New sub for horns

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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited January 2010
    Nice looking sub you have there madmax!!! Can't wait to hear how it performs.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2010
    For guys who can build it themselves it would be a super deal. The drivers are $95 each, plans are $30, not sure how much for the MDF/screws/glue but I'll guess $50. For under $300 you could have the same sub I was very happy to get for $1100.

    BTW, if you look on their site you see it can have the bottom on or off. Mine is off now sitting on the carpet. I think this is why it is so tactile. I'll screw on the bottom later to see how the sound is affected.
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited January 2010
    madmax wrote: »
    If you run into anything that is unclear in the plans I can take pics.
    madmax
    Sweet! Thanks again. If it degrades into Tom and I whipping the **** out of each other while trying to build this thing, I'll send pics too. Should be interesting.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2010
    You are a **** LM.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2010
    When first powered up the sub sounded like **** for about an hour or two. Be prepared for that. The driver is very stiff before break in. It was noisy, would pop very easily, had no guts and sounded very bad. At first I thought it was junk.
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2010
    Here are a few pics. The one pic is of a counter sunk screw. I like how they did that.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited February 2010
    madmax wrote: »
    When first powered up the sub sounded like **** for about an hour or two. Be prepared for that. The driver is very stiff before break in. It was noisy, would pop very easily, had no guts and sounded very bad. At first I thought it was junk.

    Sweet Sub, how does it sound now with some Break-in Time?
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2010
    danz1906 wrote: »
    Sweet Sub, how does it sound now with some Break-in Time?

    I am totally in love with it. I like it so much I'll be ordering a second one for stereo on my audiophile rig. It is so quick sounding and matches with other speakers so well you can't point to it an say its on. On real sub bass passages it does amazing things to the room but still gives no indication whether it is on or not. It makes other subs I've heard sound slow, sloppy and disconnected from the music.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited February 2010
    madmax wrote: »
    Here are a few pics. The one pic is of a counter sunk screw. I like how they did that.
    madmax

    That's known as a pocket-hole. If you suck at joinery, buy a pocket-hole jig. You'd be amazed at the results you can get with no experience whatsoever:

    Cheap but effective

    Pricey but better results
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited March 2010
    Awesome! Thanks for sharing the pics. Do you have a pic of how you have it set up in your rig?
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited March 2010
    organ wrote: »
    Awesome! Thanks for sharing the pics. Do you have a pic of how you have it set up in your rig?

    Not yet. I have a hard set rule with all speaker placement, I try everything before settling on the final location due to room variance. Right now it is between me and the speakers, sitting there as a coffee table would, mouth facing me. Keep in mind it is a huge room with added walkway to the side and a big open kitchen/diningroom area at the back. All in all its about 20' wide and 32' long with double high ceilings so placement options are not really obvious.
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited March 2010
    madmax wrote: »
    Here are a few pics. The one pic is of a counter sunk screw. I like how they did that.
    madmax


    yep, full on Geek Emeritus Status........here is a pic of my screw......
    enjoy Chuck!!!!

    RT1
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  • Wardsweb
    Wardsweb Posts: 935
    edited March 2010
    I was looking at that at one time. Glad you like it. Bass horns are great in my opinion. They are a lot more musical and don't give you that thump slam like a car going down the street.

    I use to run a pair of 18" Bassmaxx B1's in my home theater and it was insane. With the new house and new setup I've gone with a Danley Sound Labs DTS-10 tapped horn sub. You can read about it under this post: http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1292483
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited March 2010
    Wardsweb wrote: »
    With the new house and new setup I've gone with a Danley Sound Labs DTS-10 tapped horn sub. You can read about it under this post: http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1292483


    GD, that's sexy. I think I'd call it more of a tapered TL, though... but maybe I'm looking at it wrong.
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    Backburner:Krell KAV-300i
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