are 3-way speakers good for home theater systems?

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Xaekai
Phase delay is also known as group delay. Larger subs tend to have 'muddy' bass, this is because large subs take slightly longer to travel back and forth. This is why 10s often are described as having 'tight' bass. 10" acoustic suspension subs often have the highest sound quality. Also note that a acoustic suspension will have a 12db/octave roll off at F3, while a vented/ported system will have 18-24db/octave roll off. A closed sub with an F3 of 52hz will actually be better than a ported sub with an F3 of 40hz in most ways.

muddy vs. tight...is that something I'd have to hear? and is tight bass preferred?

 

[Xaekai]

Yeah its something you'd have to hear for yourself I guess. And tight bass is preferred.

A description from this review
"A sufficiently large and abrupt phase shift may cause the perception of time smearing at the affected frequencies. Group delay is used to quantify this phenomenon, and was calculated at select music note frequencies. The approximate audibility thresholds are based on extrapolations of existing group delay audibility studies. Group delay from the SW12 remained below the approximate audibility thresholds at each tested frequency."

 

[SithSolo1]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: Xaekai
Phase delay is also known as group delay. Larger subs tend to have 'muddy' bass, this is because large subs take slightly longer to travel back and forth. This is why 10s often are described as having 'tight' bass. 10" acoustic suspension subs often have the highest sound quality. Also note that a acoustic suspension will have a 12db/octave roll off at F3, while a vented/ported system will have 18-24db/octave roll off. A closed sub with an F3 of 52hz will actually be better than a ported sub with an F3 of 40hz in most ways.

muddy vs. tight...is that something I'd have to hear? and is tight bass preferred?

Tight>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Muddy

If you want to hear muddy, visit me and listen to my HT sub. If you want tight go listen to one made by SVS or HSU.