Hi Steve,

Of course we're interested in pimping our good old Penta's :-).

KR

Joost 

What did you use? Minidsp?

Please tell us more... ;-)

Hi Dante,

I will explain all in the video, basically I used a PC with Room EQ Wizard and Equalizer APO (both free software) to do room analysis and correction.  Quite a straightforward process with minimal cost, the results are well worth the effort.

Kind regards, Steve.

 

Hi Steve, I would certainly be interested! Which digital input have you foreseen in your pentas?

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Part of me agrees....but then I heard the improvement to the sound and now I am fully converted to the "dark side" of DSP!

Kind regards, Steve.

joostdeclercq wrote:

Hi Steve,

Of course we're interested in pimping our good old Penta's :-).

KR

Joost 

Actually Steve is not ‘pimping his good old Penta’s’.

What he is doing is to make changes to the sound informations, that are send to the speaker in order to compensate for their behaviour in his specific room.

There is no witchcraft working there - this is pure science and mathematics.....just like anything else related to building speakers.

The Penta’s themselves are not touched at all - this would require building DSP-based crossovers and a lot more into these......and a lot of testing and work (like the guys at B&O have done for years and years now).

Those who would like to learn more about using DSP for adjusting the (sound of the) speakers to the given room, could start with this proper book from Mitchko:

link

You can read a review of it here:

link

(And there is a lot of work done on this subjet out there).

Happy DIYing, Steve 🙂

 

MM

DSP = Dark Side of the Penta’s 😎

Would love to see it though😁

Mikipidia wrote:

DSP = Dark Side of the Penta’s 😎

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Hi everyone,

Thanks for your patience, I am pleased to confirm that the video is now online - apologies in advance for the rather optimistic title 👍