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| Bag End wrote:
Almost all specifications for subwoofer systems are fixated on the frequency response domain. However, the impression of power and quality is equally related to the time domain performance of a system. Because of the long wavelengths of low frequencies, this is particularly true with subwoofers. Likewise, the maximum SPL is not a very reliable way to judge the impact of a subwoofer. A poor time domain performer will not have the same impact or natural sound as a time correct ... system. |
In my experience this is absolutely true. At a certain other forum to remain unnamed there are pages and pages of "heated discussion" about monstrous DIY subs, but this critical issue is largely ignored.
Has anyone here seen the measured impulse response (or any other time domain measurements) for an Infinate Baffle sub or a DIY large Extended Bass Shelf sub?