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Bill Graham wrote:
>
> "Eeyore" wrote in
> message news:4c770e0a$0$14270$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>> Arny Krueger wrote:
>>>
>>> I hesitate to elevate speakers that were designed to be floor standers.
>>>
>>> The lowest octave response of speakers is designed for aq certain
>>> space that they work into. Some speakers are desgned for what is
>>> known as a half-space, such as on a wall or in the middle of a floor.
>>> Others are designed for a quarter-space such as the middle of a
>>> corner or near a floor or a ceiling. A few speakers are designed for
>>> use in either a full space - suspended in the middle of free space or
>>> an eigth-space which would be in a corner at the floor or the
>>> ceiling. Using a speaker in a space other than the one that it was
>>> properly designed can reasonably be expected to produce incorrect
>>> bass response.
>>
>> You hit the nail on the head, however I doubt that more than a tiny
>> fraction of users understand the 'space' issue, e.g.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_space
>>
>>
>> Graham
>
> I have a friend whose house if full of small speakers about 6 inches in
> diameter....He's got at least two of them in every room. He has one huge
> woofer that's hidden behind and below the TV in his living room.....I
> think it may be bolted to the floor, because you can hear the whole
> house shake if the music contains the lows to do it. It really made me
> re evaluate my own thoughts on speakers....All you really need is one
> good bolted down woofer, and all the other speakers can be small and
> relatively cheap, and you get a fantastic sound system.
Not if you want to hear any stereo content in the bass region.
Graham
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