16 Jun
2002
16 Jun
'02
7:31 a.m.
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, R. D. Davis wrote:
Some don't know much about audio either. An RS
salesdroid denied the
fact that RS no longer sells Hi-Fi equipment. He didn't understand
why a loudspeaker system with a low-end frequency response of 50Hz
isn't considered hi-fi. Not one loudspeaker, or woofer, sold by RS,
has a low end response of 20Hz or lower. No little charts anywhere in
the catalog showed any freq. response curves. The distortion ratings
for some of the "good" amplifiers sold at RS are rather high as well,
but the RS sales clerk didn't understand that little problem either.
As far as he was concerned, RS is still selling hi-fi equipment.
I'm 22 and my father just got me on this one too. He's got a pair of
Klipsch Heresy's (97db SPL @ 1W, 25+ years old, 3way -- 12" in the bottom)
and was explaing that they `stop' at 50 Hz. I was awestruck because I know
that speakers can reproduce lower notes (ineffiencely), but I didn't
realize the magnatude that he was speaking of. I mean, the Heresys are
very good speakers. I've heard these things and I can tell you they don't
sound 25 years old!
I play bass, and lacking a good amp, I process my music through a
compressor, mixer, and EQ before sending it to a $125 50Wx2 Aiwa reciever.
That Aiwa drives two Sony bookshelf speakers (8" W, 12" T, 10" D) and does
a much better job of reproducing my bass than the 10W amp's own 8"
speaker.
Then again, that setup doesn't compare to my father's Ampeg BA-115. That's
a 100W (Class-A finals) amp with a 15" speaker. It *will* rattle the
walls. (But then again, houses aren't as thick as they used to be, nor use
as much material.)
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