I looked into subs a year ago with the goal of
getting down to 16Hz with as little peaking as
possible. Several speaker experts I talked with
recommended the NHT 1259 kit with their supplied
amp.
http://www.madisound.com/ and select subwoofer kits.
They were too much for my budget so I bought 2-
10" Sonicraft speakers, made cabinets as per
their design and drove them with one 75 watt
stereo Hafler HA1600 amp. Used a Tapco cross-over
on eBay for $40; total cost was about $500 for
the pair. They seem to perform as well as the
best subs I listened to at the fancy audio
parlors. A larger amp (150+ watt) would probably
be better. Its common for me to have to roll off
under 10Hz to avoid excessive cone fluttering so
the transducers seem to be reproducing 16Hz
adequately. I gathered from my research that
flat frequency response from 80Hz down is most
difficult quality to obtain. The cheaper ones are
"tuned" to reproduce select resonant frequencies
which can be very low, but not faithful. My pair
has ~2dB peak around 42Hz but otherwise, but no
other frequencies jump out noticeably to my ears
or in the analysis I've done. Rob D.
At 12:21 PM -0400 8/3/04, Walter Knapp wrote:
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>> For full range sound reinforcement, you might try Bag End's products.
>> Their "ELF" processor used with a very compact cabinet can reproduce
>> easily into the teens (rated down to 8hz). The processor is very
>> sophisticated and does its job very well. Coupled with their time
>> aligned cabinets, you would have a very nice full range system. There
>> are available in studio as well as road models. For the low end, you'l=
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>Bag End's products are pretty pricey. Kind of hard to justify.
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>They at least get down somewhat into the infrasound range.
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>Loudspeakers are not birds,
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Rob Danielson
Film Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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