Is my Tempest too big for my room? (1 Viewer)

[DustinF]

I have a Tempest in the Chebychev alignment. 65L sealed box.
It was for a 13x30 9ft ceiling room that also opened up to other parts of the house. It sounded great.

The hometheater has now been put upstairs in a 13x12, 7ft ceiling room.

No matter where I put the sub, it sounds muddy. Hard to describe, but its not the nice tight, smooth sounding bass with a little punch around 50hz that I was used to in the larger room.

Should I sell or trade my Tempest for a smaller sub?
Or am I just sol with bad room acoustics?

 

[GrahamT]

I doubt it is the Tempest, a good sub is a good sub. Blame the room because it is nearly a cube with standing waves a plenty. Try making some bass traps if you dont move the sub to another room.

 

[Dustin B]

You could also consider a Behringer FeedBack Destroyer and EQ out the bass peaks your room is generating.

 

[Allen Ross]

i am going to have to second the room to blame, flatten the response and you will b golden

 

[KyleGS]

Move it around the room in as many different placements that you can- recalibrate then relisten. Experiment, experiment, experiment.