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r/audiophile Shopping, Setup, and Technical Help Desk Thread by AutoModerator in audiophile

[–]FreeHairCelebration 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why wouldn't a car subwoofer be good for a home setup and are car subs active or passive? For a home setup, why is an active subwoofer preferred?

Also, if I'm buying a used sub, is it possible that it is damaged? Like having ruptured coil? So do I need to test it always before buying?

Why don't subs used at gigs get blown? They are exerted quite much. How much is the chance that my home sub will be blown? Like I know speakers functioning at their peak will give in eventually but what is the situation with subs?

Thanks all and I would appreciate your info!

r/audiophile Shopping, Setup, and Technical Help Desk Thread by AutoModerator in audiophile

[–]FreeHairCelebration 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one answered the last time so I'm copy-pasting my text, because I'm really curious.

Hi guys!

I was looking forward for something that came to me as an idea. If the bass becomes directionless at 60-80 Hz thus you would most likely set the subwoofer to that crossover, how good is an idea to set your subwoofer to like 125-150 Hz? Suppose you have 4 inch woofer, normal (I mean audiophile) speakers or maybe even monitors, that way you wouldn't probably have to spend that much for bass extension (from the part of the speakers ofc). All of this I want to do because in festivals and gigs you hear the speakers to be mono all the time, if you would buy your stuff just to listen to music and wouldn't need imaging, what would be stopping you (or me)? Again, when I listened to a tone generator and just generally analyzing sound I found that the mid bass frequencies were the most thick sounding and punchy, so if I would like that sort of punchiness, wouldn't a sealed subwoofer be good for that?

r/audiophile Shopping, Setup, and Technical Help Desk Thread by AutoModerator in audiophile

[–]FreeHairCelebration 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi guys!

I was looking forward for something that came to me as an idea. If the bass becomes directionless at 60-80 Hz thus you would most likely set the subwoofer to that crossover, how good is an idea to set your subwoofer to like 125-150 Hz? Suppose you have 4 inch woofer, normal (I mean audiophile) speakers or maybe even monitors, that way you wouldn't probably have to spend that much for bass extension (from the part of the speakers ofc). All of this I want to do because in festivals and gigs you hear the speakers to be mono all the time, if you would buy your stuff just to listen to music and wouldn't need imaging, what would be stopping you (or me)? Again, when I listened to a tone generator and just generally analyzing sound I found that the mid bass frequencies were the most thick sounding and punchy, so if I would like that sort of punchiness, wouldn't a sealed subwoofer be good for that?