Re: another Pinball Pro sub question.

I'm very much a best bang for the buck guy, and as such I could not
justify full speaker system upgrades in all the pins, I currently have
18 pins and one to pick up tomorrow, could spend thousands of $.
So instead, I am using three external powered sub-woofers, each
through its own home made mixer, each mixer supporting up to 8 pins to
a sub. Cost is well under $500 for everything including two 8 inch and
one 12 inch sub, better than 500 watts available among them.
If I had one or two pins, then in-cabinet upgrades would be more
appropriate.
Your point on the highs is somewhat valid, however, I feel the quality
of the sound samples used in our games, and the sound boards that
produce those sounds, are well enough supported by the capabilities of
the stock back-box speakers.
I believe the majority of any distortion is from the samples and
electronics, not the speakers, unless they are damaged.
And there is little program material other than distortion in the 10
kHz and up range, to warrant better speakers in that area.
I respect your opinion, and audio reproduction quality has to be one
of the most personal and hotly debated topics one can choose.
In the end it really comes down to trying various configurations and
choosing the best personal fit.

Regards,
Scott


On Jan 9, 5:54 pm, "mr. nightshift" <gallo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
a properly
implemented sub-woofer is used to add the low frequency sound
components, which the existing speakers cannot reproduce, or cannot
reproduce well.

Scott,

I agree with you entirely.  But what you said about a sub recreating
what the original woofer couldn't is the same idea for reproducing the
high and the mid range tones.  If you are going to do the upgrade I
think it is important to do all three speakers.  If you upgrade just
the sub you have awesome low end bass tones, with weak distorted
sounding high end tones.

Bite the bullet and replace all the speakers otherwise you will be
kicking yourself later on down the road when you have to pay shipping
costs again to get the other two speakers.  Sounds like sound is
important to you too and having crumby treble will bother you just as
much as bad bass.  If you upgrade just the woofer I am going to tell
you "I told you so"

Just my two cents.

.

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