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Originally Posted by crwilli
Great response Tony. I do believe they feel the ‘best’ bass is not necessarily the most bass. It’s about smooth with minimal dips and peaks. I forget the exact language in one of the sets of directions I have seen but it’s something like …When the speaker couples with the room…
I am sure Bill (Metaphacts) can better define the goal.
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The goal is not the most bass.
Output - Does it have sufficient output
Extension - Does it go low
Linearity - Can you hear all the notes as they were played?
Picking the anchor involves choosing the best balance of these. John Hunter, one of the authors of Masters, would contend after about 500 set ups this process would begin to become intuitive.
Most set up systems try to answer the same questions. Set up processes do it in separate ways and are often more amenable to some speakers and not others.
For instance, a Wilson does not work using Masters. Why? You do not rake Wilsons - the proper alignment at the listening position is calculated and set in the nomographs. Raking a Wilson screws it up.
Masters works perfectly with a Sonus faber Amati. But you could easily use WASP as well. You would just have to add rake to the end.