rbl wrote: > darkglobe - thanks very much for your help. Unfortunately the 989/2905 > are just too big. I called Gradient in finland and they told me they > don't sell anything for the Qauds anymore. Do yo have any experience / > knowledge of the Velodyne DD-12? > > > > Regarding the FASTness. I reiterate what i said earlier (which may of > course be wrong!). I think the Quads are "fast" since there is no > stored energy in the box (as there is no real box). Therefore a canon > blast doesn't rumble on as the box (and cone with it) settles down. And > of course Quads are low distortion and high phase linearity since they > driven over the whole area of the mylar, which helps enormously too (as > this creates new harmonics, colour and and i suspect slowness).
This is a useful discussion of the fast/slow bass debate: http://www.soundstage.com/maxdb/maxdb061999.htm R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
