If 2 subs are good, and 4 even better, what do you call 9?

[theJman]

I call it my living room! This is what it looks like in my house right now:







About a year ago I said to myself "ya know, I want to see what it's like to evaluate subwoofers". Seemed harmless enough at the time, but I should have known better; between my inherent tenacity, and being type A to begin with, this is how it turned out. That's not all of them either; I have three others boxed up waiting for call tags so I can send them back. For those counting that's an even dozen subwoofers, and that doesn't include the ones I've already reviewed and sent back. Well, sort of; three of them in the picture I have reviewed, two of which I now own. I also own a third sub, which is among them as well, but I'm not telling which it is. Yup, it's a tough job, but someone has to do it.

And before anyone asks... no, my living room is not where I store them. I have a spare bedroom that I use as a staging area, but it was too small for me to line up that many subwoofers and get a picture - I just couldn't back up far enough.


So how about a little contest? Think you know your subwoofers? Can you guess what they are? See if you can at least get all the manufacturers, or if you're feeling brave go for the model too. Betcha no one gets every one of them...




Front Row (left to right)
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:




Back Row (left to right)
1:
2:
3:
4:

[gtpsuper24]

Front Row
1.
2. Rumba 12
3.
4.XTZ
5.

Back Row
1.Crystal Acoustics
2.
3. SpeakerCraft
4. PSA XS15

Kind of interested in that large ported #5

[templemaners]

If 2 subs are good, and 4 even better, what do you call 9?

A nice start on the way to 16.

[walter duque]

Kind of interested in that large ported #5

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I am sure it's not a Source Technologies, but it kind of looks like it.
http://www.sourcespeaker.com/-_HVS_s...-27-09.doc.pdf

[mtrycrafts]

What is the purpose besides satisfying a desire?
Did you do any measurements?
Did you hook up 4 at once, or more, how did it sound?
How many will you keep?
Will we be reading your reviews anytime soon?

[theJman]

Front Row
1.
2. Rumba 12
3.
4.XTZ
5.

Back Row
1.Crystal Acoustics
2.
3. SpeakerCraft
4. PSA XS15

Kind of interested in that large ported #5

Three right out of those five guesses. You've done the best thus far.

[theJman]

I am sure it's not a Source Technologies, but it kind of looks like it.
http://www.sourcespeaker.com/-_HVS_s...-27-09.doc.pdf

Holy crap, you got my ace in the hole! I didn't figured anybody was going to guess that one. Very astute observation.

[theJman]

What is the purpose besides satisfying a desire?
Did you do any measurements?
Did you hook up 4 at once, or more, how did it sound?
How many will you keep?
Will we be reading your reviews anytime soon?

Let's see if I can get all of these in the correct order...

* no purpose, other then to do a review on each of them
* I will, once it's their turn to be reviewed
* nah, that would be way too hard to calibrate, since they're so vastly different
* none, except for the ones I already own - they belong to the respective manufacturers, so I have to send them back
* yup, I'll be posting them over the next few months - it takes a while to review that many subwoofer

[walter duque]

Holy crap, you got my ace in the hole! I didn't figured anybody was going to get that one. Very astute observation.

John Sollecito has been a personal friend of mine for way over 20 years., BTW how is that sub? I've been using his speakers from the JSE Infinite Slope days. John and I go way back. I am running a full 7.4 Source Technologies System. These speakers can take some major abuse and don't blow. The system can idle at around 120 db, what a rush. Powered by Cinepro of course.

[theJman]

John Sollecito has been a personal friend of mine for way over 20 years., BTW how is that sub? I've been using his speaker from the JSE Infinite Slope days. John and I go way back. I am running a full 7.4 Source Technologies System. These speakers can take some major abuse and don't blow. The system can idle at around 120 db, what a rush. Powered by Cinepro of course.

No fair, you're a ringer!

I just got the sub on Friday, so no impressions just yet. I have 3 others that I received before this one. Once those are done I'll be able to look at the HVS 10.