On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, R. D. Davis wrote:
> Some don't know much about audio either. An RS salesdroid denied the
> fact that RS no longer sells Hi-Fi equipment. He didn't understand
> why a loudspeaker system with a low-end frequency response of 50Hz
> isn't considered hi-fi. Not one loudspeaker, or woofer, sold by RS,
> has a low end response of 20Hz or lower. No little charts anywhere in
> the catalog showed any freq. response curves. The distortion ratings
> for some of the "good" amplifiers sold at RS are rather high as well,
> but the RS sales clerk didn't understand that little problem either.
> As far as he was concerned, RS is still selling hi-fi equipment.
I'm 22 and my father just got me on this one too. He's got a pair of
Klipsch Heresy's (97db SPL _at_ 1W, 25+ years old, 3way -- 12" in the bottom)
and was explaing that they `stop' at 50 Hz. I was awestruck because I know
that speakers can reproduce lower notes (ineffiencely), but I didn't
realize the magnatude that he was speaking of. I mean, the Heresys are
very good speakers. I've heard these things and I can tell you they don't
sound 25 years old!
I play bass, and lacking a good amp, I process my music through a
compressor, mixer, and EQ before sending it to a $125 50Wx2 Aiwa reciever.
That Aiwa drives two Sony bookshelf speakers (8" W, 12" T, 10" D) and does
a much better job of reproducing my bass than the 10W amp's own 8"
speaker.
Then again, that setup doesn't compare to my father's Ampeg BA-115. That's
a 100W (Class-A finals) amp with a 15" speaker. It *will* rattle the
walls. (But then again, houses aren't as thick as they used to be, nor use
as much material.)
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