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<blockquote data-quote="Fast1one" data-source="post: 3136912" data-attributes="member: 567387"><p>The goal of this setup was simply a budget college setup, something for movies, music, and the occasional small party at my apartment. I finally got the plate amp in for the sub so i decided to share.</p><p></p><p>First off are my towers, they are floor loaded BIBs, which are basically 1/2 wave tapered pipes, tuned to around 80hz for Aura 3 inch full range drivers. They sound very good for around 28 shipped for the pair, and realistically can go down to around 70hz, maybe lower with room gain. They do well off around 5-10 watts, currently they are hooked to my parent's receiver until i go back to college.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c227/Fast1one/Home%20Theater/P1030027.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c227/Fast1one/Home%20Theater/P1030026.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c227/Fast1one/Home%20Theater/P1030025.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>They are around 4 feet high with a very small footprint, Sound great with pretty much everything, and they shine with acoustic music (Daaaamn Jack Johnson never sounded so good).</p><p></p><p>Next up is the matching sub, the goals for this sub were simple: The loudest i can get with 25 watts with authority down low for movies. A lot of commercial subs already achieve fairly high decibel levels with that power, but nearly all of them cant play below 30hz, a majority not even below 40. A small driver was used to keep the cost down once again, a Dayton classic shielded DVC sub, 20 bucks used off here. Its sitting in an Expanding TL tuned to 26hz IIRC, with an F3 of about 22hz without room gain. Fairly flat up to around 70hz, and reaches x-max with the 25 watts its given from the Dayton plate amp.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c227/Fast1one/Home%20Theater/P1030028.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c227/Fast1one/Home%20Theater/P1030031.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Looks mean in the corner, obviously the downfalls are the size, but doesnt matter. These are currently in a fairly large living room, 25 by 35 feet, plus the kitchen and dining room since its all open. Even with the big space the combination reaches acceptable levels for normal to moderate listening levels for music and movies. Enough to rock the house.</p><p></p><p>I cant wait till i get these things in a small room where they will really shine, as they were made for small to medium room sizes (300 square feet and below). The subwoofer should really be nasty then. It already shakes the hell out of everything in the house. Not bad for around 60 a pair for the towers, and 90 for the sub, including the texture paint.</p><p></p><p>Shoot me your thoughts! BTW Im not finished painting the sub before you ask, the flash made it look worse too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fast1one, post: 3136912, member: 567387"] The goal of this setup was simply a budget college setup, something for movies, music, and the occasional small party at my apartment. I finally got the plate amp in for the sub so i decided to share. First off are my towers, they are floor loaded BIBs, which are basically 1/2 wave tapered pipes, tuned to around 80hz for Aura 3 inch full range drivers. They sound very good for around 28 shipped for the pair, and realistically can go down to around 70hz, maybe lower with room gain. They do well off around 5-10 watts, currently they are hooked to my parent's receiver until i go back to college. [IMG]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c227/Fast1one/Home%20Theater/P1030027.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c227/Fast1one/Home%20Theater/P1030026.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c227/Fast1one/Home%20Theater/P1030025.jpg[/IMG] They are around 4 feet high with a very small footprint, Sound great with pretty much everything, and they shine with acoustic music (Daaaamn Jack Johnson never sounded so good). Next up is the matching sub, the goals for this sub were simple: The loudest i can get with 25 watts with authority down low for movies. A lot of commercial subs already achieve fairly high decibel levels with that power, but nearly all of them cant play below 30hz, a majority not even below 40. A small driver was used to keep the cost down once again, a Dayton classic shielded DVC sub, 20 bucks used off here. Its sitting in an Expanding TL tuned to 26hz IIRC, with an F3 of about 22hz without room gain. Fairly flat up to around 70hz, and reaches x-max with the 25 watts its given from the Dayton plate amp. [IMG]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c227/Fast1one/Home%20Theater/P1030028.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c227/Fast1one/Home%20Theater/P1030031.jpg[/IMG] Looks mean in the corner, obviously the downfalls are the size, but doesnt matter. These are currently in a fairly large living room, 25 by 35 feet, plus the kitchen and dining room since its all open. Even with the big space the combination reaches acceptable levels for normal to moderate listening levels for music and movies. Enough to rock the house. I cant wait till i get these things in a small room where they will really shine, as they were made for small to medium room sizes (300 square feet and below). The subwoofer should really be nasty then. It already shakes the hell out of everything in the house. Not bad for around 60 a pair for the towers, and 90 for the sub, including the texture paint. Shoot me your thoughts! BTW Im not finished painting the sub before you ask, the flash made it look worse too [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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