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Are speaker response curves misleading? Part 2. (Skeptimania).
In Part 1 (Issue 94), I indicated that printing out room-response curves as part of speaker reviews was risky business, because it would be very easy to misinterpret them. Such curves highlight only one (admittedly important) element in the objective performance envelope. Perhaps more importantly, they do not take into account listener taste. They ignore the fact that certain other performance attributes may dovetail with a listener's preferences better than a ruler-flat or smoothly sloping response curve that indiscriminately mixes together direct-field and reverberant-field behavior in a hard or even impossible-to-calculate balance. The blend between the direct-field and ...
- Hsu VTF-2 Powered Subwoofer.
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Ferstler, Howard November 1, 2001 700+ words
Manufacturer: Hsu Research, 14946 Shoemaker Avenue, Unit L, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670; 800/ 554-0150 Price: $500 Source: Manufacturer loan The last Hsu subwoofer I reviewed (in Issue 67, January/February, 1998), was the TN1220HO. It was and still is a tall, cylindrical-shaped,
- Ascend Acoustics CBM-170 speaker. (Equipment).
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound December 1, 2002 700+ words
...pair; $800/pair with Hsu VTF-2 subwoofer; $1258 for five with Hsu VTF-2 subwoofer Source: Manufacturer...systems as if a subwoofer were part of the performance package...analysis will be those two Hsu VTF models, both of which I...
- My smallest system: still a reference.(Skeptimania)(Column)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound January 1, 2005 700+ words
...can be done, but in this particular case part of the room is occupied by a Baldwin baby...I swap out the Velodyne and install the Hsu VTF-2 that I reviewed in issue 88. For nearly...running through the attic and then around part of the room's perimeter. The connectors...
- Vivaldi, Antonio: Complete Recorder Concertos.(Sound Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound April 1, 2003 700+ words
...trio up front (reviewed in issue 90), with Atlantic Technology T70 speakers doing surround duty (reviewed in issue 85), a Hsu VTF-3 subwoofing, and a Yamaha DSP-A3090 integrated amp (reviewed in issue 65) handling the controlling and most of the amplification...
- The $ensible choice list: speakers and subwoofers.(Staff Picks)(Buyers Guide)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound January 1, 2004 700+ words
...in Issue 93. These are excellent little speakers in their own right, but where they really shine is in conjunction with the Hsu VTF-2 subwoofer, a package that can be purchased for $800 (stereo) or $1,258 (5.1). PSB Image 2B ($399.95) Reviewed...
- Mendelssohn, Felix: Hear My Prayer; Theodore Dubois: The Seven Last Words of...
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound January 1, 2002 700+ words
...better than average. There is an nice fill by the organ, but the pedals are not ultra deep. They were easily handled by the Hsu VTF-2 subwoofer in my living-room system when I gave the work a second listen in that area. DPL decoding was just too pinched...
- Trance encounter.(Forum)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Underwood, Henry April 1, 2004 700+ words
...think about.) I am more of a computer-oriented audio enthusiast. USB connects my .mp3/CD collection to my PSB Minis and Hsu VTF-2 (which I would not know about if not for you). I digress. I was shocked to see the word "Trance" in an article. I...
- 'Spider-Man' gets online sales boost.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest May 1, 2002 700+ words
...com received 268,000 and 84,000 unique visitors respectively. These figures highlight how the Web is becoming an integral part of the movie experience. Co-ordinated online marketing efforts are spurring consumers to visit a wide range of websites...
