Direct Servo Subwoofers
There are several technologies available to designers of subwoofers who wish to implement servo systems. What are they and how do they work?
Ohms Law
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Recent Episodes
Is it possible to reproduce orchestral dynamics at home?
Small ensembles and groups are easy to accurately reproduce in a home stereo setting, but what about orchestral music?
Why would you use a microphone on a speaker?
When a guitar player amplifies his instrument and plays through a speaker, why do recording engineers put a microphone on that speaker instead of a direct connection?
Why don’t audiophiles care about recordings?
If musicians don’t care about high-end audio, why is it audiophiles don’t seem to care about quality recordings—some even listening to electronic music rather than classical.
Will vinyl sound identical to digital?
If you digitally copy a vinyl disc will it sound identical or will it instead have digital artifacts?
Does high end audio limit musical choices?
Highly resolving musical reproduction systems can be double-edged swords making the good sound great and the bad sound worse. Does this mean as audiophiles we have to limit our musical choices?
Why don’t your products feature a subwoofer output?
Most receivers and surround processors feature a separate sub out jack but this person wonders why high-end audio equipment doesn’t contain that.
How to hire passionate employees
Companies are no more nor less than the quality of the people that work for them. PS Audio’s employees are passionate to a fault. How does that happen so consistently? What’s the secret?
Why do some stereo systems sound live?
Some stereo systems sound live and present while others, even expensive others, don’t. Why is that and how does one decide what to buy?
Should I pull my speakers from the wall?
There’s a difference between home theater and two-channel audio speaker placement. How do you set up the systems to serve both or do you?