r/subwoofer
Can you put a down firing subwoofer on its side?
I recently moved into the upper floor of a 2 family home. I have a 5.1 Vizio surround sound setup for my tv, and the subwoofer is down firing. I was thinking if I laid the subwoofer on its side, it would likely be less noisy and noticeable for our downstairs neighbors. Would this damage the subwoofer at all or have a large Impact sound quality?
I don't typically crank the sound system up super loud, but I just want to be considerate of our landlords downstairs lol.
Kicker quad measuring 3.5 ohms?
Website States dual 2-ohm terminals but these terminals seem far closer to 4 ohm was there a different version of the Quad box released with four ohm terminals?
Edit: the guy I bought it from had it on the back of his truck for 2 years and it seems the connections are just a little corroded the tinsel leads measure exactly the same it's just no power at the push terminals I wire wheeled one of them and is now fixed
Subwoofer advice for my space
Building out the audio setup on step at a time. Currently just running a pair of KEF Q1 Metas — need that bass pretty bad right now :)
Looking mostly at the SVS PB-1000 pro but I am wondering if the volume of my space necessitates something like the SVS PB-2000 pro instead.
Open to all thoughts and opinions, thanks!
Blew my W7-3, fix or replace?
I recently noticed my speaker started to crackle, like the voice coil is contacting the magnet or something. This was a very expensive speaker when I bought it over a decade ago, is it worth sending it to get refurbished? If so, any recommendations?
Finally got it!
I have wanted a JL Audio W6 (10” or 12”) for a long long time and I was able to finally get one!! The reviews and the reputation are definitely warranted as it sounds absolutely amazing. I put it in a larger sealed enclosure (1.15cuft) since I mainly listen to a lot of death/black metal and rap. So after working with ChatGPT on my music styles, the vehicle it’s going in (‘16 Wrangler 4 door), and the type of bass I prefer, we agreed on this. It’s powered by a JL Audio RD500/1 @2ohms. It’s fast and clean when listening metal and freakin’ slams on rap tracks. Highly Recommend!!!
DS18Ex XxL 15 slaps
Mannnn I have a one 15 setup in a 4.5 cube box on a massive 8K running at 2 ohms and it slaps. Sorry the model is Exl XX 15 inch subwoofer
Custom build 6th order sub with passive radiators
I built this about a month ago but didn't post a video because the Chambers had an air leak between them.
Now it's fully functional with a Sundown Audio u6.5 and 2 Dayton Audio ss10 passive radiators. since I don't think there is a software that can model this enclosure, I just used two separate passive radiator subwoofers on WINISD, and overlaid a sixth order response on top to get the estimated tuning frequency.
The est. tuning is 44hz and 66hz, but I don't really know.
How’s it looking. Skar EVL 12
First sub setup ever. The sub is on a skar rp 1500.1D