How to turn your old stereo speakers into the best sounding monitors you ever heard!

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Blue Bear Sound,

>The problem is, you don't seem to understand the
>concepts involved that are leading you to these
>malformed theories.

Or YOU don't understand them completely, or you would agree that it would work to a point.

>Do you understand the concept of non-linearity
>in poor speaker design?

Yes, and that is why I used dynamic music as the test source rather than static white noice so that you will get an average value.

>Do you understand that ANY EQ added to a signal degrades
>the signal due to phase shifts - especially with the cheap
>EQ units you're describing??

Yes. It introduces some phase shifts. Bad speakers themselves probably does this too due to badly designed split filters etc.

>How about the negative effect of the room modes on
>frequency response - even with good speakers???

My last suggestion would eliminate this:
"Or why not borrow a couple of real monitors. Put them next to your speakers. Play different isolated frequencies as in my method, listen and compare and compensate the EQ for the speakers. "

>Does it occur to you that putting all these variables
>together in the crackpot theory you've come up with
>results in a big acoustic mess????

Yes, but for the last time: I'm not after creating great monitors with some old speakers. This is more a "speaker simulation" method. This is from the original thread: "Even if you like
the sound of your speakers and like to continue
to mix on them, having an EQ effect patch like this
is good to compare with, just like Roland's speaker
simulations."

>If you don't understand what's going on BEHIND what you
>hear with your own ears, your theory is meaningless..........

Yes, I agree: If you don't understand exactly how your digistive system of your body works, then eating is meaningless.

>Why post here at all??? You don't seem to have any sort
>of grasp of the principles of acoustics, and you refuse to
>learn or even try to understand what others who know
>more than you are trying to explain -- so what are you
>doing here???

Driving you mad it seems... ;) It wasn't me who started this time...

>I'd say stick to VS Planet -- I'm sure the "pros" at there
>can appreciate your "expertise" far more than we can...

I just popped in here and saw that this thread still was alive. I was surprised... But I know I'm not welcome. I wonder why... ;) Really, I don't understand how you can be so upset by this. You actually think that you know better than most people and that the stupid public has to be protected from this. A kind of censorship to protect all the (in your opinion) stupid people that could get "harmful" ideas from this...? Well here is some news for you: People can think for themselves. I don't think anyone would come to the conclusion that it's better to mix on some old EQd stereo speakers than on new great monitors if you had the choise. If you read my last post again, you will see that I DON'T encourage people to use EQd speakers. So what is your problem?

/Anders
 
volltreffer said:
But I cannot understand the arrogance when you talk about the vsplanet...
I should have rephrased -- my comment was directed at the specific people at the VS Planet site someone else mentioned who endorsed Boray's nonsense.... I should NOT have generalized about the entire community there...!

And I'm surprised that Boray replied once more to start this off -- ignorance is still bliss, I guess....
 
Boray..........!

...awww, to hell with it.....

You didn't understand before, and still don't -- and I've said it before......... do whatever the hell you want!

But if you post more nonsense here - you WILL be corrected..........

Either way, I've had it with this inane thread..................


:rolleyes:
 
Re: Re: Re: EQ

Boray said:
I expected that would be BlueBears comment, and not someones who is a regular member of VSPlanet...
I don't really care what you expect or don't expect.

I don't care for your promoting yourself, and your continued promoting of your ridiculous theories. Some people will be seriously retarded in their efforts to advance their skills if they listen to your idiocy.

Taylor
 
volltreffer said:
But I cannot understand the arrogance when you talk about the vsplanet...
volltreffer,

I think you just took BlueBears post the wrong way. I'm a regular at the planet too, and I took no offense at all to those statements. You have to realize that he wasn't really responding to the Planet at large. He was responding to the ridiculous self promotion of Boray as noted below:
Boray said:
Popmann of VSPlanet suggested me as "most talented planeteer" once...
He obviously feels that if he can establish himself as "the most talanted planeteer", it will add credence to his misinformation. At this point it's not really misinformation, it's disinformation.

