Home Audio

I'm building another HT subwoofer, this time for my roommate. The box is 4.8 cu ft tuned to 21Hz I believe. (I would have to check that again, I don't have my paper right beside me. I already have the braces planned out for this. The woofer is going to be an SI MAG d2 15" powered by an O Audio 500w plate amp. My question pertains to polyfill though. Do any of you guys recommend polyfill? Also, since this just makes the box ACT larger, does it have any effect on power handling?

Hey Guys, I have two 10" Arsenals(Gen. previous to the current model) in my truck at the moment and will actually be down sizing things in the near future with a pair of 8" Assasins. I just bought a home and was thinking that I might be able to use the Arsenals in the Home theater. The room is approx. 12' X 20'. I do have a Dayton 1000W sub amp I bought from Parts express to use. Would size box would I use and how low can I tune the box. Help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Just curious to see what you guys think of using a bandpass box for a subwoofer outside of car audio. After messing around with WinISD, i figured out a design for a 6th order bandpass that is almost flat from 30 to 75 Hz, which would be prefect for music use, and is significantly more efficient than a ported box with similar frequency response (at least for my woofer). Are there any downsides to using a 6th order bandpass enclosure, like reduced sound quality or anything like that? I don't know of anyone who has tried this, so any opinions would be appreciated and just let me know if knowing the box or woofer specs would help

Quick question on a center channel.. Basically looking for opinions due to personal experience.. What will sound better, or will it make much of a difference

I have an old RF power hx2 10" that I broke, burnt the leads. I have no knowledge of home theater stuff or repairing subs, so what I was thinking is using this sub for my room. Is it possible to buy a recone kit that would make this sub suitable for this? What should I look for? Another question, what mono amp would I use for it? This is just a little side hobby that Id like to try, so I dont know if Im getting into something that gets really involved. I don't even know if I'll do this because I seem to be always strap for money (or spend it all on my car) but Id like to get some ideas and learn something.

ok, so i am confused as to whether or not i need a new receiver to utilize the lossless audio formats available on blu ray discs. i am currently sourcing all my audio bitstream over s/pdif (optical). my receiver has 192 kHz/24-Bit DAC for All Channels as well as 8 ch discrete analog inputs and a pure direct setting. after watching Dark Knight on blu-ray last night i felt as though the surround in the film was a little mushy and my receiver reads out "dolby digital" while it is processing. I'm pretty sure standard dolby digital does not utilize discrete surround and rear channels. this is what i found about dolby true hd from their website regarding s/pdif connections (i …

I was wondering where you guys get your home theater components. Speakers, amps, crossovers. I am looking @ rebuild my home theater from the ground up and was wondering where everyone shopped for the parts.

Something happened when I tried to start the thread, whoops. Anyway, I recently got a elemental designs 11Kv.2 (10" sub) for my dorm stereo, and the sealed box really isn't working very well without cabin gain. First time designing a box, but I came up with a design using WinISD. It would be a 2.1 cu ft box tuned to about 28Hz with 27 sq in of port area (slot). the sub will be powered by a 325 watt BASH plate amp, in case that makes much of a difference. Does this sound right? any help would be great. T/S specs from eD are: Qts: .28 Qes: .31 Qms: 2.7 Fs: 24.80Hz Re: 7.0 Vas: 66L Mms: 116.0g Bl: 19.00T*m SPL: 87.1dB Sd: 350cm

Hi everyone, It's been a while since I posted on here and I'm sure I've asked this question before in some incarnation of the site. But I'm looking for recommendations on a box(ported, sealed?) for an old Brahma Mk.1 I've got sitting around. THe smaller the better, as the spacee is a bit limited at my place. I would have loved to do a PR one but no budget to buy PRs. I've played with WinISD a bit and was looking at a 8 cube box tuned to 20hz but not sure if I want a box that big. I have a PE 500 watt plate amp coming in and am going to use it for half HT, half audio Thanks for you help in advance.

I am not tooo interesting in using a home theater receiver and all of that. I moreso like the concept of putting a car system in home. Not for the outstanding theater surround sound just for the deep loud bass and all that. I was wondering what places like Best Buy and other places use to run their display system. I am looking moreso for like a brand and model. I am assuming they use power supplies but the only ones i have found are small ones for computers. And if possible I would like to avoid getting a battery charger and battery(s). I intend on at least 1 rf power 1000 5 channel amp. Maybe a large four channel and a 1000-1500 rms sub amp. Im looking for total sy…

hi DD earbuds iam very interested into Digital Designs DD-DXB01 ...now i have some Philips earbuds and iPod nano...they are pretty good but this DD EARBUDS should have some BADASS BASS :hairtrick: ...so does anyone own or wants to get this earbuds from DD ...

