Posted by mollecon [ 192.38.163.95 ] on November 17, 2004 at 03:53:29:

In Reply to: Re: I'm using one... posted by mike.e on November 17, 2004 at 03:25:07:

You're right. I'd PREFER a closed box, or, ideally, a horn - but a horn that works down to 28Hz? Jeez... It would fill my room!

What I like about my BP is, that it doesn't exagerate - I've heard way too many subs, that were very busy telling the whole world they were here. My sub delivers when it's supposed to. I think it's 'Q' is about similar to a closed box with Q=1 - not great, but not bad, either. An interesting point is, that my sub isn't exactly small, in hifi terms at least. Btw., the roll-off of my sub IS 12dB/octave a bit down - the initial is probably close to 15dB/oct.

What people often don't consider is the influence of the room. It's close to impossible to judge a sub if one don't take that into consideration - the 'Q' from various room modes can make a sub sound quite different, for better or worse, than it's specs will tell you.

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