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shadowsworn · 11-25-2010, 02:29 AM

alternately, buy a huge stack of speakers from Orange amps and completely destroy your house (no sense in half-measures, after all)

Oisterboy · 11-25-2010, 12:44 PM

I usually don't have it up that loud, but when the rest of the music is at a good volume for hearing in my front lawn, the bass is hopping all around. I dooooo have a separate bass knob, but if I turn it down any it doesn't sound right outside.

KillHannah · 11-25-2010, 05:55 PM

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Raiyne · 11-26-2010, 04:57 PM

Umm, subwoofers are meant to be connected to the floor/wall. That's the whole point. No one suspends their subs, it just defeats the purpose.

Also, I don't know how your sound system is set up, but maybe your EQ is too unbalanced, if there is any. So you could turn down the bass but retain the overall volume of the music. I guess if your house is really vibrating too much, you just have to turn the sub bass down. Remember, subwoofers mainly only produce sub frequencies, that's like 80Hz and below, though there probably will be some in 100Hz+. You can EQ accordingly, use your ears and find what's right.

If your room is filled with too much bass, but not from wall/floor vibration, then what you need are bass traps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_trap

power_gamer_6 · 11-26-2010, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raiyne

Umm, subwoofers are meant to be connected to the floor/wall. That's the whole point. No one suspends their subs, it just defeats the purpose.

Also, I don't know how your sound system is set up, but maybe your EQ is too unbalanced, if there is any. So you could turn down the bass but retain the overall volume of the music. I guess if your house is really vibrating too much, you just have to turn the sub bass down. Remember, subwoofers mainly only produce sub frequencies, that's like 80Hz and below, though there probably will be some in 100Hz+. You can EQ accordingly, use your ears and find what's right.

If your room is filled with too much bass, but not from wall/floor vibration, then what you need are bass traps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_trap

Dude, normal people don't know how to EQ LOL. They haven't got the ears for that shizzle!

Ronin · 11-26-2010, 05:43 PM

@Raiyne: Can you explain why it is defeating the purpose?

The resonance of the speaker-enclosure is not something you want for the noise, the active part is the air and geometrical properties of the space.

The speaker itself will resonate mainly at one frequency and it's overtones, which will be just (mainly) one-tonal unwanted noise. If you weight it down like you would for example a machine that has vibration issues, you only hamper with the enclosures frequency of resonance, not with the air/real sound properties.

As you can see the frequency emitted is causing his place to resonate and thus is harmful to the sound. It doesn't really matter how you get rid of it too.

In short I don't see the point of both, tampering with the eq, which is messing around with the music, by suppressing a whole range of the spectrum, just to get rid of one noise and the same does go for absorbers too; If you just get resonance from the speakers to the floor, that is and it's possible to "transform" the emitted noise away from it, or uncouple the speakers, that is definitely superior.
In this case, also, using the eq won't work well anyways. The enclosure will still take up the energy of the driver and vibrate at the same frequency.

SnOwBunZz · 11-26-2010, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by power_gamer_6

Dude, normal people don't know how to EQ LOL. They haven't got the ears for that shizzle!

Most people don't even know what EQ is....

Avarance · 11-26-2010, 06:10 PM

Everquest ?

Oisterboy · 11-26-2010, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by power_gamer_6

Dude, normal people don't know how to EQ LOL. They haven't got the ears for that shizzle!

Yeah, but I don't want to adjust it for every song *shrug*. I listen to a huge variety of music, so I'd have to be changing it up throughout the whole party.

That, and Its easier to twist 2 knobs.

Bass and Volume.

muzicguru · 11-26-2010, 09:27 PM

Other than putting some padding down to stop the direct vibration from the sub there isn't much you can do apart from turning the bass down.

11-25-2010, 02:29 AM	#11 (permalink)
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11-26-2010, 04:57 PM	#14 (permalink)
Raiyne Feedbacker Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Middle of the Stairs Posts: 13,389 Reputation: 126	Umm, subwoofers are meant to be connected to the floor/wall. That's the whole point. No one suspends their subs, it just defeats the purpose. Also, I don't know how your sound system is set up, but maybe your EQ is too unbalanced, if there is any. So you could turn down the bass but retain the overall volume of the music. I guess if your house is really vibrating too much, you just have to turn the sub bass down. Remember, subwoofers mainly only produce sub frequencies, that's like 80Hz and below, though there probably will be some in 100Hz+. You can EQ accordingly, use your ears and find what's right. If your room is filled with too much bass, but not from wall/floor vibration, then what you need are bass traps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_trap __________________ Everytime I post, I think Murph is about to BROFIST me. -- Loric Last.fm Hey Raiyne

11-26-2010, 05:43 PM	#16 (permalink)
Ronin OnRPG Elite Member! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hitman Victor Posts: 4,923 Reputation: 302	@Raiyne: Can you explain why it is defeating the purpose? The resonance of the speaker-enclosure is not something you want for the noise, the active part is the air and geometrical properties of the space. The speaker itself will resonate mainly at one frequency and it's overtones, which will be just (mainly) one-tonal unwanted noise. If you weight it down like you would for example a machine that has vibration issues, you only hamper with the enclosures frequency of resonance, not with the air/real sound properties. As you can see the frequency emitted is causing his place to resonate and thus is harmful to the sound. It doesn't really matter how you get rid of it too. In short I don't see the point of both, tampering with the eq, which is messing around with the music, by suppressing a whole range of the spectrum, just to get rid of one noise and the same does go for absorbers too; If you just get resonance from the speakers to the floor, that is and it's possible to "transform" the emitted noise away from it, or uncouple the speakers, that is definitely superior. In this case, also, using the eq won't work well anyways. The enclosure will still take up the energy of the driver and vibrate at the same frequency. __________________ Stay frosty. Last edited by Ronin; 11-26-2010 at 05:52 PM.

11-26-2010, 06:10 PM	#18 (permalink)
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