Help choosing sub

[sqcomp]

"O scopes aren't perfect...By the time you see some clipping, you've been clipping for awhile."

I suppose that's true if you've never used one on your equipment. I don't quite register the logic though. A scope is the best thing we can get to see if our equipment is dialed in. It's more accurate for this type of measurement than our ears. I submit that we can't hear 1% distortion caused by clipping whereas a scope would easily show you before you even hooked the speakers up.

In my situation, I see myself "gaining by ear" and then taking it to an electronics repair shop (unless Jim has a scope that I don't know about...which wouldn't suprise me) to have them give me some measurements. At that point I'll adjust the chain and then hit the auto EQ...take a reading on the scope, adjust the chain...hit the auto TA...take a reading on the scope, adjust the chain...and finally tweak manually, this includes not only the EQ but the crossover slopes (which I will have to do). One would be suprised what messing with crossover points and slopes can do for your soundstage!

Before that I will have spent a LOT of time with the speaker placements (especially the midranges and tweets). PLDs are a killer!

...as a matter of fact...

This is a GREAT idea! I should do a tutorial on level matching while I'm doing my system! Oooooh! Nice.

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

"O scopes aren't perfect...By the time you see some clipping, you've been clipping for awhile."

I suppose that's true if you've never used one on your equipment. I don't quite register the logic though. A scope is the best thing we can get to see if our equipment is dialed in. It's more accurate for this type of measurement than our ears. I submit that we can't hear 1% distortion caused by clipping whereas a scope would easily show you before you even hooked the speakers up.

distortion and clipping don't translate perfectly... as in 100% clipping doesn't mean 100% distortion. By the time a Scope can detect clipping... you already have a few percents worth in a clipped signal.