Subs that the sr. CP members currently use

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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited September 2005
    SR. CP member I guess,
    I made a pair of DIY subwoofers.
    Previous Subwoofers:
    A pair VMPS larger subwoofer - GREAT subwoofers.
    A single Vandersteen - very, very nice on music.
    A single Paradign 2200 - it was nothing special
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

    "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,055
    edited September 2005
    what makes a SR ......
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited September 2005
    Willow wrote:
    what makes a SR ......

    SR = Smartass Replying
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

    "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,055
    edited September 2005
    So I don't count ;)
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  • kingtut
    kingtut Posts: 813
    edited September 2005
    Willow wrote:
    what makes a SR ......

    Loosely translated, members that have been here for at least two years and have over 500 posts, but what do I know?
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited September 2005
    Well, mine was a DR so, as HBOMB says WAREMTAE!!! It counts!!!
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited September 2005
    This is car audio but thought Id throw it in anyway. My MM2104 10" is the best sub Ive owned to date. Gets plenty low and is plenty tight for a 10. Powered by a Crossfire 2 channel bridged mono putting out near 400 watts. It was a **** to build the box for it too but Im damn proud of it considering I suck as a carpenter.
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  • Mazeroth
    Mazeroth Posts: 1,585
    edited September 2005
    I think why the SVS in Mark's HT didn't sound as good as the one upstairs also has to do with what it was "blending" with...the Polk SurroundBar. That thing would be lucky to get down to 100hz, so in order to fill the gap that SVS would have to be turned waaay up. Mate it with some real speakers that can dig down into the 40-60hz range and you can blend it much easier, making it pretty much disappear.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited September 2005
    I heard Mark's SVS with the Maggies a few months ago and there was NO boominess and NO blending issues what-so-ever. He had it tuned perfectly to fill out the lower octaves for the Maggies (as it should). Don't know what you guys heard...somebody must have messed with it. ;)
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited September 2005
    He had the SVS set about 10-15 dB too hot (Guessing). My box SVS has no issues blending with the mags. He had it setup the same way BB or CC do: Boost they bass for a great demo, but poorer sound.
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited September 2005
    Shack, the cylinder SVS blended fine, it was the PB2 that just wouldn't dial in, for music.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited September 2005
    Jdhdiggs - You just compared me to Best Buy and Circuit City? **** you and that's being nice. There was a reason it was hotter downstairs, it was just to have FUN. Sorry, I didn't disclose all pertinent information to you James. I'll just try and let it go.

    The Eagles 5.1 Music demo was, I admit, simply still too hot from the other HT demos and I had to attend to some other things before I could drop it down into a more appropriate level. Again, sorry I couldn't accomodate you in every way and too everyone else, sorry that it wasn't perfect.

    I dialed in everything the best I could given the extremely multi-faceted material that was playing ALL DAY, in various rooms, under various conditions....as in users. When the Magnepans came online, via SVS 25-31 PCi, my **** was straight.

    Thanks for your honesty, but you will never have a freaking clue what it took to have ANY of this event happen.

    Please feel free to rag on anything else that bothered you and I'll refund you your expenses.

    Good day to you sir.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,083
    edited September 2005
    I, for one, was actually quite impressed with how musical the sub was with the Maggies. Floored, actually. Other than Ken's RTR, I think that's probably what struck me the most.

    I think both subs did exactly what was intended, what more could you want?

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited September 2005
    I just wish I could have been there to hear the "new" Maggies and the SVS. The ones I heard were the previous Maggies.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited September 2005
    What did the PB do?

    It pressurized the room. It sent Troy and myself skating across the floor above in Polk Audio directors chairs like those little men on the vibrating metal football game, and made every tube in the house microphonic.

    Great demo if you ask me - he had 15 people 'down there' who wanted to see what it could do. Mark pushed the envelope - if anyone thinks that was his norm, you are sorely mistaken.

    That being said, anyone who thinks Mark just had an anurism - well, he might have. You tell a **** that just turned his house upside down, re-arranged his gear, and spent tons of cash to host a gathering - that his **** sounded like Best Buy / Circuit City? Wow.

    You might as well have kicked his dog, told him his wife was ugly, and made cracks about his mother. He probably would have reacted better. Mark is hardcore on this audio thing, don't forget that.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,083
    edited September 2005
    Excellent point Russ.

    I know I busted my **** for (as did Russ) Polkfest and I KNOW Mark worked ten times as hard as I did...so Russ makes a very salient point. Fine line between a critical observation and pooping on someone.

    Far as the subs go, I'm man enough to admit that I need to reevaluate some of my previous opinions based on what Mark had going on. Tip of my cap, sir.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited September 2005
    Sunfire True Sub EQ in the ht, 2 channel rig doesn't need one.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited September 2005
    Well I for one would like to commend Mark on how he handled 40 or more audio junkies poking around all his gear. I'm not too sure I could have and I don't have the quality of gear he has. Well maybe a couple of pieces ;), but those came home with me through the generosity that he showed me. I also understood why he had the sub in his HT adjusted the way he did. I'm sure that as soon as everyone cleared out, that sub was put back to it's ideal level. I don't think Mark would have it any other way. I would have taken that Cary home with me if I'd had the scratch for it. Damn Beardog. :( :mad:
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited September 2005
    I have a Yamaha YST-160. It works great with some speakers but not well with others. If I chop off the bottom it blends very well with the Altecs. If I x-over higher it sounds okay with the Polks (PRs are harder to X-over imho).

    On my bedroom rig I plan on using the pair of Large Advents that are stands for the DQs. It's not really needed, but I'm gonna try it anyways. WTF they're there anyways and I have a spare 120hz XO.
    Make it Funky! :)
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