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

I guess I'm lucky in that I have a pretty stable 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!"

 

[highfigh]

I do see how bumpy the curve is.

I believe he was doing Room correction though, so you would want a microphone as opposed to a direct wire otherwise, how would you be able to see how the room reacts?

I have asked the question on the other forum, if a mini dsp was used. I will report back if I get an answer

Bottom line is I dont neccesarily need to play 5-10hz content on a regular basis , but I dont want to be limited at all by my hardware or software, if that makes sense?

Are you aware that humans don't perceive 5Hz as easily as 20Hz-20KHz and even in that range, we're far more sensitive to midrange frequencies?

 

[highfigh]

But say you had a pet elephant and wanted to build a speakerphone for him so he could communicate with other elephants in other towns?
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The point of Elephants having acuity in the 5Hz range is so they don't need a speakerphone unless they're very far away and at that point, the speaker isn't going to help much. Just like a car system builkt for Rap/Hip Hop, the bass is audible a long distance away.

 

[Allen Vos]

Are you aware that humans don't perceive 5Hz as easily as 20Hz-20KHz and even in that range, we're far more sensitive to midrange frequencies?

Most people can’t hear below 20 Hz, but you can definitely feel it on a solid home theater setup. Just to be clear, I won’t normally be running my subs down at 5–10 Hz anyway. I just want to make sure my gear won't bottleneck at 15–20 Hz, as I have the headroom to hit 5 Hz without overextending the drivers

 

[highfigh]

Most people can’t hear below 20 Hz, but you can definitely feel it on a solid home theater setup. Just to be clear, I won’t normally be running my subs down at 5–10 Hz anyway. I just want to make sure my gear won't bottleneck at 15–20 Hz, as I have the headroom to hit 5 Hz without overextending the drivers

I know that, but the energy needed to feel 5Hz is far more than what's needed for other frequencies. We actually start to use bone conduction in the 120HZ-150Hz range, according to the audiologist who tested my hearing the last time.

What's the FS of the drivers? You're planning to provide a lot of power for those too, right?

 

[Allen Vos]

I know that, but the energy needed to feel 5Hz is far more than what's needed for other frequencies. We actually start to use bone conduction in the 120HZ-150Hz range, according to the audiologist who tested my hearing the last time.

What's the FS of the drivers? You're planning to provide a lot of power for those too, right?

Dont even get me started on hearing loss. lol Ive been a licenced automotived mechanic/transmission builider for 25 years now and have already slight loss of the higher frequencies in my one ear. So im certain this entire home theater stuff wont help my cause. lol

The Fs for this particular driver is 20hZ i believe. However when the sub is placed in a sealed setup they have been know to hit 5-10hz with out issues. They are a custom made sub with 29mm of one way cone travel.

I have personally heard 4 of them in a similar sized room to mine and they sound absoulutley incredible.

Definitly puts my pair of paraidgm x-12's to shame

Im going to be running a CVR D-1004 rack mounted amp on 220 volts which can output a true 1700 watts rms with a 4 ohm load.

I will have to play with imput sensitivity and the mini dsp to ensure I dont put any more than 1200 watts RMS into each sub, which i believe is 69 AC volts at a 4 ohm load