My subwoofer is blown... what to do?

[TheZoof]

Hey guys!

Well I wasn't planning an upgrade on my subwoofer as it was working just fine.

Here are the details of the one I was using:

Infinity TSS-450 Subwoofer

Infinity Subwoofer Specifications:
- Bass-Reflex Design
- 100-Watt RMS Amplifier
- 8" Side-Firing Subwoofer
- Freqeuncy range: 39 Hz - 200 Hz
- 10-5/16"W x 16-1/4"H x 16-1/4"D


Obviously not the nicest one in the world so I am not that hurt about it. In my living room which is about 14' x 12', I have 4 mini satallites, 2 PSB Alpha fronts and 1 PSB Alpha Center.

What subwoofer should I look at getting? I am going to have to wait until boxing day most likely(here in Canada) but what are some of the better ones.

Pricepoint would be something about $500 or less.

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by TheZoof

Hey guys!

Well I wasn't planning an upgrade on my subwoofer as it was working just fine.

Here are the details of the one I was using:

Infinity TSS-450 Subwoofer

Infinity Subwoofer Specifications:
- Bass-Reflex Design
- 100-Watt RMS Amplifier
- 8" Side-Firing Subwoofer
- Freqeuncy range: 39 Hz - 200 Hz
- 10-5/16"W x 16-1/4"H x 16-1/4"D


Obviously not the nicest one in the world so I am not that hurt about it. In my living room which is about 14' x 12', I have 4 mini satallites, 2 PSB Alpha fronts and 1 PSB Alpha Center.

What subwoofer should I look at getting? I am going to have to wait until boxing day most likely(here in Canada) but what are some of the better ones.

Pricepoint would be something about $500 or less.

With $500 being your max, I would look at eD subs, or you could go for 2 PA-120 subs or 2 AA 12" HD subs........

[DerrellB]

Also AV123 is having a B-stock blow out the week of Dec 22. Their MFW-15 will probably be going for about 500 shipped at this time. I just received mines yesterday and all I can say is OMG. Its a beast!!!

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by DerrellB

Also AV123 is having a B-stock blow out the week of Dec 22. Their MFW-15 will probably be going for about 500 shipped at this time. I just received mines yesterday and all I can say is OMG. Its a beast!!!

If this is the case, I totally recommend one of these subs OP.......

[DerrellB]

Fors. I have heard nothing like it. WOW I have a 18x16 room with 18 foot ceilings and it opens up to my Kitchen, and it absolutely destroys the room. I am thinkig about getting another. I have a gramma on the way to get it off the floor. But wow

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by DerrellB

Fors. I have heard nothing like it. WOW I have a 18x16 room with 18 foot ceilings and it opens up to my Kitchen, and it absolutely destroys the room. I am thinkig about getting another. I have a gramma on the way to get it off the floor. But wow

Thats says alot, because to get any kind of good low frequency response in a room as big and designed like that one is impressive.

[TheZoof]

Originally Posted by DerrellB

Also AV123 is having a B-stock blow out the week of Dec 22. Their MFW-15 will probably be going for about 500 shipped at this time. I just received mines yesterday and all I can say is OMG. Its a beast!!!

Where is the link?


So guys is it really just bigger is better? Is there no such matching of sub to rest of speakers?

[DerrellB]

Originally Posted by TheZoof

Where is the link?


So guys is it really just bigger is better? Is there no such matching of sub to rest of speakers?

http://forums.av123.com/showthread.php?t=42105

As big daddy says, "get the biggest and baddest sub you can buy"

And if you dont want to wait til the 22nd they have some going for about 600 shipped right now. This sub was designed by Mark Seaton, a renowned subwoofer guru, they have had some amp issues but that has been resolved. Check out craigsub rankings on this sub on AVS forum, It held its on with subs over three times its price in music and home theater.

[DerrellB]

just a pic

[TheZoof]

Will that shake my plasma off the wall? That concerns me...

[DerrellB]

Originally Posted by TheZoof

Will that shake my plasma off the wall? That concerns me...

I dunno, i am mounting my new plasma this weekend.

[JBL4645]

Are you sure it’s blown? It might only be the amp that shot away? Then again it might only be the sub that got done in? Then again it might be both, in which case its full replacement.

Undone the sub from the box and test it on different amp, real easy task to do. This will determine whether the sub bass driver is, damaged or not.

Also hook up a different speaker to the wire terminals on the subs amp to see if, it will play any pink noise or sine wave tone without distortion or a popping like or distance sound, if that’s the case the amp is totally, knackered in!

Don’t assume its all blown without testing it, this would make it easy for you in terms of cost. It might only cost you a few bob or two to get a simple new part to get it back up and running.

Merry Christmas

[TheZoof]

JBL - Thanks for the reply.

Well the thing is I don't even need to have a source and it is seems blown. If I just plug it in the wall and turn it on(no wire hooked up) and it is in 'standby mode' it makes pulses over and over... (bass sounds).

The funny thing is that when it goes into active mode it seems to work fine but all of a sudden it will make extremely loud crackle sound and go out of range(top out) and come back again... it could have been just because the movie only needed it at that time and it would make that sound anytime it was needed... but not sure.

[TheZoof]

I am afraid that beast is too big for my room. Would it not be best to go with a polk audio one for about $300-400?

[Driver_King]

Why would it be too big for your room? I'm sure you can find a place for it. It's not THAT big.

[TheZoof]

Well I want to put it in the corner behind my tv(sort of an odd shaped room)...

It is the sound produced from it might over power everything else.

I was looking at the PARADIGM - PDR10 V4 or DSP3100. This MFW scares me to blow the room away.

[Driver_King]

A small subwoofer can put out more bass turned up over a larger subwoofer turned down. It's all about how you calibrate your system. The MFW-15 would NOT overpower your speakers, likely even if you turned it all the way up for whatever reason. If you have everything calibrated to 75dB, nothing will be overpowering. Get an SPL meter and order the MFW-15.

[Johk]

Originally Posted by TheZoof

It is the sound produced from it might over power everything else.

If the levels and crossovers are properly set up then it won't over power everything else.

[SlaughterX]

You are going to be glad it died, as I'm sure whatever sub you end up with will put your old one to shame. I recently upgraded my 8" 100 watt Boston Acoustics downfiring subwoofer with a 10" 200 watt MartinLogan Dynamo and I am veeeeeeeeeeeery pleased with it, best upgrade to my HT by a landslide. It's fairly small but it packs a lot of power.

[blu_world]

Originally Posted by TheZoof

Well I want to put it in the corner behind my tv(sort of an odd shaped room)...

It is the sound produced from it might over power everything else.

I was looking at the PARADIGM - PDR10 V4 or DSP3100. This MFW scares me to blow the room away.

uhh..why behind the tv if you current blown subwoofer use to sit on the side of your tv with video game stacked on top of it?....wouldn't want the bass bouncing off the back my tv concealed away..

its good to have in a near open area IMO.