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On a related note, has anyone been able to import drive-unit databases into Unibox on Excel v. X (ie Excel for MacOS 10)? I'm not able to do it. Peace, Jay

What about something like a horseshoe-shaped extrusion to serve as a cabinet, with brackets to allow easy mounting of a flat MDF or BB baffle and top/bottom plates? Peace, Jay

Interesting. My second home sub was a pair of IDQ-12s (1st gen single-coil) that I used in a 4.5 ft^3 enclosure tuned to 22 Hz. (The first was twin Blaupunkt Velocity 12's in a sealed box of 5 ft^3. Back then there were very few subs for home use. We're talking pre-Shiva/Tempest/Lambda/Titanic...

Brian's words: Well, you're right, but. It's true that a single corner sub drives all room modes, which could lead to some pretty nasty response. Most of the time, I've found that a single sub in the corner works best for a single sub. If we're talking about multiple subs, I like to see one...

One thing to think about is room response. Most rooms play havoc with bass response just above where room gain starts to mean something (say 40-60Hz in a typical American living room, in a car more like 100-250Hz). So you won't get optimal bass performance from your subs. You'll also lose the...

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Gucci as in Tom Ford, Gancini-bit loafers Gucci? Some sort of co-branding deal? Odder things have happened (Gucci sells massage tables and motorcycle helmets right now), but that would be odd, indeed. Then again, the WAF for a preamp and amp covered in interlocking "GG"'s would be hard to...

I've never heard the GR arrays, but I have cut my 'phile teeth on Martin-Logans. I doubt the GR arrays would give you what you want. If you're hooked on that ESL "snap" and detail, neither planars nor cone-dome speakers will do it for you any more. I believe that Innersound is selling their...

(28.10.02 edit main edits include fixing detail errors, cleaning up some of the grammar and diction, expounding on the Tannoys, adding my preferences and ideas for next year.) Here's an excerpt from something I'm writing for the Basslist about DIY2002 in the ATL. Enjoy, and correct me as...

Really? A Lex for a grand? I never woulda thunk it. Last time I looked at these things, I was hughly impressed with Lexicon (CP-3 I think) and Meridian (565?). Have new processors and chips eclipsed these pieces, or are they still trying to catch up? Would a DC-1 support DD, DTS, and DPL2? Also...

They're not. To my ears, the TD12s seriously recess male vocals (Eddie Vedder, Dave Matthews, and the like). They sound like they're coming from well behind the drum kit. Actually, during my audition I took out my headphones (Senn HD-580s driven by a Headroom Total AirHead) to make sure I wasn't...

I use my stereo nearly exclusively for music. HOWEVER, one of the things I discovered when I first took the plunge into home theatre components is how vastly superior surround-sound decoding can be for music, especially the addition of a hard center channel. (I listen to basically everything...

Does anyone currently make an outboard decoder for DD/DTS and the newer surround formats? I'm looking for something along the lines of the old Technics SH-AC500, but with additional format compatibilty. I haven't been able to find one, although I have not really kept up with audio components...

From Stephen H. Dr. Leach offers, or at least did ca. 1997-8, a Special Projects class as well. At the time, it was good for 1 quarter-hour credit, I think. Basically, you design, build, and test a pair of speakers (or amps, etc.) under the watchful eye of a master. I was pretty amazed at...