More audiophun
Probably losing some of my readership here, but hey, I like what I like.
More phun with sound. Learning curve three today. Don’t use the GoBoard. TOO Stiff. Hella high end frequencies but caused the vocal tracks to sound ‘out of phase’; like they were being produced several feet BEHIND the actual source…. VERY disorienting to say the least. Not optimal at all. Could be a desireable trait in certain applications so I take note of it. Upside to it. Classical guitar and piano were very nearly perfect. If the low end had gone down a bit further, these would have been perfect for those instruments.
Fact, NOT FLAT. actually rather long sine wave shaped with a trough between 60hz and 200hz with a gradual climb up through the freqs until 1200hz where things ramped up FAST. I was able to hear 7000hz where normal hearing for me rolls off closer to 3000hz. VERY BRIGHT reproduction. Cymbals CUT through the mixes. So, as a high end ‘horn’, this board would do very nicely. When/If I decide to make an array, I will likely put one of these at the highpoint of the line as a horn driver for the bright stuff: tuning my array with materials, not crossovers.
And I destroyed one of my drivers when removing them. New glue (superglue gel) was more than I expected. SO, I ordered new. Oh, and that ‘strange noize’ I was getting from one of my drivers: completely gone using the heavier stiffer GOBoard. My assessment of ‘GO large’ applied and eliminated that noise. Also, I had to drive harder for similar volumes. Kind of an expensive ‘mistake’ with a 3’x5′ sheet going for $25. I still have the boards, they are intact, and I will find a use for them, so money not thrown away. The stuff is hardcore and can be used for many things and is waterproof to boot. (its used as shower liner, like you would use drywall in other rooms, in many modern bathrooms.)
Hopefully, we have had enough with the winter snap this week and I can go back to paying work. LOL Not that I can’t make the information I picked up work for me. I can see someone wanting me to design a system for their home theater or something. And these DML’s are perfect for such. One can even paint them so they appear as hanging art while still functioning as PA. Add in ‘thumpers’ into the floor joists and you get the low-end resonance of subwoofers without needing big honkin’ box speakers to clutter a room. Surround system set up would be just as clutter free with the smaller satellites being wall art nearer the viewing area.
And do away with big ugly and heavy flat screens by using a projector system on the wall. They make ‘silver screen’ paint for that very application. The entire wall could be the ‘system’ and not look like anything when not in use. Kinda kool me thinks. Amplifiers for the sound could be kept under/in a coffee table set up where the players/computers were kept while the projector could be mounted from the ceiling and ‘hidden’. I’m thinkin’ here,,, Would be kind of pricey to build, but, people that want that sort of thing tend to pay top dollar for way less. I may have to consider this as my ‘out’ for employment and going solo.
IN THE REAL WORLD: Kash made the cut. All of Trumps ‘controversial’ picks are on line now.
But, Like I mentioned in yesterdays late post, we have a lot further to go yet. TL posts his take on it and, He’s Right,,,, the GOP is still a stumbling block that needs corrected. Without them making corrections to the waste and fraud we are seeing uncovered, its ‘business as usual’ in the swamp: nothing will change, and come 2027, all of the original kooks and krooks will be back in play, and the government will grow back all the lost appendages it is suffering currently. The cure is there, right now, all we have is a diagnosis, and that needs cooperation from the current Reps and Senators. Get on the hook with your reps and start making noize or nothing will change (and they know it and are hoping we get lax for just seeing the damage.)
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