My BFD experience.

[curtis]

I've compared my 340's with Studio 60's......it was myself and three other guys, one of them was auditioning speakers. He ended up getting 340's.

[Mag_Neato]

I thought there was a way to turn the LEDS off? I'll have to look at the manual online.

I too was wondering about using just one or two filters instead of a bunch of narrow ones. I guess having the thing in the system and tinkering is the best way to go, but I don't have a lot of free time to experiment.

Has the improvement in response made the low end more defined/articulate?

After hearing an Onix UFW-10, which has a single band PEQ, I was convinced of the benefits of EQ'ing my sub.

[Eddie Horton]

It is 110% more defined and articulate. People throw the term "night and day difference" around all the time in the audio/video world, but this is for real. I guess how much of a difference will depend on how much the room interactions were messing up the FR to begin with. In my case, though, the difference has been huge.

[curtis]

Eddie...how much time in total did you spend on setting the BFD up? From opennng the box, reading, to flat FR.

[bikeman]

"In my case, though, the difference has been huge."


Same here. My livingroom is my HT and there was only one place where I had one major spike but with lots of not so major up and downs. All the other locations I tried had at least two major spikes as well as lots of not so major up and downs.
I been able to get +/- 2db from 37hz to 120hz using the BFD. I'm doing this with the $125. Dayton sub. I can imagine what can be accomplished with a Hsu.

David

[Eddie Horton]

Curtis, I put in several hours from opening the box to flat FR. Once you get the hang of it though, it starts to go fast. When I did my first filter, I played around with the frequency, fine adjustment, bandwidth, and cut/boost so I could see what they actually did. Once I got the hang of it, it was easy to make an educated guess about what frequency, bandwidth, and cut/boost to use. On another note, a guy that I met on the Outlaw Forum that lives in my town just left after coming by to check out my Ascend/Hsu system. Needless to say, he was blown away and said that he will be purchasing some Ascends when he gets around to upgrading his speakers. He just got a big DLP and Denon 2900, so he's well on his way to a great setup. Really nice guy, too.

[curtis]

OK Eddie and David....I just picked up a BFD off of eBay. Not a great deal, saved me about $20.

I probably won't get a chance to mess around with it for a couple of weekends.

[Eddie Horton]

Keep us updated, Curtis.

[metalaaron]

this is great info. looking forward to more results, or even trying one for myself.

[curtis]

My BFD was delivered today....looks brand new, but without the manual, and I can't seem to download one from the Behringer site...it is asking for a login when I select the manual.....

Anyways, I just plugged in the power and messed with the buttons...it looks pretty easy. Eventhough I won't really be able to dial it in until later next week, I will start reading the snapbug site now so it will all sink in.

Also thinking about getting TrueRTA or ETF.....maybe even a nicer microphone...but for now, I think the RS meter will suffice.