Taylor
 
MrZekeMan said:
I think you just took BlueBears post the wrong way. I'm a regular at the planet too, and I took no offense at all to those statements. You have to realize that he wasn't really responding to the Planet at large. He was responding to the ridiculous self promotion of Boray as noted below:He obviously feels that if he can establish himself as "the most talanted planeteer", it will add credence to his misinformation. At this point it's not really misinformation, it's disinformation.

Yes, promoting yourself is a bad bad thing... Oh what have I done? How can you ever forgive me?... But what does my musical skills have to do with my EQing ideas? Real Person commented positively on my music just to give me some credit... Then Blue Bear (that obviously can't stand me) just had to talk bad about my music (as well)... simply because he don't like me (or my music)... My very small comment to Real Person about Popmanns comment below (that suddenly came into my mind as an opposite comment to BlueBears) was apparently too much for you.... Sorry sorry! I'm a sinner!

From the thread: "Who is the most talented 'Planeteer'... ":
Originally posted by Popmann:
Only took 5 posts to bring out the bitterness.

Talented is way too loaded. All musical efforts are inheirently equal. What blows you or I away, Kid, is completely removed from talent.

Boray gets my vote, if for no other reason than a 25 minute instrumental composition.

I try to refrain from musical commentary here, because, ultimately, I'd like to think this site is to help ease the engineering burden-thereby letting the musicians express their music with optimal sonics.

I was recently accused in the 1680 forum of being a great engineer, and a lousy songwriter by a lurker. I'll take that-music is more subjective than engineering. Know what I mean?
 
BlueBear..........!

Blue Bear Sound said:
...awww, to hell with it.....

You didn't understand before, and still don't -- and I've said it before......... do whatever the hell you want!

But if you post more nonsense here - you WILL be corrected..........

Either way, I've had it with this inane thread..................

:rolleyes:

I understand perfectly. I know that room acoustics is much more complex than just one simple equation. I know of cancelation in the room etc, I have heard frequencies dissapear completely depending on the listening position. But EQing old speakers still can improve them for the purpose of mixing on them. Who of us do you think have the most experiance in this particular field? Well, it's not you because you have been tought from the beginning that things like these doesn't work. Constraining your thinking and your creativity, if you have any...

/Anders
 
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What an awesome freakin' thread. I have tears in my eyes!!!

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OMG! Is there any way we can just peg this to the top of the Newbie page? They'll learn more than in two months of lurking!

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friday night and i had about an hour to kill before going out. so i decided to read this long piece of shit. it had it's ups, it's downs. suspense, comedy, action, thrills, spills. by god, at times i hated all of you, moments later i loved you all. it was epic. it was ugly. it was beautiful. holy shit. i am so grateful this piece of crap exists. it was performance art. it was a real community effort. please bring this thread back. could we get a reunion or something? ya know, bring back all the post's loveable characters one last time? anyways, i just wanted to say, that this communal waste of time was thoroughly entertaining. thanks.
-teddy
 
Thou cannot kill that which doesnt live.

You have no idea what you have done by resurecting it.

My God have mercy on our souls.
 
Greetings you idiots!
Boy, you assholes sure have alot of time on your hands!

To a Reel Person:
Wear your guitar a little lower - that photo makes you look like
a gay looking Al DiMeola
 
Is it just by chance that this thread was near the top when I peeked in, or has it never gone away?

Dosen't look like I missed much if it's still going strong.

Carl
 
Seems this thread will live forever... Someone finding it and just have to comment on it... It will happen time after time....

Well, I can just say that I have no hard feelings at all to anyone in this thread. With a little perspective I simply don't care. I made peace with Bluebear in another thread some time back so everything is cool.

/Anders
 
Boray said:
With a little perspective I simply don't care. I made peace with Bluebear in another thread some time back so everything is cool.

I don't know dude. I heard Blue Bear is looking for you and he is going to kick your ass.
 
Can we get a link to the thread where blue bear and anders make peace. I want to see how the story ends. I just wasted way too much time reading this, and learning nothing. At least let me get some closure!

Crap, I bet I just pissed off a lot of people bumping this up. Sorry, guys.
 
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