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  1. JohnGil

    Looking for a DIY kit that might rival the Onix Reference Ones.

    Check out http://www.northcreekmusic.com/#LoudspeakerKits excellent DIY kits.
  2. JohnGil

    Okay, what's the secret...

    plenty of elmers wood glue and calk the seams insides the box after the boxes are built. You can also glue and screw but dont use too big of a screw and pre drill or you will get cracks in the mdf. If you do glue and screw use a counter sink and fill the holes with bondo not wood putty. I...
  3. JohnGil

    Do I really need an Ultra? What about Plus or ISD?

    I wish Ron would just give him a sub just to shut him up. :)
  4. JohnGil

    I need help recognizing a DIY Kit

    Some North Creek Music system speakers have an option for ScanSpeak kevlar mid woofers. Hard to tell with out pictures.
  5. JohnGil

    What's the best way to hang your DIY projector screen?

    I used aluminum channel iron on the wall and on the screen frame. This allows you to hang the screen very level and you can also move the screen left and right if need be and take it down very easy.
  6. JohnGil

    Holy Cow! Take A Look At These Speaker Systems!!!!

    I don't care about weight either. Since when does weight dictate a speakers sound quality? I'm confused hear. Towers do not have to be 100 lbs to have good sound quality. Its a big misconception. ------------------------------------------------------------ Hate to burst you buble dude but...
  7. JohnGil

    Speaker Buzz...

    Do you have a cable box in your room? I have the spacer system as well. All was fine untill zi pluged the comosite wall cable into the hdtv cable box. I fixed the buzz by running the composite cable into a panamax surge protector/filter firtst and then to the hdtv cable reciver. I dont...
  8. JohnGil

    Sub-woofer question........>>>

    Thats a pretty big room for such a small sub. At best even if its working properly you still wont get high output levels of bass from a HTB system sorry. Also is "anything coming from the sub"(sound that is)?
  9. JohnGil

    Another SVS thread...

    When products like the SVS PB2-Ultra and the A-V Denali are available in the $2000-$2400 price range, a product like the $9,000 (!!) REL Studio III (with its 500 watts and twin 10" drivers) is suddenly marginalized as a prohibitively expensive and incredibly overpriced imported British...
  10. JohnGil

    Fine-tuning a sub-woofer

    $75.00 from a pawn shop was in like new condition, box and everything.
  11. JohnGil

    Powered Sub Problem..... Help

    Correct, The LFE info should just go to the subs.
  12. JohnGil

    Powered Sub Problem..... Help

    When your mains are set to large your subs will only get LFE. You have to calibrate, thats the most imprtant thing you can do. Also you may want to co-locate your subs for added output. Also try running your mains on small. I know your thinking "I just bought full range speakers". Running your...
  13. JohnGil

    Powered Sub Problem..... Help

    Did you recalibrate with DVE or AVIA. Also how do you have your subs crossed over (are the mains set to small or do they just recive LFE)?
  14. JohnGil

    Martin Logan Depth may be the sound I'm looking for.

    I own an SVS and im not blind. There is always a bigger fish!
  15. JohnGil

    Martin Logan Depth may be the sound I'm looking for.

    The fans of it aren't very nice people? HAHAHAHA........ SVS fans and many others have been very helpful to you, me included. We have offered our UN-biased opinions time and again to help you out. A day latter after you say you have made a choice your second guess it. I never post like I...
  16. JohnGil

    Martin Logan Depth may be the sound I'm looking for.

    I do not care if a sub is loud. I especially do not want a distorted boomy sunfire... I mean sub. I want a sub that disappears and is as accurate as possible. Yes when I tried out the Sunfire it made bass but I had the F-ing thing at a Quarter volume. Because it was just too damn loud. Now I...
  17. JohnGil

    What are some good 8"subs

    I belive the defteck super cube is a 8" design similar to the sunfire.
  18. JohnGil

    Thank You SVS

    Received my new 20-39+ yesterday. I bought it on a dare from someone on this BB. They were right. This is the BEST Feeling sound EVER. Still need to get an SPL meter BUT Oh man what a feeling. Seems this venture is going to continue costing me cash. Watched Matrix and lost a crystal candle...
  19. JohnGil

    Couple Questions regarding SVS PC-Ultra.

    The Darla taping scene from Finding Nemo pointed out a few rattles in my dedicated theater that I never knew about...gonna have to fix those somehow. Well two thumbs up for the Ultra. I know the feeling. I have a few rattles to fix as well that my 20-39pc+ brought to my attn. Glad to here...
  20. JohnGil

    What method do you use to toe in speakers?

    I start off with them facing forward. Then I start toeing them in, in 1/2 increments untill Tracy Chapman is dead center. Once that has hapend I start to adjust the spikes in one turn increments untill her voice is floating about 5' off the ground.
  21. JohnGil

    Invitation to Seattle area DIYers

    Yeah, Im using a SVS 20-39pc+ I know I broke the rules of the DIY but my theater room use to be my garage and now I have to do projects outside, its winter and I needed a sub. Before I got the sub I played with placement allot with the rhythms. As they sit now I have the center of the front...
  22. JohnGil

    Invitation to Seattle area DIYers

    I do have pictures but they are low res and my digital cameras had developed a large amount of dust blobs. I finished them about 3 months ago and used Zebra wood veneer. Here are a couple links to the pic's of them. The pics are bad and don't do them Justice. I added a plinth to the bottoms...
  23. JohnGil

    More bass!

    I down loaded sine wave test tones from 16-120hz and played them from my dvd player while measuring each one with a radio shack SPL meter then plotted them in a graph available on line. I wasn't saying for you to put your sub in the rear left corner it was mainly to show that different...
  24. JohnGil

    More bass!

    When I first got my 20-30pc+ I wasn't that impressed. I had it in the front right corner of my room (almost the same dims as yours). I had a peak at 22hz and a null from 33-41hz so I was missing all the good stuff from 33-41hz. I moved the sub to the rear left corner and the measured. The...
  25. JohnGil

    Subwoofer not working correctly :(

    Is it a powered sub? If so does it power the satellite speakers (like bose) or do the satellites get connected via receiver? If the speakers feed off the sub sounds like you need to adjust the crossover frequency. If its the other way around it sounds like you need to boost the sub channel or...
  26. JohnGil

    Not very happy with SVS...

    I know that waiting is painfull. . Im sure that they must have given reason for the delay, I doubt that they would not give you a reason. The wait is worth it trust me. I would never give up mt 2039pc+ unless it was for a bigger SVS. :)
  27. JohnGil

    Invitation to Seattle area DIYers

    George W This is a great idea! I've just signed up and I'll be bringing along my newly completed North Creek Rhythm speakers. ------------------------------------------------------------ George what North Creeks did you just build. I just recently built a pair of Rhythm/Revelators. I would...
  28. JohnGil

    Invitation to Seattle area DIYers

    Yeah! I'll be there.
  29. JohnGil

    Sub question. My house is built on a concrete slab!

    My theater room is built in a cocrete block detached garage and has concrete floor with heavy pad and carpet. I personaly have NO issues with this. The bass is clean tight and deep and actualy you can still feel the sub through the concrete. I have a SVS 20-39pc+. Also IMO a concrete...
  30. JohnGil

    Invitation to Seattle area DIYers

    Had I know they were that close to my house I would have stopped in there long ago to check everything out? Small world.
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