Recent content by Mark Seaton

The old Eosone speakers were some value killers. They were designed by none other than Arnie Nudell. I don't recall exactly, but I believe that Mr. Schifter of AV123 had a hand in bringing those to life (manufacturing) as an exclusive line/brand for Best Buy. Small world indeed...

Thanks Steve, It is impressive what some larger scale production and quality suppliers and factories can do with the right input/direction. While the there are various past examples of parts of the various designs I'm working on for myself and AV123, I do think the combination of form...

Hi Jeff, Let's just say I have some inside information about this product. :rolleyes I do think the 120 lbs detail might be a little generous, where that might be closer to the shipping weight. Since the information for a buyer's guide is collected months in advance of publication, I...

Art was a beta install for the internally powered (1kWx2) main speakers I have been working on. They are not small (but only 13" deep), and those are 12" woofers. :cool:

Art does have the quad SVS PB12-Plus/2s that I worked hard to get sounding like they now do, but these are now sharing space behind the screen with the subs: :cool: btw, what happened to all of the tools and posting features in the "Reply To" window?

jschulze, If you are in the Detroit area, there is a large group of enthusiasts in your surrounding area that have grown out of various get togethers that originated in the AVS Forum Area Home Theater Meets. Look for mention of the "HEMI" group, aka Home theater Enthusiasts of MIchigan. The...

Why are you limited to an in-wall system? Is this a dedicated HT/music room or a living space/media room?

As you stated, you obviously haven't seen the real world translation of the laughable max output specs (often simply calculated) and the lack of any correlation to sensitivity and frequency response. Power hanlding for most subs are purely thermal numbers, where heavy compression or bottoming...

Having set up and used plenty of sound reinforcement systems with very strong response into the 26-35Hz I would respectfully dissagree. Just about every transient in live music has lower frequency content... except it is often high passed since the systems of the past didn't have a chance at...

That depends on how you define "meeting spec." :rolleyes I'm sure if you expand the window enough, it fits, or if you apply enough EQ. Even the biggest companies get more creative than the home audio retailers (not the more current trend of more straight forward measurements and specs). The...

Creative specmanship runs rampant in the Pro Audio world. If you're trying to run a DJ in a club on the cheap, the CV's will thump pretty damn loud, but sound pretty weak compared to any substantial sub as they are very lacking in the real bass regions. Nikko, You might want to as for some...

Hi Bud, I would start sealed. The location of the 8" ports isn't crucial, but you need to give either end of the ports appropriate open space at their ends. Ideal might be putting the ports at the outer corners against the walls where you might be able to get away with not covering them with...

Hi Bud, I don't have a lot of time at the moment, but here's some quick points of comparison... Basically the RS15" from PE is a great deal, and should be the easiest to get great sound. 4 of these in your room should be just about right in a sealed config, where you need some healthy main...

Hi Bud, The RL-p15s are more robust drivers, but with as much volume as you have, that's not necessarily what you need. The sale on the RS390 HF drivers would be my pic, still at just under 1/2 the price of the RL-p15s. The IB and DVC drivers from PE will be very good, but don't like being...

Hi Jack... I've been playing with this and got the e-mail and a call from Tom about their posting of this yesterday. This will certainly ratttle the house and you can clip most any system with it. BE CAREFULL! When Tom first made the recording he analyzed parts of it and found the...