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Old 27th January 2006, 08:59 PM   #49
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Originally Posted by daveyd
am i right in saying A mount is 'surface' mounted and E mount is with a gap behind?
Yes you are right.. The problem with "A" testing is you would never set up your room this way, so it really does not tell you much.. Some people will say that this is the only way to compare products, which they are right, but not entirely.. If you have a panel that all edges are covered with wood and another that is not, "A" testing could come out the same (or very close).. But if you take the same 2 products and space them out around the lab floor things will start to look much different, because the panels without wood sides is going to pick up more sound.. So which product is better??? Well it would have to be the one without wood sides, but "A" testing did not show this..

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