Looking to run a true 5HZ signal to my Sub woofers but think my anthem receiver will Bottle neck this.

[Allen Vos]

I've never owned one but with a specific focus on infrasonic frequency response down to 5Hz, I suspect the UMIK-1 is iffy. "Frequency response: 20 Hz - 20kHz +/-1dB with calibration loaded "

You might consider omnidirectional calibration mics from companies like Earthworks, B&K, and DPA. [Much pricier though]. Not that I'm well read on them but they are some of the big names in the field that come to mind.

UPDATE: Keep in mind that just because some people post graphs showing readings for low, single digit bass on some mics like the UMIK-1, this doesn't prove they are necessarily accurate values.

Appreciate the insights. I'm going to kick things off with the UMIK-1 mic once everything is live, check out the results, and see how things progress from there

 

[Nondemo01]

Considering I am a moderator on this forum, I welcome your so called simple questions so we can send you packing. No patience for stupid here. Go ask this on avs and see if you get more love. Good bye.

Perhaps you shouldn't be a moderator with responses such as this. A reader asks a question and some asshat goes off on him for being "stupid"? See yourself out thanks.

 

[TLS Guy]

They won't be, they will be pure fiction.

 

[m. zillch]

5Hz is used for riot control

Infrasonic sound also can cause a fight/flight response in some people and in some instances nausea.

I have a rock solid stomach and I only get nauseous maybe once every decade. It's an extremely rare event for me. Anyway I was home and tapping on my computer when suddenly out of the blue I felt nauseous. Not severe but it came on instantly. About a second or two later I suddenly hear everything in my room that hangs (like plants on chains, headphone extension cords, etc.) start to gently swing back and forth.—"What the?!"— It was bizarre but only lasted a few seconds. I'd never experienced an earthquake in my life but on a whim I typed in my towns' name and "earthquake" and google confirmed they only happen where I lived once a century at most so "unlikely", I though to myself.
Then five minutes later my phone lights up and I was getting all sorts of alerts: "town experiences first earthquake in a century!"