I have a pair of Shiva X's which I am going to use in my new three way speaker system (when we get the new house built) & I was wondering if they could be used in an extended bass shelf design.
I don't listen to music or movies at high levels but would like to get a bit deeper bass.
My current amp is the Pioneer VSX 710 and I rarely get it above -45.
The pioneer has a sub amp built in, mono only, with adjustable gain for all speakers.
It's only a stop gap measure to utilise these till we get the new place built with dedicated room,
The pioneer is 120 Watt per channel. I tried to get it tuned as low as possible as I don't know if the amp has any LPF built in to prevent over-excursion.
As for the box, I have no real plans yet, I would consider getting a sonotube to minimize footprint.
A large box won't fit in the room as it is. I had contemplated using the fireplace and chimney.... but a sonotube may be the best bet as we currently have ten foot ceilings.
You mean a high pass filter, you probably won't be needing one with this setup. If you're planning for future use, the sub will handle 360 watts with Xmax being reached at just under 12 hz. Porting will have to be a 6 inch diameter to keep the air speed down. SpL is 107 db in the 13 - 20 hz range, plus room gain.
HPF... LPF... It's late - 10:30, I've had several glasses of a very nice hunter shiraz :neener:
Until I found this forum I hadn't realised that you could buy the "sonotubes" even though I had seen them on building sites. I must download the software and have a play.
Is there a height from the floor that they need to be based on driver size?
HPF... LPF... It's late - 10:30, I've had several glasses of a very nice hunter shiraz :neener:
Until I found this forum I hadn't realised that you could buy the "sonotubes" even though I had seen them on building sites. I must download the software and have a play.
Is there a height from the floor that they need to be based on driver size?
Mike, how did you save your winisd plots? they are much clearer than mine.
I did a screen shot and pasted in Adobe Photoshop and changed the resolution to 800x600 then jpeg'd them.
Paste the screen shot in Paint. Select and cut the part you want and paste into a new Paint window. Save as a jpeg. Open you Pictures folder and resize the pic to "small" with Image Resizer.
I have been looking at the Sonosub software and it has the option of a top cap over the port, is this just to keep things from falling in or does it help with the sound?
Update:
After phoning the hardware store and asking about cardboard Sonotubes they said they didn't have that brand but did have "form-a-tube" in 457 mm width, which I promptly ordered to be delivered.
Upon delivery the tube is made from 2 mm sheet metal! So I sent it back.
I phoned the Sonotube importers to find if there are any distributors close by and the closest is 2 1/2 hours away.
Did more searching and found a build using laminated ply. This looked promising so I did the calculations and it only gives a tube of 400 mm which means it would have to be 2.5 m long.
Ok, I'm going to try to make a tube fromlight guage MDF.
I figure a diameter of 470 mm or 18 odd inches should put me in the ballpark.
The thread I found using 3 sheets of 1.5 mm ply to make a thickness of 4.5 mm or 1/4" doesn't seem practical as "Mr Plywood" want's au$80.00 per sheet.
I am thinking of building it with three legs from floor to top of port and the MDF routed into slots running up the length of the tube with internal bracing to keep the shape.
I will send them an email to find out pricing and delivery. (the delivery might put it over budget as they are 500 miles away)
I haven't seen any builds like I'm contemplating so I might just go ahead anyway and see how it turns out.
I sketched out the size of the internal baffles and you're right, it's going to be BIG.
However, I checked the corner of the room behind the tv and there is enough room.
The Sonosub calculator says that the main resonance is around 85 Hz and to add damping at the end.
I was wondering if I cut a circle out of the thin mdf and made a spiral in the tube at about 2/5ths the length if this would break up the resonance.
Has anyone tried this?
I would like to build the LLT. I will be using the Ultimax 15" DVC. Also have (4) 4" x 18" flared ports to use if necessary. The enclosure will be behind the couch so it will have to be narrow 18"/20" but up to 30/32" tall and 50/60" long. Recommendations for speaker/port location would be...
I should have taken more pictures of this build, but I did most of the assembly in a hurry one night after the rest of the family was in bed. Anyway, I had a full marty with a Dayton classic 15 that sounded amazing but I was suffering from massive room gain in one corner and the inability to...
Hey guys, so budget is a limiting factory for my build its a 500mm cube I don't mind ported or sealed but need sub 30hz(my mains comfortably get to about 35 before they roll off too steep)
I am in the UK so somthing available here would help as I would have to spend on shipping & import duties...
Another build helping my workshop friend with his cabinets.
Mainly music but maybe movies in the future.
Drivers: Eminence Lab 12
100liter probably around 90liters usable.
Ported optional Sealed.
Dual 4" ports.
Tuned to 27hz.
Portspeed below 15m/s
Highpass Bessel 3order 20hz.
1port sealed...
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