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Loudspeaker Power Ratings: What's the Deal Part I?
This article explains loudspeaker power handling and how manufacturers often rate how much power a speaker is rated to handle.
Sound Bars with Chip-Based Technology Bridge Gap
High-quality audio is a critical part of creating a compelling home theater product line. With the availability of six- and eight-channel surround sound systems, consumers expect movie theater…
Dayton Audio WT3 Woofer Tester Review
The WT3 Woofer Tester by Dayton Audio is a fast, accurate and affordable measurement tool that’s about as easy to use as it gets. Just load the included software, plug the probe into the nearest USB…
Audioholics Subwoofer Measurement Standard Part I
When it comes time to size up a subwoofer's performance, the proof is in the measurement! Audioholics takes a hard look at the science of subwoofer measurements in a two-part series covering a broad…
Subwoofer Measurement Tactics: A Brief, Topical Overview & Method Comparison
You often see us measuring subwoofers using various methods such as: groundplane, in-room nearfield, outdoor on a pole, anechoic, quasi anechoic, etc in our product reviews and technical articles. …
Speaker Spikes and Cones – What’s the point?
In recent years it has become common for items of audio equipment to be mounted using “spikes” or “cones”. These come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and materials, at all kinds of prices. The Hi-Fi…
Vertical vs Horizontal Center Speaker Designs
This article discusses performance tradeoffs of vertically vs horizontally mounted drivers in center channel speakers. We show how off-axis lobing can negatively affect performance of horizontal MTMs.
Loudspeaker Impedance, Series & Parallel Connection Basics
This article discusses Loudspeaker Impedance and the load an amplifier sees if you wire speakers in series or parallel. We discuss the math and expected SPL differences as well as pros/cons of each.
Inductor Coil Crosstalk Basics
As a fledgling electronics buff I gathered together the usual hodgepodge of spare parts, old TV's and all the other electrical odds and ends that youngsters bitten by that particular bug seems to…
Speaker Break In: Fact or Fiction?
Driver "break in", "burn in" or "run in" is a topic that's been debated in various forums for years. This topic continues to ignite occasional flame wars, fueled by the contributions of both…
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