WAF on those is in the negative numbers.

Does that indicate it’s better to leave equipment on, or that they are using subpar components?

It almost sounds like “don’t drive your car, or you’ll wear the engine out”.

Candy-O at the moment. Digging that lighted sculpture on your Heathkit.

I went through all the steps, then it vanished. I posted it as a separate post, and the hot removed it.

Reddit hates my subwoofer

If a car, a boat, a ship, a plane, can be a girl, so can my subwoofer.

Ten years is a long time in college. Get your hearing checked by an audiologist. You might be experiencing changes that you don’t even realize.

Watts is watts when measured the same way. 25watts RMS in 1970 is 25 watts RMS in 2023.

There were highly sensitive/efficient speakers in 1970 but also many that were not. Watts became cheaper when solid state happened, so speaker efficiency is less of concern for solid state equipment users (majority out there).

The best for straight-up blocking sound would be Howard Leight foamies. They have the highest reduction rating. They are super comfortable and cheap.

The other mentions above apply if you’re looking for acoustically tuned units.

Floyd. Just demonstrated my system to a friend, playing the song that made me say “I need these speakers” 25years ago

Got goosebumps and the hair on my neck stood up yet again.

No argument there.

He finished the system in 2018 and was gone within 4 years.

The universe is a cruel joke.

Those who eschew tone controls for “purity” are kidding themselves and living in denial.

You want the music to sound “like the engineer or the artists intended”? Then, you’d better go listen in the mastering studio, because there’s no way your home system sounds anything like that studio.

A box tuned for that speaker? Isn’t that a self-contained unit that sits on top of a cabinet?

That’s great. A buddy won a Denon stack like that years ago. Was always jealous of him.

It’s like looking at Audio Video Interiors from 1992. All you need is a 25” TV right in the middle of it all.

Man, I miss those days

Wouldn’t it make sense that a woofer cone surround could be stiff initially, and become less so with some repeated flexing, like most any flexible material?

Or…are surrounds made of material that keeps the same elasticity it had when manufactured?

Read about it in the current Stereophile

What connections are on the speakers? There may some minor improvements you can make to the wires, but if they’re 18 ga. or thicker, they’re fine.

If it worked, manufacturers would do it, whatever it is.