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Title: DBs unbelievable Post by Adrian D. on 11/11/05 at 05:24:28 Honestly, i'm very very impressed after changing my amp and adding an active x-over. i believe my db-10 needs to be tuned just a bit lower, which i'll do today. but the speed and detail ... ::) ... just amazing. the upgrade was surely worth it. now i'm just afraid i'll blow my sub, because the amp can supply 160w clean and the sub is rated @ 80wrms. still very impressive for a cheap 10. i crossed it just above 70hz and the vocals and midbass aren't audible only a few inches from the port. port noise=0 because i rounded the port (3/8 inside, 1/4 outside). if anyone wants to build a db (10 or 12) i'm sure that, built and powered right, it won't be a dissapointment. |
Title: Re: DBs unbelievable Post by rock4016 on 11/11/05 at 16:30:40 A lot of subs can handle more power in the DB, something about the cone control provided by the half-moon port. Steve mentioned this in his design notes. I think that as long as you don't listen to the DB at full volume for hours on end it will be fine. |
Title: Re: DBs unbelievable Post by 60ndown on 11/12/05 at 01:42:32 Adrian D. wrote on 11/11/05 at 05:24:28:
beat that 10 to death then get a new one :D |
Title: Re: DBs unbelievable Post by Adrian D. on 11/12/05 at 18:45:30 Quote:
i will, but in the summer after i'll buy an infinity. i guess i'll bridge my amp and put about 500w in that 10 to see just what will happen. thanks for the advice ;). update : i've put some fill in the 10 and this gave it JUST a bit more lf extension but i have the feeling that the sound is dampened and i've lost a bit of punch... any of you had similar experiences ? |
Title: Re: DBs unbelievable Post by 60ndown on 11/12/05 at 19:47:36 everything i ever do to anything has an effect. |
Title: Re: DBs unbelievable Post by HB Bass on 11/15/05 at 12:43:12 I put fill in my 8" DB and it helped a lot. Same for the 10" in my son's car. I believe the fill may deaden punch slightly but I personally like the sound better with it. |
Title: Re: DBs unbelievable Post by Adrian D. on 11/15/05 at 16:14:11 well, i removed it, because i really missed the punch. so i'm back to 'no fill', with the x-over at about 65-70hz. i pushed the 10 really hard today, maybe very close to rms (80w :-[ ) but that's a first. i thought i heard port noise, but after rounding the port edges and the inside edges i guess it was panel flex or maybe some higher bass (i hope it was this). anyways, it was impressive. |
Title: Re: DBs unbelievable Post by 60ndown on 11/19/05 at 06:25:07 [quote author=Adrian D. link=board=Deathbox;num=1131690268;start=0#6 date=11/15/05 at 10:14:11 i pushed the 10 really hard today, maybe very close to rms (80w :-[ ) but that's a first. [/quote] same here, as time goes by i get more aggresive with my subs. i baby them at first but there always comes a time that i punish them for being born :-/ |
Title: Re: DBs unbelievable Post by DirtDawg on 11/19/05 at 13:04:42 60ndown wrote on 11/19/05 at 06:25:07:
That's so sweet. ;D I find I baby them at first now, too. After they pass the test tone and pink noise spank on the bottom I usually take it easy during the first few weeks. For me it used to be the other way around. When you listen to them for a living and brag that your stuff can fill up a certain room, you better know for sure. With a new design, I used to spend an afternoon blowing one up with pink noise to find the max output with a meter (I had a REAL rack mounted meter and a good RTA back then) before they even had a chance to make music. "A man's gotta know his (speaker's) limitations" Dirty (Dawg) Harry |
Title: Re: DBs unbelievable Post by 60ndown on 11/19/05 at 15:33:31 DirtDawg wrote on 11/19/05 at 13:04:42:
i cant remember ever blowing anything? ......i need a bigger amp ;D.....but seriously , i listen for any distortion/clipping anything that isnt clean and then turn it down a 'smidge' but i have never tried to fill any room other than a car or a regular sized room? i would LOVE to spend a week or so with all the bass heads here in a large hall with unlimited driver selection mdf and a table saw mountain dew and hamburgers (i dont drink (anymore)so youd have to bring the beer) |
Title: Re: DBs unbelievable Post by 60ndown on 11/19/05 at 23:56:45 oops, i think ive blown on of my 5.25s in my car today? spoke too soon...typical >:( |
Title: Re: DBs unbelievable Post by DirtDawg on 11/20/05 at 00:22:09 60ndown wrote on 11/19/05 at 23:56:45:
Oh no! >:( Your new ones? I was just coming back to this thread to tell you that you were working against the odds already. Maybe it's something simple or mechanical in the connections. :'( |
Title: Re: DBs unbelievable Post by gexter on 11/20/05 at 00:38:00 60ndown wrote on 11/19/05 at 15:33:31:
Dew and Burgers work for me! If only! That would be awsome, do you think we could get a large corporation to finance it and fly us all in for a 48 hour weekend? I wonder what sort of creation would result and what we would be going home with? |
Title: Re: DBs unbelievable Post by 60ndown on 11/20/05 at 20:07:01 upon inspection it was a half unglued dust cap flapping a bit on the front of the driver, the glue (gorilla) is drying now if it holds its all good. ;D |
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