I have three SB systems, the biggun, one in the livingroom, and one in the garage. The big system has a separate bass circuit from the preamp > professional EQ > stereo Pro amps > subs. It really represents The Ideal, as the mains are kept free of any fiddling and the sub frequencies, say 70 hz down, are fully in control. It's amazing how much getting the bass 'right' helps the rest of the spectrum. Tip of the day - if you're using subs, do you know where your phase is? It doesn't take much overlap/phase misalignment to Kill big chunks of bass in a room. Like 25 db kill. Get it right and all the speakers work way less with much-reduced distortion. It's quite shocking to me that many subs only supply a +/- control, but that's another topic . . .
In this setup, I likely won't be using Inguz, as I have a complete hardware/software suite. However, my garage system includes a pair of handbuilt single-driver, bass-reflex boxes. The speakers really would like a smaller room and better corner reinforcement. But the garage is as big as it is and corners aren't available. The setup actually sounds really good, way better than a garage should (and better than my livingroom setup). However, it needs a little massaging. It does make bass, but has the dreaded single-driver presence-band lift. So the bass is recessed. Using my .mp3 player as source and goosing its EQ, which is way less sophisticated than Inguz', it comes into balance and sounds killer. If I could instead stream my lossless files and really tailor the speaks to that room, I'd be in tinkerer's heaven. As it is now, the .mp3 player sounds better than the SB, even with worse music files just because of the response curve. The livingroom setup is a little thumpy in the bass, obvious port lift. I'd probably just measure the exact frequency, move Inguz frequency center to that location, and drop about 3 db - easy fix. Additional hardware can do the job, but can also introduce other problems, especially transparency if used above the bass range. And that's my core point, please please please can Logitech just incorporate this as a feature? It seems only a matter of time before Hugh gets sick of following the never-ending software changes (which are fantastic btw) and gives up. Maybe he already has. >From a hardcore audiophile perspective, this is probably THE MOST IMPORTANT PLUGIN OF ALL. Period, bar none. It's such as huge advantage over the competition. Anyway, sorry for the ramble. -- miklorsmith ------------------------------------------------------------------------ miklorsmith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4349 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68618 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
