My old Velo ULD 15a is being fixed (again) and while waiting for a new VMPS Larger to replace it, I have been listening to music (not movies) for the first time with just my main speakers and it sounds damn good- BETTER than with the Velo.
Why? Dunno. Perhaps I've never been able to match the crossover between my sub and speakers properly.
Or, I have B&W 801 mkIII's and recently bi-amped with Crown K2 on the woofers (12") and Krell KAV-250a. Thats a very powerful amp on reasonably sized drivers.
I'm going to do freq. curve tonight but the sq subjectively is tight(er), extended and clean(er) sounding at 95db or so.
Makes me believe that matching mains and a sub is more critical than I thought. My speakers are probably fine to 20Hz or so so its really sub-20Hz that needs reinforcing for occassional music and movies. The Velodyne was probably just a redundancy for the most part- and worse- imparted multiple x-overs, distortion etc . on the music.
When I considered a new sub(s) I pre-concluded (thats not a real word) that only a really deep sub ought to be considered and this recent experience tells me I may be correct.
YMMV
Why? Dunno. Perhaps I've never been able to match the crossover between my sub and speakers properly.
Or, I have B&W 801 mkIII's and recently bi-amped with Crown K2 on the woofers (12") and Krell KAV-250a. Thats a very powerful amp on reasonably sized drivers.
I'm going to do freq. curve tonight but the sq subjectively is tight(er), extended and clean(er) sounding at 95db or so.
Makes me believe that matching mains and a sub is more critical than I thought. My speakers are probably fine to 20Hz or so so its really sub-20Hz that needs reinforcing for occassional music and movies. The Velodyne was probably just a redundancy for the most part- and worse- imparted multiple x-overs, distortion etc . on the music.
When I considered a new sub(s) I pre-concluded (thats not a real word) that only a really deep sub ought to be considered and this recent experience tells me I may be correct.
YMMV