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Demiurge
Demiurge Posts: 10,874
edited June 2003 in Subwoofer Hookup & Bass Management
I live in an upper condo type apartment and while I was at work today I decided to go out in the shop and cut 4 - 1 1\2" X 2 1\2 hollowed square tube to stick under my sub between the sub bottom and the carpet. I thought it would allow for more powerfull bass in the room and lessen the blow on the lady downstairs :p


I hope I don't sound like I'm off my rocker here, and I haven't set it up like this yet. I'm just wondering if anyone else has done this? Is it a bad thing? Or a good thing? Let me know what you think.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,052
    edited June 2003
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    Works well if it is a down firing subwoofer. That is why a down-firing subwoofer is raised off the floor anyways, however I could see the bass volume amazingly......drop if you raise it off the ground. The way the subwoofer sits on the floor, I would think would differ the sound quality. It could possibly be louder, yet boomier. I dont know, try it - don't like it, take it down. However, I do not see any advantages to it.

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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited June 2003
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    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!?
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,052
    edited June 2003
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    Originally posted by Demiurge
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    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!?

    To solve all your problems.......DUDE........YOUR GETTING A DELL!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited June 2003
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    You're
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited June 2003
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    Originally posted by Demiurge
    Let me know what you think.
    I think somebody was bored and decided to go fishing... :rolleyes:
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited June 2003
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    And boy did he get a bite, that was entertaining.
    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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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
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    So is anyone else going to comment on the actual question?
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
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    I'm still trying to figure out what a 'hollowed rectangular tube' would look like.
    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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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,052
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    Russ, look in the mirror when you take a crap......
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited June 2003
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    you mean hollowed metal tube? wood, plastic?? square metal tubing?? I don't follow either,

    you have the psw450, so you mean build a platform for it to sut upon, what benny would you get from this unless you had concrete in the form/platform..

    Also does the idea i have heard of getting a concrete slab for under the sub really help, or only for a down firing sub.. also the 450 fire forward so again what would lifting it up help any??
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
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    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    I'm still trying to figure out what a 'hollowed rectangular tube' would look like.

    Gold, Gold i tell ya!!!!!!!!! :D:D is that like a rounded square??

    edit: It's friday and the 13th no less.. wheres all the funny **** forum jokes ??????Russman
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    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

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    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited June 2003
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    Heh, Seriously...


    It's square so it has 4 sides...you follow?

    ....ok...

    ....It's about 1\4 thick on all 4 sides and the middle of it is hollowed. Please don't make me post a picture of it.

    I was more looking to see if it would cut down on beating the hell out of the floor and pissing off the neighbor. Not for sound quality purposes.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
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    It might help cut down a little, depending on how heavy it is, and what it's made of.

    The best thing I think of is to isolate the sub from the floor, which can be accomplished by placing it on a heavy peice of slate (from your local garden center).

    Cheers,
    Russ (aka dickhead) ;)
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,052
    edited June 2003
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    Originally posted by Demiurge
    You're

    :rolleyes: ....................:rolleyes: DUDE.................*YOU'RE* YOUR GETTING A EFFIN FRIGGIN YOU'RE EFFIN DELL DANGIT! YOUR GETTING ONE!
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  • LiquidSound
    LiquidSound Posts: 1,261
    edited June 2003
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    "Or you could just take a semi-inflated 12" inner tube and put it under yer sub. Makes my sub more isolated than a russian gulag... Tightens up bass and keeps glasses from falling off my mini bar" -cletusmcgee

    Too funny...but I bet it works well.
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