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On 8/16/2018 at 9:37 PM, Kvalsvoll said:
Now I have watched half of it, and the impression of the sound is even better than the first brief screenings. ULF is well done, and it sounds much cleaner and less distorted than other movies with clipping and heavy limiter use.
I used to believe that a spacecraft that runs out of fuel will just continue at same, constant speed in same direction, but you always learn something new, from watching this movie it is obvious they loose speed and eventually go to a halt.
Wait... what?
I thought that any object travelling on a specific course in space would continue unabated unless an external force acts on it? (Isn't that one of Newton's laws? Or Einstein's? I kind of missed a few Physics lessons at school due to discovering the local club / a girlfriend / alcohol... lol)
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On 6/23/2018 at 11:56 AM, radulescu_paul_mircea said:
Anyway, the subs are extremely potent, the content below 40 is so present and clean! I wouldn't be afraid to put them next to Funktion One F132. Unfortunately the clone power supply was not up for the task and after less than an hour with a sub on each channel, it died. Then I tested them with 2 Crown 5002VZ in parallel mode, each sub on a channel and the deepest bass was achieved , it could sustain 85 volts in impedance minimums without any sign of backing up, but the punch and headroom was smaller than with the clone.
The next step is to completely change the bracings, build another pair, load them up with 21ID and IPal modules, buy a K20 and then compare them 2 vs 2 and see what happens, whichever is best. I bet on the K20+ 21Ipal combination but one could never be sure until I get the tests results. I would love to use these with SpeakerPower modules, each driver on its own amp, with 4-6 kw, because IMO , that's when the party is really starting. Unfortunately it's hard to buy them from the states.
Would one or more of the Bossobass amps be suitable if the Clone amps are not up to it?
http://bossobass.com/Bossobass.com/Home.html
There is a description of the A14k on the Raptor page:
http://bossobass.com/Bossobass.com/Raptor Systems.html
but the Amplification page itself is giving me a 404...
http://bossobass.com/Bossobass.com/Amplification.html
I've not seen @Bossobass Dave for ages on here, though - is he still going? Is he still selling kit??
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Awesome work on the thunder!
All the recordings I have are old and seem to roll off massively at the bottom end, so when I finally sort a computer out for home, I'll have a listen :)
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Nice!
That grill cloth is art
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On 01/12/2017 at 9:39 PM, Kyle said:
I for one am firmly now under the philosophy of cutting up subwoofers into smaller ones and just using multiples.
2 single 18's vs 1 double, etc etc.
or 3 12's vs one single 18
sorry, that does not help you here
LOL
No, it doesn't
but thank you for replying! In the end we found some fairly thick carpet and slid it under the subs, then slid them down the stairs with a man underneath them to hold the carpet in place and control the speed of descent. Worked pretty well!
Still got a few dings here and there because, well, it was inevitable, but hopefully they will come back out of storage without too much damage!
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Awesome replies, thanks chaps
IIRC I bought one of these when I got the subs:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Charles-Bentley-Pneumatic-Industrial-Warehouse/dp/B01N9NW0QX/
but we couldn't get it to work - I think the lack of straps was the issue (we couldn't stabilise the boxes by hand, which is not really a surprise, d'oh!) and it also just about ripped the pneumatic tyres off it
lol
If I actually pump the tyres up a bit more and then order some straps, hopefully that combination will work...
An automatically stair-climbing one sounds amazing, though - that is genius!
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Many thanks for the replies, chaps
Good idea on the rubber gloves, didn't think of that!
I think (hope) they are pretty good in terms of weight distribution - drivers being in the centre (side-to-side, top-to-bottom and front-to-back) means the weight is concentrated in the middle, but that doesn't make them any less heavy
lol
I'm somewhat loathe to remove the drivers - James said they were a massive PITA to fit due to screws being right up against the back of the slot, plus I fear stripping the holes, and it hurts my head thinking about getting them wired in again correctly...
I think I will look at wheeled trolleys... perhaps something like this (he says, hoping that trying to hold up all the weight through the handles won't pull the bolts out of the base when attempting to get it down stairs gently...):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Charles-Bentley-Platform-Warehouse-Delivery/dp/B003U9P9FE/
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So, joy of joys, I'm going to have to move house in the near future.
Currently in a first floor apartment, I got my (handle-less, veneered) 11 cubic feet, dual-18" subs in using sheer grunt, with me and a friend taking bottom corners and walking them up the stairs. IIRC they weigh about 15-16' each, and they have nothing to actually grab hold of to move them (bad planning on my part!).
However, since then I've slacked off from the gym for ages and am now weeeeeak, and I fear we'll drop them down the stairs and/or do me an injury if we attempt to carry them out.
Has anyone got any recommended moving techniques / equipment?
The missus alerted me to these, which are apparently rated up to 650lbs(!):
but just one single strap underneath seems to invite whatever you're carring to slide out to one side, especially when it's 200lbs+, very dense and very smooth-surfaced...
The only other option appears to be one of those stair-climbing trolleys:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Costway-Wheel-Truck-Trolley-Climber/dp/B07676YF5S/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/capacity-trolley-extendable-OT1001-REVIEWS/dp/B00Y3PAD1O/
but the main issue with those is that the subs are too wide to fit down the stairs sideways, meaning only about a third of the box is actually on the bottom tray when it's on it long-ways, making it very unstable and near-impossible to get it leveraged off the actual ground! Perhaps they would be ok with the box tightly strapped to it??
