Having just typed this into "search" on here & having found over 20 pages which really weren't what i was looking for i thought i'd ask - what is "reference level"? That'd be with regards to films & home cinema..
This year i'm hoping to build what should be my final speaker system :T
My idea is simply to design & build a 2 channel system that will produce as little distortion as possible & generate 116db from 20Hz to whatever the poor tweeter will withstand. Yes high frequencies do tend to drop off somewhat so i live in hope. The system will be 4 way active per channel.
As well as this i'll be rebuilding Paradigm's top of the range C5 V2 centre speaker & adding what i'd regard as a driver that can do real bass to it 15" with decent excursion. Poor thing is sitting here in it's box waiting for me to pull it to bits
Rear speakers aren't a problem as they'll be much nearer me than the front & centre speakers. Not sure i need to fuss over a sub as a few staff members have put my mind to rest that the LFE is directed to the front left & right speakers when it's set to "off".
So, can someone help me & let me know what is meant by "reference level" when dealing with films etc.
I guess as long as it's less than 116db i have nothing to fuss over as that output would be anechoic & the room will add some gain at low frequencies, at a guess i'm probably looking at 120db+ at 20Hz & 115db at 15Hz with what i'm going to build.
Thanks for your time
Mark.
This year i'm hoping to build what should be my final speaker system :T
My idea is simply to design & build a 2 channel system that will produce as little distortion as possible & generate 116db from 20Hz to whatever the poor tweeter will withstand. Yes high frequencies do tend to drop off somewhat so i live in hope. The system will be 4 way active per channel.
As well as this i'll be rebuilding Paradigm's top of the range C5 V2 centre speaker & adding what i'd regard as a driver that can do real bass to it 15" with decent excursion. Poor thing is sitting here in it's box waiting for me to pull it to bits
Rear speakers aren't a problem as they'll be much nearer me than the front & centre speakers. Not sure i need to fuss over a sub as a few staff members have put my mind to rest that the LFE is directed to the front left & right speakers when it's set to "off".
So, can someone help me & let me know what is meant by "reference level" when dealing with films etc.
I guess as long as it's less than 116db i have nothing to fuss over as that output would be anechoic & the room will add some gain at low frequencies, at a guess i'm probably looking at 120db+ at 20Hz & 115db at 15Hz with what i'm going to build.
Thanks for your time
Mark.