Tag Archive for: Loudspeakers

Take a Walk in Loudspeaker Park with me – Part 2 – Loudspeaker Impedance

Campbell’s Corner – By Dick Campbell

Ever wonder why loudspeaker impedance is so complicated? Dick Campbell’s shows what’s going on in the loudspeaker-to-amplifier interface.

Getting ready for the box requires some understanding of the goals: good time accuracy, uniform response, … Read more

And Another Loudspeaker Array Study

By Pat Brown

This is the latest of a series of measured vs predicted comparisons that Pat Brown conducted on various loudspeaker array types.

Loudspeaker arrays are very difficult to measure. They are large, heavy, and difficult to rotate about … Read more

Take a Walk in Loudspeaker Park With Me – Part 1

Campbell’s Corner – By Dick Campbell

Too much series resistance in loudspeaker wiring pops up from time to time. Sometimes long runs are unavoidable, so the question of what wire size must be answered. But aside from the rather obvious … Read more

Sub for the King – Special Designed Subwoofer for an Unique Space

Campbell’s Corner – Dick Campbell

Dick Campbell designed an subwoofer for a rather unique space that needed to meet the final specification. Read more about it.

With salami, of course. Recently, I measured a custom subwoofer in my studio using … Read more

Directivity of Mechanically Adjustable Pattern Control Loudspeaker

Tools of the Trade – By Pat Brown

Pat Brown does some measurements on a mechanically adjustable pattern control loudspeaker called Outline miniCOM.P.A.S.S.

I first encountered mechanically adjustable pattern control in a Shure 2-way loudspeaker some 20+ years ago. I … Read more

Meaningful Metrics – The Use and Abuse of Loudspeaker Power Ratings

By Pat Brown

Pat Brown brings some clarification to loudspeaker Power Ratings.

Introduction

A few years have passed since I last produced an article on this subject. In that time I have continued to power test loudspeakers of all types … Read more

Phase Response and Receive Delay

By Charlie Hughes

Some time-of-flight compensation guidelines for proper viewing of the loudspeaker’s phase response.

At the recent EQ07 workshop, and on the SAC email discussion group afterwords, there were some questions about the “correct” phase response when measuring a … Read more

CLF Viewer – On-Line CLF Database

By Pat Brown

The CLF website now has an on-line database of CLF loudspeaker data. This article also discusses a new feature that has been added to CLF Viewer.

The CLF website now has an on-line database of CLF loudspeaker … Read more

CLF Viewer Adds Direct-Field Averaging Feature

By Pat Brown

Most loudspeakers need some direct field equalization. CLF Viewer added direct-field averaging for loudspeaker equalization.  Read to learn more.

Regardless of the acoustic environment, most loudspeakers need some direct field equalization. This is the first step of … Read more

The World's First Electronic Bass Trap for Room Modes

By Pat Brown

All rooms are plagued by room modes. Bag End Loudspeakers has the first electronically tunable bass trap. Read to learn more.

All rooms are plagued by room modes. They occur when low frequency acoustic wavelengths “agree” with … Read more