Whats The Story On This 21" Sub Woofer?
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Wes please answer me this. The LS800s though a powerful boomy Sub was rather Tonally blatty when hooked into my system without any processing is it much nicer tone when using the crossover or some form of processing? I heard the mini 15 Cerwin recently put out and it had that same impressive tone and thump my old tops had yrs ago.
To what processing are you referring? If you want low frequencies to go to a speaker you have to do either an electronic crossover (Best) before that cabinet's amplifier or a passive crossover after that amps output at the speaker.
Well... one can get muddy sound or flabby bass if processing isn't adjusted to run the cabinets in service.
Good processing is important.
Good processing is important.
Yes, I wouldn't just 'hook it up' and expect a miracle of wonder thump. IMO, you MUST use a crossover. Then a little eq'ing never hurts (unless you don't know what you are doing). I absolutely couldn't be more satisfied with my big Yorky subs.
Wes, have you ever strapped a compressor in, between the crossover and the power amp?
Well, my sub is self powered, if that makes a difference to your question. But, I do have a compressor/noise gate AHEAD of my crossover. It's the first thing in my rack after my mixer.
No, I was talking about strapping it across the sub signal only, between the crossover's low-out and the speaker's power amp input. I've heard that if you comp the bottom-end signal separately from the full mix it really adds punch to the subs.
Here is what will add punch to the subs.
http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.co...ral-Exciter-and-Optical-Big-Bottom?sku=181820
http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.co...ral-Exciter-and-Optical-Big-Bottom?sku=181820
Yes yes yes yes! They are in the same family as the BBEs and DBXs Sub Harmonix Synthesizer. However if improperly used, can blow speaker cones to smithereens.
I bought an Aphex with Big Bottom back in 97-98 and still using the same subs with it.
Just like anything you can't push it to hard. I have seen more subs blown with equalizers than anything else.
Just like anything you can't push it to hard. I have seen more subs blown with equalizers than anything else.
I have both a DRPA and BBE in my rack. On occasion I use the DRPA Sub Harmonic Synth, but not together with the BBE. In fact, I don't use the BBE much except for certain music tracks; "Mony, Mony" and "Love Shack." I'm sure there are other times, but those two come to mind.