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  2. New Bose System!? Or Something Else?

    in General Audio - Can't find a category for your question? Ask here.

    Posted · Edited by MickyMcD

    Yeah, the speakers are cheap, the quality is okay, but the unique thing about Bose is---- The Eqaulization that they use for sound control

    They know that bass is 360hz and lower, that is where bass is non localized, so why do you need speakers that play lower than 360hz on the satelite speakers?? You can have a "BASS" module that takes care of all that. No, its not a subwoofer, thats a bass module. Bose doesnt make any subwoofers. They built 1 subwoofer for concert use, it was just a really big bass tube, thats it, nothing special

    So, yeah, BOSE is all Marketing, and engineering on the equalization of sound to the listeners point of view-

    Better sound through Research-

    Better sound to the ears of the researched consumer- 50+yrs old

    Ba-baa-daa! And someone who knows has spoken. The first thing every sound company did when the BOSE 801 was realeased was buy shitloads of them to stack/array them. Funnily enough, they sounded like crap and feed back. And they do that becuase they are extremely mid heavy. The older generation like it. Most (not all) younger folk do not. Personal preference really. I just want flat 20/20 response to stop feedback.

    Alpine, grab that for the price. Worst comes to worse, you still have a perfectly good stereo system, BOSE or not.

    Cheers,

    Mick

  3. Sub Cancellation?

    in Subwoofers / Enclosures

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    A common chamber enclosure can be slightly more or less effecient than a dual chamber or multiple chamber design, depending on who or how it was designed. However, pray that one woofer does not fail at high volume as if it does, it will act as a radiator and raise the enclosure volume, effectively cancelling what the intact driver is doing. This rise in enclosure space will drop the resonant frequency, and your other sub will mechanically destroy itself. For safety's sake, devide it.

    In direct response to your question, allow for at least one to one and a half driver spaces between them.

    Cheers,

    Mick

  5. Subs In Cold Weather

    in Subwoofers / Enclosures

    Posted

    The largest danger with cold weather regarding drivers is condensation on the voice coil. Enough condensation can provide a sufficient environment for a short circuit and can also damage or destroy the glue holding the voice coil to the former. As Bibby has mentioned, just warm them up gradually. This will provide ample time for the coils to get nice and warm whilst running dry. If you can afford it, use a battery charger to keep the electrical up and constantly play very low levels of noise through the drivers when not using the vehicle. This constant noise will keep the coils warm and will prevent condensation, however I know that it is not always practical in the automotive environment.

    Cheers,

    Mick

  9. 60 Inch Subwoofer!? Mid To High 180db's!?

    in Subwoofers / Enclosures

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    It's not even an electrically powered speaker. It's powered by a hidden cam similar to the subwoofer the Mythbusters built. I don't believe it would do 180+dB more like 160ish.

    May I suggest you read this article, http://allaboutrides.blogspot.com/2007/03/...-subwoofer.html paying particular attention to the cone area sizes and displacement figures, and then learn about hypothetical pressure limits before saying what the woofer can and cannot do.

    Cheers,

    Mick

  10. 4" Voice Coil?

    in Subwoofers / Enclosures

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    A larger voice coil allows for improved heat disspation, even weight and drive on the cone and helps prevent cone resonances. Older drivers from the 60's and 70's mostly had very small coils (usually 1.5/2" on 15" drivers) and as a result have very 'ringy' cones that tend to resonate during normal use.

    A larger coil, through the acts of heat dissapation and power handling, reduces annoying, and for car audio concerns volume losing, Power Compression. The Ramsdell Pro Audio BP-SD21, 21" Band Pass Subwoofer - 'The Sub Engine' has some of the lowest power compression figures in the industry thanks to it's 6" voice coil.

    Cheers,

    Mick

  14. Wtf Someone Imed Me Stealing My Ip Addy?

    in Off Topic - Random, Misc posts - the forum "Junk Drawer"

    Posted

    If someone has your IP, it isn't that big of a deal at all. In fact, nearly all forum posts on most forums are IP logged. You just have to be worried if this person knows how to access machines unlawfully. Make sure your firewall is up, strong and running well. Encrypt personal information, password files with different passwords (that have certain degrees of complexity) and make sure anti-virus is up to date.

    Plus, you have a dynamic IP. That means that it will change every specific time frame. Unlike us suckers with Staic IP's, you are quite safe. Just play your cards close to your chest, get your machine up to date and you'll be cool.

    Cheers,

    Mick

  16. Sae Institute

    in Off Topic - Random, Misc posts - the forum "Junk Drawer"

    Posted

    From what everyone in the Live Sound industry has told me, unless you want to be doing studio recording and studio recording only, SAE is not the go. If you do want to be mixing for albums, films etc. then SAE is right where you want to be man. If you want to be mixing Live Sound, do not go to SAE or any 'schools', just get into the business straight up.

    On the other hand, if you want to be doing repairs on equipment, designing euq. then Electrical Engineering is where it's at.

    Cheers,

    Mick

  17. 2k Home Stereo Subwoofers

    in Pro Audio / Home Audio / Home Theatre

    Posted

    Just to answer your last to questions and to defend a product;

    1) The XTi 2000 is an amplifier made by Crown Audio. In this case, I would highly reccommend you do not get a XTi2000. I would reccommend a Crown MacroTech MA-5002Vz or the MA-3600Vz for genuine multiple 1k woofers.

    2) Behringer recieves un-neccessary negative feedback from people who have not used their products before. It works fine, just do not expect it to do anything more than they say it will. However, for what you require in this situation, the Behringer products are not the answer. They will not deliver the power you require.

    3) Uhhhhhh.......yeah, $189 is definately not enough for a 2k amp.

  23. Iran: Ahmadinejad Live Speech At Columbia University

    in Off Topic - Random, Misc posts - the forum "Junk Drawer"

    Posted

    That's cool Megalo, I can see your point. Hell, I will admit, they make me pretty uncomfortable as well. Especially when they hit on you, can really ruin the night. But like Accordman said, I'm not going to go out of my way to make life harder for homosexuals. Fuck, my boss is a homosexual. As long as their beliefs and actions stay with them, that's cool.

    I'm just always interested in what people think about a topic and have to say about a topic, thus me asking.

    Cheers,

    Mick

  24. Iran: Ahmadinejad Live Speech At Columbia University

    in Off Topic - Random, Misc posts - the forum "Junk Drawer"

    Posted

    meh who cares. I personally dont like gay people either. i am open about it too.

    I am not a homosexual nor do I have problems with any homosexual, but I do wish to know why you don't like them. This isn't a joke or a barb, I am genuinly inerested to know why you don't like them. Does it fighten you or is it the general idea? Once again, this isn't a joke or insult, jsut curious.

    Cheers,

    Mick

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