Any recommendations very gratefully received!
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Looks like the BladeRunner 2049 soundtrack is good for 10-15hz
so hopefully the film will also be decent!
I'm also liking the look of Train to Busan:
Seems like it has low overall levels but some big, full-bandwidth hits?
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Wasn't the previous one 100dB average over the whole film??
That's madness.
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13 hours ago, MrEdge said:
That looks pretty decent - 20Hz filter is better than a kick in the teeth and it may be a potential contender for BEQ...
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On 24/08/2017 at 11:16 PM, SME said:
Yeah, that one is a mess, and it has almost no deep bass either.
What's causing all that clipping are transient "crackles" with enormous bass energy that extends all the way down to the single digits. The above recording doesn't capture that at all.
I guess it must be incredibly difficult to record, needing massive dynamic range capabilities, so that it can capture the delicate bird song and gently chatting of the public in the viewing area, but then deal with what must be, what, 120? 130? 140? dB of noise down to single digits.
The only time I've been to America (many years ago) we were doing the Florida thing and they had a launch scheduled - we were thinking about going to view it but decided not to, and it was cancelled in the end anyway. Would have been awesome to see and feel!
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I bought that space shuttle blu ray, the one narrated by Leonardo di Caprio - the shuttle launch is a ruined, clipped, utterly flat-topped mess - I was concerned for my speakers!
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3 hours ago, Joelmister127 said:
Yeah, I got one shipped over by Dave. The VAT was harsh, but it was worth it haha!
Ok, I neeeeeed to invite myself round for a listen at some point
LOL Did I hear someone say "UK GTG"?
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On 09/08/2017 at 10:30 PM, Joelmister127 said:
I'm guessing Kong will measure up well, it taxed a raptor system 3 in a few places.
So you're saying you're in the UK and have a BossoBass Raptor system.... ?
Are you receiving guests?
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2 hours ago, minnjd said:
Just read a depressing article. A guy at a site I follow is a big Nolan fan and he drove 500 miles to see Dunkirk in 70mm. That's pretty cool, but he then went on to say two of his favorite audio demo discs were The Dark Knight Rises and Interstellar due to their 'incredible sound.'
I have to say, I did like Interstellar - it's probably one of my favourite films - and the soundtrack had a lot to do with it. The score was epic IMHO and suited many of the scenes well, and sometimes the somewhat-louder-than-usual volume of it helped build tension or add extra surprise to sudden moments.
The speech problems noted previously are probably the biggest issue - it's fine to crank it up so it's clear when you're on your own, one has the choice of what to do with one's hearing, but having the parents round to watch it while the neighbours were in meant riding the volume buttons on the remote up and down with some regularity.
Anyway, I'm waffling on with nothing really to add to the conversation
lol, only to say that I do wonder if Nolan actually has hearing issues that he is not is not aware of. I'm looking forward to Dunkirk, it seems to have great reviews, so I guess we can but cross our fingers that the mix might actually be decent...
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+1 to that!
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Thank you for developing and then gifting all these designs to us mere plebs, good sir
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I think perhaps Mr Nolan needs to have a hearing test if he is consistently ruining, sorry, turning up mixes so he can hear them how he wants to.
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*facepalm*
That is disappointing.
(Thank you for posting the graph!)
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Oh, and if I may make a request... If anyone is able to measure Passengers, I'd be interested in seeing how deep it digs!
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Me too.
Bullet to the Head:
Level - 4 Stars (110.09dB composite)
Extension - 4 Stars (14Hz)
Dynamics - 5 Stars (29.31dB)
Execution - 4 Stars by poll
Overall - 4.25 Stars
Recommendation - Rent by Poll.
JSS
Got a chance to see Bullet to the Head. Decent but not great film, the intro was surprising, and there was almost too much 18-24Hz LFE. Not that I minded (my couch has a resonance there, so it is very tactile), but when a gunshot and a punch move my couch just as much, it feels kind of 'off'.....I would give it 4 Stars when I vote.
Serenity is in a close race!
JSS
It's taken a while to get cheap
but I finally watched Bullet to the Head.As a film... meh. I thought the acting was pretty bad and the story was, er, 'thin'... lol
Bass-wise, I'd agree with the learned gentleman above - almost too much bass, just OTT and somewhat samey.
It was like a cliché 80s action film with a poor example of a 21st century sound design.
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Thanks for your work, JSS!
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Lots of crazy graphs
Wuuuuuuut
I know that barely anyone will be able to reproduce those, but kudos for proper sound design!!
but thank you for replying! 
lol
lol, only to say that I do wonder if Nolan actually has hearing issues that he is not is not aware of. I'm looking forward to Dunkirk, it seems to have great reviews, so I guess we can but cross our fingers that the mix might actually be decent...
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Hang on... I just realised that my sarcasm detector might be broken today
lol
Was the original post about spaceships slowing down a sarcastic comment about how they don't do that in real life, but do do that in the film?
In the same way that there is no sound in space yet all spaceships must rumble by and explode loudly in films?