Anyone here run an active home theater setup? I'm looking at possibly running 4 100 watt bridgeable stereo amps (for mids and highs) and 1 200 watt bridgeable stereo amp (subwoofer) along side an active crossover (behringer or peavey 3way stereo-4 way mono design or something else..?) The end result will probably be a stack of amps hanging in the basement and an infinite baffle subwoofer using the floor as the baffle (I may go ceiling, not sure what will sound better)... I'm not real sure on speakers, I'll be building everything. I'm thinking of making a large "sound bar" center channel with 8 3" woofers and 2 1 1/8" tweeters... I've got some towers from my last passiv…

Im building a set of speaker towers that will be used for strictly music. They will each have a subwoofer, which is my question. Im going to put in a 15'' subwoofer in each one and they will either be FI Q's or Bl's. I would like to know which ones will sound better with quality and bass and overall sounding. Power is not a problem Thanks

Im wanting to make a little 2.1 setup with some full range drivers im looking at the fostex ff165k In the link it shows the enclosure I would probably build for them. Does anyone have expirience with this kind of setup. This will be used for watching movies and listening to music. Do you guys know what kind of power these these would need. Im starting from scratch so im also looking for a receiver or some other way to power them for under $300. Im not to familiar with Home audio so I dont really know any thing so any help is ok with me. fostexff165k

This build is going to be for my buddies 2.1 computer set up. The over all goal is to put together something that will sound decent, but for as cheap as possible. Right now we are thinking about picking up a used Onkyo receiver to do all the signal processing, and run the 2 satellites off of that. Also need suggestions for a sub amp to pair with the sub (Sundown SD-1 v2 10"). If anyone thinks this is a bad idea, or has a better way of going about it, let me know. Please! I haven't talked to him in a few weeks, but I think his budget is $400 for everything. $50 is already spent on the SD-1.

here's the dimensions of the wall the screen is going on. theres no windows at all, its above my garage. its sound deadened real good, etc. we just never got equipment for it. its pre wired for 7.1 surround, an outlet, etc on the ceiling where the projector will go, etc. we will be getting theater seats (nothing big) but its just a small little HT. want a nice screen, whatever the biggest 16:9 screen we can fit on that wall. i know at least a 100" will fit, possible 110-120" at the most. recomend me a projector as well. my dad wants a 1080p, but at the same time, dont need anything thats top line. i think hes looking for something in the 1200-1500 ish range. its not gonna…

I have my 360, dvd, and tv hooked up to my surround sound and am trying to have the cpu hooked up also. It has a digital audio output but the tv or dvd doesn't have a digital audio input, and my digital audio cable doesn't work with the regular audio inputs. I tried using regular RCAs to the tv and dvd but that didn't work.. So how do I hook up the computer to go to the surround sound? Here's a link for specs on the comp ___\/___ http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/se...AIN#detailspecs Thanks

Well at work some lady brought in an old Zenith Solid State turntable. I wasn't sure about the model number. All I found was this number(Z565W-157309) and a google search got me nothing. It works and everything but the lady said it sound "horrid". My first guess was that the electrolytic coupling caps are bad and probably those in the PS supply. Should I go ahead with replacing the larger electrolytics or does anyone have any other suggestions where to start?

would i be completely wrong for designing and making my own 2.0 speaker play back system for my mains? i have nothing on which to play back so they would essentially be my near fields. for recording and such.( actually my left over car audio speakers in my closet lol) i have 2 mmats mid ranges along with tweeters and passive x/o

I've got two eD EQHS 8" subs I'm going to build a box for, power will come from a 250w eD plate amp. I'll be building a ported box, this will mostly be used for video games and such, so anybody want to come up with a design? Or even give me some good airspace and port tuning recommendations?

I am looking to build a box for 2 EHQS 12's to put in my room. The measurements of the box are 48" h x 20" w x 16" d, they are not for sure if you have any suggestions let me know I just want a tower design to go in the corner. And I was planning on using dual flared aeroports either 2 4" or 2 6". My question is how is my design will they sound good for HT use, if not please help me with my design to where they will perform the best and get the loudest. And what size ports should I use the 4" or the 6" ports, what tuning am I looking for with HT. I know alot about car audio and can build one hell of a box for a car setup but I am not too familiar with HT setups and what i…

I have a Pioneer RX-560 home reciever, and speakers. Has MTX Thunder 3000 subs in it, thats it. right side is gone on the unit, only the left works. I was playing tones and it pops when I start stop the tones and a high pitch ringin out of the mids. I just use this thing to play music out of my computer, and I'm using 3.5mm to rca ran under my baseboard to the reciever and it is hooked into the aux. I'll have a video..

so. you all know me as the kid who is only 14 but dreams big in terms of bass. now here i have another stupid idea. i asked my mum if i could get like, a present or sumthin if i got straight a's first semester in school. (ima sophmore now, no longer FRESHmeat lol) she, surprisingly said yes. first thing that popped into my head, and out of my mouth was "iCon 15d2" and dude, i almost cried cuz she still said yes when she saw the pricetag. so here are my plans. it is eventually goin in my car, so the box is going to be a low ported mdf. i want to know what i can do with it for a ht setup whilst i wait for my car. i am iffy on max power, estimating between 1500-2000w seeing …

Well my goal is to complete a 2.1 channel system for home theater/audio. I currently just finished my build for my Fi Q18. I would post pics if I knew how to do it. But past the point. My next goal is to get rid of my Sony A/V receiver and replace it with quality audio components. And I think I have it down, but I feel like I'm missing something. I need an experts overview. I want an Equalizer, and I guess the ones I have been looking at have a built in crossover in them. How convenient this is the Equalizer/Crossover that I've been looking at http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.c...FTOKEN=50274444 Then I wanted to use one of these amps (haven't decided yet, I will …

I've made it pretty much to layout and wiring. It should be a good sounding EL-34 PP amplifier provided I don't destroy it......