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A musical subwoofer

Well a buddy of mine asked me about a musical subwoofer to mate with his Dynaudio mini monitors.I said he wanted an accurate subwoofer.He agreed.I then discribed what my idea of what an accurate subwoofer for music was......

We are now embarking on building it and trying to sell it here.It will not withstand the rigor of HT.My thought was to build a stereo pair that will accent his mini monitors for jazz,classical and back ground music.

I want to find the accoustic rolloff of his mains and try to give him an octave or so below it.

The goal is to provide that octave without drawing his attention to where it is coming from.He is a cabinet maker and will be building the cabinet and grills and i'll design the sub and attempt blend it in with his Dynaudio's.

I'll be purchasing a pair of maggies to test also.This is a tall order and you guys still entrenched in two channel audio are a tough group to prove that a sub can be added to a system and remain undetected.

Beta testers in the upstate NY area are welcomed.I should have a prototype by september.

KG
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sogood51
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Sounds like you guys will have a lot of fun, I use a pair of subs (VMPS) with my Apogee Duetta Signatures, so I know that subs "do work" with panals.

My subs do withstand the rigor of HT (each has an active 15" and 12"...along with a passive 15")...bone crushing bass when called for, and always musical.

That said...It wasn't easy, or quick, to get the results I have now...I had a love/hate relationship going on for quite a while!

Good luck

Dave
sogood51
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"The sub has to avoid "bone crushing" bass, which we termed sound effects style subwoofers"

Ah, your building one of those "Mid-bass Modules"...I saw one at the Hsu Research site the other day. Those aren't really subs...ie, true subwoofers reach down to 20hz, and below!

"Mid-bass Modules" got their start with computer speaker systems, although they incorrectly called them subwoofers...something HSU does not do.

Dave
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