All good, I really liked the sound of what I designed as well with the RD 28.1 + woofer crossed at 300Hz with an Accuphase F25. I just note that it was a bit sharper sounding (zing if you will) than my Apogees or Acoustats. It did give the appearance of more "detail"...whether that really was or was not real detail or this resonance is, for me at least, an open question.
Ugh actually I have met Ron and we talked about his system being ins storage. Once you get something into your head it is hard to get it out. No Fault of Ron.
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Hi Ron, just a little input from my side, having used the Pendragons for several years. With regards to the mid/high being too bright, I believe that that really depends on who is listening, and with my 60+ "old" ears it was just fine. However my son once told me that some music was indeed a bit too bright to his liking (being 25 years younger than me). The woofer level -in my room, and certain recordings- was set at 0,0 (highest) and -9,5 for some bass heavy recordings. Again, this will also be room- and recording dependent, and the good part is that it is all remote controlled, so you can adjust from the listening position. In general, the bass towers were set at -1,5 or so. "Break-in" is a factor as well, to my experience mainly with regard to the woofer towers. My advise is to get a couple of hundred hours on them first, familiarize yourself with the sound, and only after that start moving the heavy speakers around. Otherwise you may find your self pushing and pulling for the next couple of month, as the sound WILL change. (the good part being that you will develop a lot of muscle mass, without having to pay for the gym. OTOH, those costs (gym) are nicely included in the sales price of the Pendragons I believe). For initial set-up, I departed from a theoretical (calculated) location, also taking into account the Gryphon advise. Only after a couple of month I have made minute adjustments.
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The designers did not agree with Gary. Especially for a large system that belongs in a large room where your seating distance is likely to not be very close nor are side walls, they clearly indicate a higher frequency with steeper cutoff. If Gary knows better than the BG guys (who also made the big Wisdom Audio systems) then fine but I would be inclined to work within the manufacturer's limits.
Thank yo for the article. I am going to get a glass of wine turn on Tidal and digest it soon.I am not advocation you use DSP. This is just a good read on what we hear compared to what we see on a graph from a mic input.
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Ok, so what? It is also where our hearing is the most sensitive to slight boost. 4kHz is beginning of the highs and part of the presence region.
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