Anybody into Home Theater??

[resko1 10+ year member]

Im planning my sub for home theater. Im considering doing a coffee table build with a sealed 12 down firing. Any suggestions? Anybody think this is a decent idea?

It was a way to save space and utilize a subwoofer, but most need to be placed in a corner. Wondering if downfiring sealed will need a specific placement like the others.

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[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

You dont get too much help with home audio on this forum.... I have made a few threads about it. They said tune low and build large enclosures. I think the coffee table idea is pretty cool. Just makes sure you dont have anything on there that is breakable.

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

Don't worry about putting your sub in a corner, the general rule of thumb is that you can put a sub anywhere in you room and it will do well, but a corner is optimal.

 

[resko1 10+ year member]

Thanks bro. I figured i wouldn't get too much from here but i'm not on any ht forums so i figured i would give it a try. I just remember reading somewhere that there's a gain when used in a corner placement. I'm only concerned about the wavelengths being too short when placed by the listener like the coffee table idea. Im using a custom TC Sounds LMS-r rebuilt to a lower FS and to be utilized in a sealed box. Box will be centered in the coffee table. 3cuft stuffed with poly fill and a 300w bash plate amp mounted on the bottom of the table. there will be shelves on each side and the whole coffee table will have isolation spikes on the bottom.

 

[resko1 10+ year member]

You dont get too much help with home audio on this forum.... I have made a few threads about it. They said tune low and build large enclosures. I think the coffee table idea is pretty cool. Just makes sure you dont have anything on there that is breakable.

Lol. It will have isolation spikes and double 3/4" top.

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

avsforum.com if you haven't been yet

 

[benzmansl65amg 10+ year member]

I have heard it depends on the sub and conflicting views on sub placement. For my 12" front firing rear port It sounds best 2 feet off the wall with the sub firing at the wall and the port back towards the other wall 15 feet away. I put mine in over 20 spots and this is the best for me... But i love home audio.

 

[resko1 10+ year member]

its gonna be sealed and downfiring. I do know ported works best by a wall or corner.

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

I'm gunna be running my 18" Atomix Apocalypse X in a downfiring, double baffled, braced, 8 cubic foot box tuned at 28hz //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Next up will be a 16hz box!

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

Had this back in my college days when there were no flat panel LCDs.

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

Had this back in my college days when there were no flat panel LCDs.

Nice sub-stage!

Those are Polk Monitor 10's, right? Or something like that. I have never used them, just heard a lot about them. They aren't the best looking speakers, but I heard they sound fantastic!

 

[power-fanatic07 5,000+ posts]

Look like Eclipse Ti 15's

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

Look like Eclipse Ti 15's

If you were trying to answer my question, I was asking about the speakers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

The small speakers are JBL Northridge series, the black towers are American Acoustics DS1010. Yep those are Eclipse Ti88150DVCs, Technics SA-DA10 receiver and behold... Proton D1200 amplifier to power the subs.

That Proton amp is the power powerful "100" watts per channel amp ever... more like 500 watts per channel.

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

The small speakers are JBL Northridge series, the black towers are American Acoustics DS1010. Yep those are Eclipse Ti88150DVCs, Technics SA-DA10 receiver and behold... Proton D1200 amplifier to power the subs.
That Proton amp is the power powerful "100" watts per channel amp ever... more like 500 watts per channel.

I much prefer vintage Technics, but to each their own!

I believe I have heard of American Acoustics before...They sound white van, but I know they aren't.

Given their reputation, your power claim on the Proton is mostly attributable to it's massive headroom, correct?