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Home Theater and BassMaxx - AWESOME! [message #59274] Mon, 18 May 2009 22:29 Go to next message
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Nothing exceeds like excess. So running two 18 sub horns can rattle your teeth, but sure make movie watching like no other. I've run a couple different configurations; sub behind the mains and under the mains. Here are some pics.

http://wardsweb.org/audio/home_theater_images/htbm.jpg

http://wardsweb.org/audio/home_theater_images/htbm2.jpg
Re: Home Theater and BassMaxx - AWESOME! [message #59275 is a reply to message #59274] Tue, 19 May 2009 09:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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Very nice!

(Bet those make it hard to keep the needle in the groove.) Laughing

Ever crank it so loud that it shakes the yoke on your TV set and blurs the picture?
Re: Home Theater and BassMaxx - AWESOME! [message #59276 is a reply to message #59275] Tue, 19 May 2009 13:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I did have my wife turn to be while we were watching Underworld and say her body was vibrating. My reply, "is that a bad thing?" Very Happy
Re: Home Theater and BassMaxx - AWESOME! [message #59277 is a reply to message #59276] Tue, 19 May 2009 16:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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Gotta love that!

I have grown a little more mellow as years go by, but not so long ago I powered my basshorns with big Crown arc welder amps, even in my home. It was great for showing off, but bad for the house structure. No kidding. Crank it up very often and the drywall moves enough to pull out the drywall nails. It literally pulls down the house.

Another thing I noticed was that at high volume levels, a television screen will become blurry, sort of looking like a magnet is near. I realized that what was actually happening was the yoke was vibrated enough that it distorted the screen. It can make really unusual patterns as a result. Microphonics in a big way. Laughing
Re: Home Theater and BassMaxx - AWESOME! [message #59290 is a reply to message #59277] Sat, 23 May 2009 07:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Here is another version I ran, using some Altec A7 Voice of the Theater and a JBL wood horn. Disregard the table and gear. That was there for an audio meet I was having. Who says you can't use pro gear for home?

http://lonestarbottleheads.org/gallery/albums/110604/01.jpg

Re: Home Theater and BassMaxx - AWESOME! [message #59291 is a reply to message #59290] Sat, 23 May 2009 08:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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We definitely have the same tastes. I don't know how I missed that - Maybe I knew at one time but forgot. I didn't remember you as being a horn guy.

What model BassMaxx are those?
Re: Home Theater and BassMaxx - AWESOME! [message #59295 is a reply to message #59291] Sat, 23 May 2009 22:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Horns and electrostats are my main systems. Nothing sounds like a horn.

The subs are Bassmaxx B1 fitted with McCauley 6174 drivers. Wickedly good.

http://www.mccauleysound.com/component_overview.cfm?ID=126
Re: Home Theater and BassMaxx - AWESOME! [message #59296 is a reply to message #59295] Sun, 24 May 2009 00:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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David Lee and I measured the Bassmaxx Z5, X2C Deuce and Tripp hornsubs at various prosound shootouts, but I've never seen the B1. Is it sort of like the Z5?

Re: Home Theater and BassMaxx - AWESOME! [message #59302 is a reply to message #59296] Mon, 25 May 2009 08:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Wayne Parham wrote on Sun, 24 May 2009 00:02
David Lee and I measured the Bassmaxx Z5, X2C Deuce and Tripp hornsubs at various prosound shootouts, but I've never seen the B1. Is it sort of like the Z5?



The B1 was what started Bassmaxx back in December 2000. Out of the present offereings, the closest would the B Zero.
Re: Home Theater and BassMaxx - AWESOME! [message #59388 is a reply to message #59274] Tue, 16 June 2009 08:41 Go to previous message
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cool! it's real sub system. should you'll make it flat and long - people will be able to use it as acoustic and video rack.
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