And here I was thinking I had hit upon a good original idea! Thanks guys, you've saved me a lot of time and frustration (unless of course my idea IS good and original and would have paved the way for a paradigm shift in acoustic absorption...).
Ok, now I know that there isn't anything theoretically problematic with placing acoustic panels right up against speakers. For my next DIY project, I want to make acoustic panels for my two tower speakers. Instead of placing the panels around the room, I want to "box in" the speakers by making...
I've tried two AS-B2s as a centre channel (albeit very briefly) and found that you need them pointing at the listener for them to work well. Since it's hard to point two AS-B2s on a projection TV, I went back to my AS-C1 since there wasn't a noticable increase in sound quality. I find the AS-C1...
Well, it's not so much a problem as a surprise. As minhG noted with his sub, the higher frequencies are very faint. Anyway, I am really satisfied with my sub and may get around to finishing the outside of it one day. Thanks everyone for all your help (esp. Brian Fellmeth). For everyone...
I'm experiencing the high frequencies coming from the sub in music. It sounds as if the 15" woofer is receiving a full range signal, but due to it's size cannot reproduce the high frequencies well enough. And to Joe: Congrats on getting your sub finished! I learned lots from your thread.
Well, my Tempest is up and running. It sounds great but there is one curious detail that I wonder about. It seems that the sub is receiving high frequency signals (I've even heard voices coming from the sub). The reason I know this is because I can isolate the sub by turning of my main speakers...
I bought some female interconnects which seem to be doing the job on the lugs. You've convinced me that one channel to each coil is the way to go. I won't need much power anyway since I only went halfway up the volume scale with my old 120 watt Sony SA-WM40. Now all I'm waiting for is the...
Brian, thanks for the quick and thorough response. As I don't have a friend or relative to solder for me, would a tight connection and electrical tape work? (I hope that question didn't reveal my complete ignorance...:b ) Also, does the Tempest driver come with any connectors? Finally...
Ok, I bought a "Y-coupler" which I hope will separate a mono signal into stereo (part # 274-511 at radioshack canada). I also bought a terminal cup similar to the one Bhavesh recommended above. At the back of the cup, there is a bar connecting the negative terminals and another connecting the...
Thanks Brian. One more question (for now): should I just drill/cut a hole one in of the walls of the sub big enough for the speaker wire to pass through? I'm building a sealed sub so I'm unsure to as how this will affect it's performance.