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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: weazely on December 06, 2008, 04:37:06 PM
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Hey who here has gone that extra mile and added after market subwoofers? If you have please tell the base information about them. Also tell if you are pleased with them....Pictures are welcomed!
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Car or Home?
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both :D
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Can't go wrong with JL Audio.
Also make sure you get an amp with enough watts running to the subs as well.
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I have a Cerwin Vega subwoofer in my home stereo setup, 12" down-firing driver. I like it very much.
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I have a Cerwin Vega subwoofer in my home stereo setup, 12" down-firing driver. I like it very much.
I have been a CV fan for quite some time. I have been waiting for an excusse to take the plunge on this-
http://reviews.cnet.com/surround-speaker-systems/cerwin-vega-cvhd-5/4505-7868_7-32436093.html
I would eventually add a second sub. :devil
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Don't add a second sub unless you have a VERY LARGE Room. It will make the Low End worse. Some tend to think otherwise and they regret it. I used to be a Forum regular on Sound and Visions Forum, but grew tired of the cookie cutter replies, brand bias instead of research, etc.
You're in Michigan I believe, if you want the biggest bang for the buck subwoofer money can buy, look no further than these guys:
http://www.svsound.com/products.cfm (http://www.svsound.com/products.cfm)
If you email them with ANY QUESTION, they reply. The OWNERS are the ones replying, not some other employee. These are bar none the best subs for your HT that money can buy. Quality is equal to REL, Price is right, they don't use cheap components and their customer service has already made waves as did Outlaw Audio.
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Word of warning.
If you get one for your car do NOT drive past my house in the wee hours of the morning "WOOMP WOOM WOOMP WOOM WOOMP WOOM"
Or you may end up with a brick entering your rear window.
you guys want some good investment advise.
Buy stock in companies that make hearing aids.
I predict within the next 20-30 years there will be a great demand for them
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Velodyne 1812 is my recommendation for a home subwoofer. Rel can't hold a candle to Velodyne.
There's a saying there's no replacement for displacement and it's true with subwoofers. The bigger speakers / more speakers you have the more accurate sound you'll get providing you adjust them correctly.
I have a 18" folded horn subwoofer with Precision Devices driver in it.
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Word of warning.
If you get one for your car do NOT drive past my house in the wee hours of the morning "WOOMP WOOM WOOMP WOOM WOOMP WOOM"
Or you may end up with a brick entering your rear window.
you guys want some good investment advise.
Buy stock in companies that make hearing aids.
I predict within the next 20-30 years there will be a great demand for them
The hearing aids that they are making now a days dont last too long. The current pair that I have are a set of Oticon digital hearing aids. I currently go through a ton of batteries for them. The battery companies that produce stuff for hearing aids would be the companies to invest in, since the batteries always die and you have to get more from somewhere.
Arian
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yeah You should get an Amplifier and a capacitor, that way your lights wont blink with the subwoofer load.
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My car came from the factory with 2-10" subs and 1000 watt amps. I know nothing!
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Can't go wrong with JL Audio.
Also make sure you get an amp with enough watts running to the subs as well.
Most brand name subs (alteast here) for you home has amps in em. Most A/V recievers has a sub-out port for them.
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Most brand name subs (alteast here) for you home has amps in em. Most A/V recievers has a sub-out port for them.
Yeah I was talking about for a car though.
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ah ok.. dunno anything about those
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Don't add a second sub unless you have a VERY LARGE Room. It will make the Low End worse. Some tend to think otherwise and they regret it. I used to be a Forum regular on Sound and Visions Forum, but grew tired of the cookie cutter replies, brand bias instead of research, etc.
I don't think this works as a blanket statement, matching the sub to room is very important. Placing the sub in the room is equally important, two poorly placed subs can make things worse, but two well placed subs in the room can help sooth out the bass response in the space and reduce the number or peaks and valley in the acoustics of the room. Multiple woofers isn't about making things louder it's more about compensating for the room they're in.
The quick and easy way to determine best subwoofer placement is to put the sub in the primary listening position and then walk around the room (or better make a fool of yourself in front of your family and loved ones and crawl). Play something with a repetitive or continuous bass line and find the position where it sounds best and put the subwoofer there.
As far as subwoofer (home) recommendations I'm currently a fan of Velodyne (http://www.velodyne.com/main.aspx (http://www.velodyne.com/main.aspx). I recently had a meeting with their regional sales rep who took me through the line and it's very thorough with lots of subs for different conditions and at many price points, subwoofers is all they make and they do a pretty bang up job of it.
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Just because you have two subs doesn't mean you have to have them cranked. Two subs won't have to work as hard, will have better dynamic response and will be less likely to bottom out when they are pushed. Another poster stated the fact "there's no replacement for displacement". Never a truer fact spoken. The difference is that you are better off with two 250 watt 12 in subs than one 500 watt 18 in sub. There is much more surface area in the two 12s and less mass, therefore moving more air more efficiently and more accurately.
(I have two 18 in folded horn CVs in my PA system backed by a dedicated 2800 Mackie amp :devil )
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Done. You guys get two. Enjoy continuing the topic! Wow, I guess some have money to burn, go for it.