Thoughts on subwoofers

NINaudio

NINaudio

Audioholic Samurai
I'd get a 3000, with a 1300 square foot room, you're talking about 8000+ cubic feet of volume!
 
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shadyJ

Speaker of the House
Staff member
Written review on the PB 3000:
133 dB of SPL at 30 Hz! You’ll have 800 watts RMS of continuous power and 2,500 watts of peak power on hand. This kind of deep bass and power is not something you are going to want to have in an apartment or condo unless you are totally isolated from your neighbors as you will likely get a stream of complaints if you crank this guy up to its full potential
Lol 133 dB at 30 Hz? Um no. Maybe if you put your ear right next to the cone. It's a good sub, but that is an absurd number.
 
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MacCali

Full Audioholic
Sounds like a dual-opposed design, several companies make them. I have one, and my next diy will be one. Seaton Submersive is one fairly famous one....
Yup, found it now. Thanks man I really appreciate that, was searching for an hour LOL -_-

 
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MacCali

Full Audioholic
Sounds like a dual-opposed design, several companies make them. I have one, and my next diy will be one. Seaton Submersive is one fairly famous one....
I mean does the vibration really go down with this design?
 
lovinthehd

lovinthehd

Audioholic Jedi
I mean does the vibration really go down with this design?
Yes, the cabinet is nearly inert with the opposed drivers cancelling each other out on the motive force that you might get from a single driver (i.e. the sub crawling/dancing a bit). I seem to remember an ad for either the Seaton or the one I have (Epik Empire) where they'd balance a quarter on edge on the cabinet while it was playing at high volume....
 
lovinthehd

lovinthehd

Audioholic Jedi
Ya I'm sure the 137lbs has nothing to do with it (eyes rolling)
Not a lot really. It's mostly from the cancellation of forces. Put two drivers, an amp and a stoutly braced box of mdf all together and it's gonna weigh a bit....think mine is 120. My diy will be baltic birch ply to keep the weight down a bit.
 
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MacCali

Full Audioholic
I wonder if the Elac adante sub is the same concept, looks like it.
 
lovinthehd

lovinthehd

Audioholic Jedi
I wonder if the Elac adante sub is the same concept, looks like it.
Similar, it has two opposed drivers but they're not exactly opposed, the box is trapezoidal...might be close enough tho.
 

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