perhaps use it in your own sound room, that I’ll post it separately as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck-fZJvf39M&feature=youtu.be
When putting your equipment into the new vibration-resistant side chamber, make sure that super-optimized room configuration doesn’t hamstring the ability to test and engineer PS Audio’s products around dampening and overcoming real-world in-room vibrations/resonances that are often much less than optimal but more indicative of customers’ typical setups. Vibration and resonance control is something that can be engineered into the case via construction and materials and have profound impacts on the sound quality (SoundBase product aside…). Point being, make sure there is also a configuration that allows you to hear the sound with the equipment out in the room being buffeted by typical sound/vibration from the speakers, vs. getting an impression that may in part be subsidized by having the equipment in it’s own mini-vibration-insulation chamber (which few customers will ever have).
I just watched the rest of the series which was great.
I think Paul is in a fantastic position to hear how vibration affects his gear. He can listen isolated and then out in the room, and hopefully can minimize the interaction. I am a fan of mechanical grounding and have retrofitted amps and heard great improvement.
In the loft space I recently bought there is a perfect large pocket room like this to isolate easily with sliding glass doors. I’d like to isolate the amps as well which means longer speaker cables but nice short XLR’s. This won’t happen for a few years until I can live next door and make this space dedicated solely to listening, screening room (15’) recording music ( I have a U67, 414’s and Neve gear) as well as video post production.
Seeing the resonators built and filled has given me some great ideas when I eventually can fully build this room out.
I’d love to see a video tuning the room.
Incidentally, Paul wrote the ideal speaker is a line source, or a point source (which didn’t exist)
My TAD CR1’s are a point source from 250 hz on up, but the speakers I almost went with are the Sceana’s which are a line source. Ultimately I opted for a speaker less imposing, but once I go dedicated, I could bring in a large speaker and move the CR1’s nearfield in my video audio suite.
emailists said: I am a fan of mechanical grounding and have retrofitted amps and heard great improvement.
What do you do that you find effective?