I remember a guy in college who DIY'ed a line-array (really, a stacked array) of 8-inch speakers. Like 12 speakers phased arrayed per channel. Actually sounded pretty good. But, he needed a lot of power to drive them. Like two big SAE amps.
They had excellent, tight bass. I believe that he was a drummer, too.
Yeah, I can get parts of the house vibrating in sympathetic motion, with certain bass notes or kick drum passages. I'm kinda used to it. My Fender Twin Reverb can make the joists in the attic start moving, if I wanted to. And that's with an electric guitar --- I can't imagine what a bass amp and bass could do. You feel the waves, but can't really hear them, kinda loud.
You have this tune? Herbie Flowers use of acoustic double bass and electric bass is awesome. If I crank it, metal things around the house start buzzing and dust starts coming off the ceiling.
Subs on.
Off Lou Reed's - "Transformer." RCA Records. LSP-4807. Indianapolis pressing. DYNAFLEX. 1972.
Run-out: RCA BPRS 7038 93 -I
It is. Get the DYNAFLEX version. Hollywood pressing is supposedly the best. I like my Indianapolis pressing.
It is. Get the DYNAFLEX version. Hollywood pressing is supposedly the best. I like my Indianapolis pressing.
Really, the CD prolly has better bass extension. I'm just a vinyl fanboy.
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No I haven't heard any vinyl reissues. Only the RCA PCD14807 Denon repressing CD. Which is pretty good.
Im not going to continue arguing with someone that compares bass with rattling glass windows.
Talk about conjecture. 
Im not going to continue arguing with someone that compares bass with rattling glass windows.
He seems to be claiming that subjective consumer reviews in audio are factual and or it proves his point.
Gordon I forgot to mention that you can also shape the cabinet to the size of the drivers for better baffle imaging.
Gordon I forgot to mention that you can also shape the cabinet to the size of the drivers for better baffle imaging.
Like these super $$$$ expensive Goebel speakers.
Also you would need a forklift to move these speakers.
Drivers mounted horizontally usually have a wider soundstage. This is why center channel speakers are placed horizontally.
No, they are placed horizontally so they will fit under a TV. In fact, all the better ones put the mid and tweeter vertically in the center.
If that was the case then they would only use 1 woofer with the mid/tweet. Two woofers placed horizontally increase dispersion/soundstage for a wider sweet spot.
No, it doesn't. At low frequencies it doesn't matter. As frequency goes up, becomes more directional horizontally and poorer dispersion.
Only if they are angled relative to each other. Otherwise vertical placement results in wider dispersion.
I'm sorry, but placing 2 of the same drivers horizontally causes comb filtering above a certain frequency and actually harms soundstage reproduction. Like sregor said, in a center channel, you need to reduce the height of the cabinet to fit above or below a TV. There are only a few options - one being to place the tweeter in between 2 mid-bass drivers. That causes dispersion anomalies as frequency rises toward the crossover point. It's just physics at work. Some of the more honest manufacturers will publish specs that give the expected horizontal dispersion of their center channels and how many sets they will cover at a given distance. Hint - it's much narrower than their vertically oriented L/R speakers.