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Hello all, I'm looking for a decent external amp to power my B&W 804's. I was thinking about getting two Parasound 2125's and bridging one per channel, or just get one 2250. 250 watts or 400 watts but with less low impedance capability. What are your thoughts on this? My 804's minimum...

Hi all, I'm going to pick up a new pair of speaks. Looking to spend somewhere up to 4k for stereo. I will be driving them with an older 200watt/channel parasound but may replace it with something nicer within a few months. I was looking at picking up the B&W 804's. Anyone hear them or...

:angry: My cute new kitten decided to sharpen his claws on my tumult surround. So there is significant damange. Luckily not to the kitten, though I thought about it. The surround is still intact, in that it's air tight, as much as I could tell by pushing on the cone as well as very low...

Hi! I'm looking for some cheap & relatively inexpensive computer speakers for work. I'll most likely be plugging my MP3 player into them (creative MuVo Tx FM), so no worries about sound card, etc. I was thinking that I'd like a 2 channel system better than a 2.1 just for simplicity. At...

Nakamichi CD 4 Cd player, good condition, no remote, box or papers. Looking to get $100 for it. Nice player. Also, broken Denon 2500 DVD player. Older bugger -bought in late 2000. Plays CD's well, recognizes some DVD's. Often this stupid DVD player won't recognize that it's a DVD unless...

This was in part spurred by the recent thread about using a Paradigm X-30 in conjunction with the receiver's crossover etc.etc. Who here is really happy with JUST a 12dB/Octave crossover? A friend recently built a Tempest clone sub with the parts express 250 watt plate amp and the 12dB/oct...

Hello all, My awesome girlfriend bought me a BFD for my birthday, and I'm thrilled to be setting it up. I've noticed that most people seem to eq with just the sub playing test tones when they set it up -why is that? I completely understand not wanting to get excessive boost or...

Hello all, I love my current sub, which is 5.5 cu ft. Tumult 2 18" PR's Crown K1 Paradigm X-30 (soon) Feedback Destroyer (sometimes for fun) Phase Coupled Activator But then I started getting the itch for design. My current sub is still naked (MDF) but here is what I'm thinking...

Hey All; Although the cabinet isn't finished yet (thinking of textured paint), I have my Tumult enclosure up and running. Here are the specs: 24.5" Cube Exterior dimensions. 1.5" thick MDF, Oak Braces. Two 2500g PR's I have about 1000 watts going to it right now, but that will...

For those who are anxiously waiting for their passive radiators, I thought I'd let you know that I recieved my 2500g 18" PR's today. Okay, now that I've said that... THESE THINGS ARE HUGE!!!! :D I've spent an inordinate amount of time just looking at them and gently shaking them back and...

Hey all, I absolutely had to get a Tumult when I looked at the specs. As you read this, I'm probably still excitedly coming up with new alignments. I have a couple questions. I'm not sure if I want to try to make a vented or a PR enclosure. If I do make a vented, it'll be with a slot port...

Hello all, I'm writing on behalf of a friend who bought a JBL PSW-D112 a couple of years ago. The subwoofer has since stopped working. When turned on, it will function well for about 1/2 hour, then start buzzing almost like a bad ground. The sub is long out of warranty, and he doesn't...

Hello all, happy holidays. I noticed a peculiar buzzing noise on upper bass from one of my Paradigm Studio 100's and much to my dismay, found that one of the woofers has a cone misalignment. This is probably due to moving them around more than playing loudly, so I think it's only one woofer...

Anyone run sims on this beast yet? My impedance numbers are coming up a little weird, other than that it looks pretty amazing, with a 24mm Xmax! The price doesn't seem too bad ~$350, lets here the opinions!

Hey guys, I currently have Paradigm studio 100's and I've been looking around at some other speakers, and wondered if anyone has done a direct comparison between the version 1 and 2? Also, has anyone directly compared the Paradigms to the NHT 2.9? I go to listen to the NHT's in a week or so...

Hey guys, I'm fooling around with spectra plus and a RadioShak SPL meter, and while I'm getting output through the speakers for whatever is inputted into the SPL meter, nothing shows up on the display. What setting do you guys usually have the spl meter on? What am I doing wrong? Somehow...

Any thoughts on this design? Single Tempest in a 9.5 cubic foot enclosure tuned to 16.5Hz via a 6" vent ~26.125" long. I'm getting a f3 around 23Hz, shallow rolloff after. Am I missing anything? Also, does anyone have measured parameters for their actual Tempest (I want to see how...

Anyone model this in either vented or sealed boxes? I'm thinking of two of them in small (23" cube) boxes eq'd. Chris

Hello all, I've cooked up a design using a single Tempest and Dual Pr15 passive radiators that I'd like you all to critique if you could. The box is made of .75" marine-grade plywood and exterior dimensions are 30*20*29 (hwd). Internal volume after bracing and drivers is approx. 8.05cubic...

Hello All, I have two questions here. The first concerns the isobaric design; in a push-pull design where the drivers are mounted like this , does the effective sd decrease due to the voice coil taking up moving space on the outside of the box? If so, what would be the expected decrease in...