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Sonic Sculpting Speakers with Shelving Filters
flac.rules:
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The effect of these adjustments was again, DRAMATIC. The bass is much more prominent and punchy. But not "one note" or "boomy". Because I didn't boost ANY bass frequencies. I just cut everything above 800 Hz, which brought up the bass, the mid bass, and the bottom end of the vocal range. Voices on these speakers originally sounded thin, bright, and "biting". Vocals now are rather natural and balanced in my opinion. The highs are just about right, though some would hear these and think they they lack high frequency detail. I did that on purpose in order to make these speakers non-fatiguing. I find extended "detailed" highs to wear my ears out very quickly. With these speakers, tuned this way, I can listen for several hours, at a moderate to low volume, and be very happy doing so. Which is the whole point right?
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Provided you don't clip, whats the difference? Boosting bass and turning down treble should do exactly the same?
Spike1000:
Similar thing maybe yes, but not the same. Tone controls aren't 'shelf like' and you don't get to choose the frequency they operate from. You may get an improvement in sound with them but you can't tune them in terms of the frequency they operate over. Brian has multiple shelves 'stacked' (or stepped?) over a given frequency range, these shelves have both 'cuts' and 'boosts' between 800Hz and 10kHz+. Something you can't do with a tone control.
Spike
blgentry:
--- Quote from: Blu99Zoomer on July 03, 2017, 11:39:54 am ---I took a quick look at the JR DSP Studio options. There were a couple of references to filters, but not the shelving type. I also noticed the parametric equalizer options.
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The DSP section called Parametric EQ actually does a whole lot more than just PEQ. Click on the Add button inside of PEQ and you'll see all of the different filter types it supports, including high shelf and low shelf.
Have fun.
Brian.
blgentry:
--- Quote from: Elvis133 on July 05, 2017, 05:28:55 am ---Provided you don't clip, whats the difference? Boosting bass and turning down treble should do exactly the same?
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Yes, provided that you *don't* clip. The problem is, you never know how high the signal level of the music you are playing will be. If you have boosted everything below 800 Hz by say, 7 dB, then any signal below 800 Hz that is close to full scale is going to clip for sure. This is why I choose to cut instead.
It's actually a well known practice in the analog world also. There are several models of stand alone analog equalizers that are cut only; no boost is even available.
Brian.
Blu99Zoomer:
I see it! I see it! Oh yeah!!! Again, your patient explanation is much appreciated .
Best Regards,
Gregg
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