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- From: jrl8@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (James R Lendino)
- Subject: Re: Radioshack Subwoofer (don't laugh...)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.230013.6140@news.columbia.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:00:13 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan25.215551.9824@bmerh85.bnr.ca> shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally) writes:
- >In article <ryu.727901806@husc.harvard.edu>, ryu@husc8.harvard.edu (William Ryu) writes:
- >|>
- >|> I was wondering if anyone out there has any experience with the
- >|> Radio Shack subwoofer/Minimus 7 combination. I've been suffering and
- >|> saving for a better system and have been using just a pair of Minimus 7's,
- >|> but it looks like that I won't enough money until after college (1.5 yrs)
- >|> to spend on a new system. I'm wondering if I should buy the Shack
- >|> Subwoofer before I die of bass starvation. I'd appreciate suggestions for
- >|> other subwoofer solutions, but my budget makes my options very limited.
- >|>
- >|> Will Ryu
- >|> husc.harvard.edu
- >
- >The Paradigm Phantoms have excellent bass response to below 30Hz.
- >They are speakers that don't need subwoofers since they pump out
- >enough bass on their own. At $250-$300 a pair, I think you can do much
- >better than a Radio Shack 'minimus' (aptly named I think) system.
-
- I wouldn't say they go down THAT far. :-) With room acoustics figured in,
- they're -3 dB at 40 Hz, which I posted up recently. But you're right,
- the bass is more than sufficient on its own, and far better than anything
- that even a "subwoofer" from Radio Scrap could put out.
-
- Regards,
- -JRL
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- James R. Lendino
- jrl8@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
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