Is a 12db slope on a sub really this shallow?!?!?

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

i was bored and wanted to just hear my sub, no mids, no tweeters. so i turned the mids off and the tweeters off and just left the sub playing and was very shocked at what i heard. i heard mid-range and even vocals through the sub. are 12 db slopes on subs really this shallow?

here is a vid to show you what i mean, it came out kind of quiet so you'll have to turn your volume up quite a bit, and for some reason my camera doesn't pick up bass very well at all. but doesn't this seem to be a very shallow slope? i found it weird that the sub is playing up this far in the mid-range.

http://s111.photobucket.com/albums/n159/cavalier94sq/?action=view&current=MVI_2602.flv

sorry, the link works now!

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[twisztdauthorit 10+ year member]

link fail

 

[350_regal 10+ year member]

whats your lpf set to?

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

oooops!

thanks... fixed!

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

whats your lpf set to?

63hz/12db

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

anybody? no comments?

 

[Racerx250 10+ year member]

Sorry man. All I hear is bass through my computer speakers. I guess cause I got 2 subs on my computer....

 

[desertheat 10+ year member]

Yes it is a very shallow slope. You would be able to hear low vocals and such

 

[Propimp 10+ year member]

my did the same thing. Only heard it when the highs amp is unpluged.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

Yes it is a very shallow slope. You would be able to hear low vocals and such

i'm hearing more then low vocals. it seems like i'm hearing most of the vocal range and even some synthesized keyboard and stuff that seems decently high.

i was shocked to say the least.

i wonder how much more upfront my bass would sound if i used a steeper slope on the sub.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

My lanzar has a 24db slope and there is still quite a bit that gets through.

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

i always just set my hpf as low as sounds good, then start raising my lpf until it blends with my mids

if i hear vocals comin from my sub when i turn my fronts off, o well, as long as it sounds good when i have my mids and highs playing

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

i always just set my hpf as low as sounds good, then start raising my lpf until it blends with my mids
if i hear vocals comin from my sub when i turn my fronts off, o well, as long as it sounds good when i have my mids and highs playing

yea i guess thats what really matters.

i just heard it and was like "WTF?".

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

yea i guess thats what really matters.
i just heard it and was like "WTF?".

i know the feeling....