| Sub Puppies
Okay, these puppies have had a chance to break in and I've done a little (emphasize *little*) bit of work playing with location and EQ. As you can see from the attached graph, these are pretty flat to 20 Hz. This is with minimal placement experiments and only three filters on the BFD (subtration only). Also, the graphs look about the same from all of my seating positions. I think I may be sold on multiple subs! I still need to figure out if that dip at 72Hz is from the interaction of the subs or whether it is some room related artifact from the new locations.
But numbers don't tell the whole story!
It really isn't fair to compare two sealed 12" subs with 500 watts each to my old system, a single Velodyne CHT-10 pushing 150 watts. That being said, my bass is now tighter, more even and goes much lower. The "fear effect" I had heard about but never experienced with my trusty Velodyne appears in full force with these subs. Explosions now feel like they are smashing me in the chest. Kick drums feel like, well, I'm being kicked. I have not yet listened to my blues and jazz but I'm confident these will articulate an upright bass with little difficulty.
On the second attachment you can see the finished product with the childproof kick guards.
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