EricHM
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- Dec 25, 2000
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So a few months ago I built a subwoofer using a partsexpress Titanic mkII 12" in about 5 cubic feet tuned to 23 hz or so and a 250w PE amp.
When I first hooked this sub up at my parents' house after I built it, I was blown away. The walls were shaking, and I could really feel the bass hit me in the chest. The bass was just dominating, very thick and very deep.
Then it came time to move this bad boy into my dorm room......and the results were very disappointing. Despite my room being smaller than the room I tested it in at my parents house, the bass output has almost completely disappeared. I've tried moving the sub all over the place, into every corner, along every wall, right smack in the middle of the room....you name it I've tried it.
No matter what, the level of output remained extremely lackluster. Right now I have the sub sitting in a corner of the room behind the TV, and from where I sit (pretty much in the middle of the room) I get almost no bass.
However, if I move to the very, very opposite end of the room, against the back wall, at the furthest possible point away from the sub I get a decent amount of bass. Still, even this spot isn't even close to as good as it was in the original room.
My dorm room is 17' long, 8' wide, and 10' tall. The floors are hardwood and all the walls and the celing are a hard plaster type material. The sub is downfiring and the port is side firing. Is there anything at all I can do to get my bass back?!?!?!?!
PS: here are some pics of the sub
http://www.geocities.com/erichmassey/woofbot.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/erichmassey/wooffront.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/erichmassey/woofback.jpg
Thanks for your time,
Eric
When I first hooked this sub up at my parents' house after I built it, I was blown away. The walls were shaking, and I could really feel the bass hit me in the chest. The bass was just dominating, very thick and very deep.
Then it came time to move this bad boy into my dorm room......and the results were very disappointing. Despite my room being smaller than the room I tested it in at my parents house, the bass output has almost completely disappeared. I've tried moving the sub all over the place, into every corner, along every wall, right smack in the middle of the room....you name it I've tried it.
No matter what, the level of output remained extremely lackluster. Right now I have the sub sitting in a corner of the room behind the TV, and from where I sit (pretty much in the middle of the room) I get almost no bass.
However, if I move to the very, very opposite end of the room, against the back wall, at the furthest possible point away from the sub I get a decent amount of bass. Still, even this spot isn't even close to as good as it was in the original room.
My dorm room is 17' long, 8' wide, and 10' tall. The floors are hardwood and all the walls and the celing are a hard plaster type material. The sub is downfiring and the port is side firing. Is there anything at all I can do to get my bass back?!?!?!?!
PS: here are some pics of the sub
http://www.geocities.com/erichmassey/woofbot.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/erichmassey/wooffront.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/erichmassey/woofback.jpg
Thanks for your time,
Eric