DIY home theatre subs.
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SBB4 looks the best for DVD's because of it's low frequency handling. If it can't handle music though it'll be a bit disappointing.
One thing I don't understand about home audio is that with DVD's my Velodyne 8" sub gets deep and loud, but then I play some music on it and you can hardly tell it's there. How are music low frequencies different from movies? I'm taking the Velodyne back so I can get going on building my Tempest set-up, but I don't want that same problem with the Tempest as I do with the Velodyne. I want loud booming bass for both music and DVD's.
Oddly enough the sub for my computer (logitech Z-560, 188 watts, 8" sub) shakes my whole house while the Velodyne is barely audible. Just seems odd to me.
[ March 26, 2004, 09:59 AM: Message edited by: Thunderous Contender ]
One thing I don't understand about home audio is that with DVD's my Velodyne 8" sub gets deep and loud, but then I play some music on it and you can hardly tell it's there. How are music low frequencies different from movies? I'm taking the Velodyne back so I can get going on building my Tempest set-up, but I don't want that same problem with the Tempest as I do with the Velodyne. I want loud booming bass for both music and DVD's.
Oddly enough the sub for my computer (logitech Z-560, 188 watts, 8" sub) shakes my whole house while the Velodyne is barely audible. Just seems odd to me.
[ March 26, 2004, 09:59 AM: Message edited by: Thunderous Contender ]
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A good home theater sub should disapear acoustically. It should not sound like "wow, I have a big sub" You shouldn't even notice it, until you disconect it, then it should be "hey what happened to my sound"
The best sub I have ever heard was the Velodyne ULD18, blended seemlessly with the rest of the speakers.
The best sub I have ever heard was the Velodyne ULD18, blended seemlessly with the rest of the speakers.
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I agree with you totally, and for movies, I want that seemless blend, but I also want the ability to turn it up and shake things. I love feeling the bass hard. I'm using the system for music as well, I admit like to exzagerate the bass and I'd like more bass than the Velodyne can produce music wise.
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The SBB4 will work for music.. For what you want, its probably better then the Adire alignment.
The great thing about DIY is you can experiment with it more.. You can try tuning the sub to 22-25hz instead of the recommended 18hz.
The tempest setup will play lower and cleaner then that 8" velodyne thats for sure.. With todays movies its not uncommon to have subbass in the 20hz region.
The great thing about DIY is you can experiment with it more.. You can try tuning the sub to 22-25hz instead of the recommended 18hz.
The tempest setup will play lower and cleaner then that 8" velodyne thats for sure.. With todays movies its not uncommon to have subbass in the 20hz region.
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Brought the Velodyne back and the Tempest and 360 watt plate amp are on the way. I'm going to be designing my own box closely related to Adire's SBB4 but tuneds a bit higher. Just curious would it be ok to use a slot port that's 20x2x30? Will it have too much port noise compared to 2 3"flared ports? Thanks.
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with your dvds it sounds crasyer because of the .1 channel it is sendin alot of information fto that sub to reproduce, you dont have that channel with music, just the low pass from your main speakers, which is a lot less information.
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A maelstorm, that things a monster, are you going to use it for DVD's? Most 18's can't hit around 20Hz's that well, dunno if that matters to you. I built my box and all and my amps on its way. Im going to try my Kicker S10L5 I have lying around before I order a Shiva which is what I have chosen instead. Might save me 200 bucks in the long run [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]
