Does using subs as speaker stands hurt the sound?

[gus6464]

The title pretty much says it all.

 

[mazersteven]

What is "No"?

 

[Tomorrow]

The title pretty much says it all.

Nah, sounds are tough little guys...not easily hurt. Speakers, on the other hand...those are weanies and wusses.

 

[gus6464]

Nah, sounds are tough little guys...not easily hurt. Speakers, on the other hand...those are weanies and wusses.

Lol. I have spent the last 2 days messing around with sub designs and placement, then it just hit me that I could just go around the size constraints by just replacing my stands with subs. I was just curious if the vibrations caused by the sub would hurt my speakers somehow but I guess not.

 

[jamie2112]

The subs "could" damage the speakers by vibration only but that is a long shot unless you are running 120 db at 30 hz then you are going to be fine...

 

[Tomorrow]

JBL and other loudspeaker companies put together such active sub/speaker modular designs where the sub is the base for the speaker. Some are built into one chassis...check out DefTech, RBH, etc. There should be no damage caused by anything the sub can do unless it vibrates the speaker unit off the sub. JBL defeats this possibility by use of a bracket at the back of the sub/speaker units.

Have fun with your designs. Let's see them when they're done!

 

[gus6464]

Here is a stand box design I modeled for my Ikon2. It's 24" high, 15" high, and 15" deep. Driver is the Infinity Kappa 12VQ.

Name: Stand Box
Type: Closed Box
Shape: Prism, square
Vb = 2.266 cu.ft
Qtc = 0.795
F3 = 31.16 Hz
Fill = heavy

I saw a guy at AVS stuff his sub with pillows and he said they worked great so that's what I will be putting in the top and rear chambers. This is the modeled performance using BBPro.

A friend of mine who is very good in woodworking is going on vacation soon and said he would help me build them so that gives me time to get a hold of the drivers and other gear.

 

[mtrycrafts]

The title pretty much says it all.

Just make sure that the sub height doesn't raise your speaker too high.

 

[WmAx]

Here is a stand box design I modeled for my Ikon2. It's 24" high, 15" high, and 15" deep. Driver is the Infinity Kappa 12VQ.

Name: Stand Box
Type: Closed Box
Shape: Prism, square
Vb = 2.266 cu.ft
Qtc = 0.795
F3 = 31.16 Hz
Fill = heavy

I saw a guy at AVS stuff his sub with pillows and he said they worked great so that's what I will be putting in the top and rear chambers. This is the modeled performance using BBPro.

A friend of mine who is very good in woodworking is going on vacation soon and said he would help me build them so that gives me time to get a hold of the drivers and other gear.

If you are using a DCX2496, I highly recommend placing a high pass 2nd order Butterworth filter placed between 22-24 Hz to minimize excursion(thus maximizing dynamic range ability). If you want to get even better results, you can use the dynamic EQ bands on the DCX - but this requires more careful modelling/experimentation.

-Chris

 

[gus6464]

If you are using a DCX2496, I highly recommend placing a high pass 2nd order Butterworth filter placed between 22-24 Hz to minimize excursion(thus maximizing dynamic range ability). If you want to get even better results, you can use the dynamic EQ bands on the DCX - but this requires more careful modelling/experimentation.

-Chris

Yeah I will definitely be getting a DCX along with an EP2500. Since it's for a stereo setup I will try out a single EP2500 and see how it powers both subs considering I will never reach that SPL. Honestly I doubt I even reach 80dB when I listen to music.

 

[mazersteven]

How many times are we going to copy and paste the same IMAGE???

 

[3db]

How many times are we going to copy and paste the same IMAGE???

I give... How many??

 

[Hi Ho]

I use my sub as a speaker stand. The sound hasn't been affected and the speaker has not been damaged.

http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a327/Hi_Ho/Rythmik Sub/