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[erict]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

Silence is golden.

Only to a certain extent

[D1-2005]

[QUOTE]

Originally Posted by jaejw1

I should be ok... but it wouldnt be the first time I had the cops called out on me,,, my exwife did it years ago


I have a nice list of things that im going to run through it,,, and give my rating for it from past experience with caraudio and testing equipment for home audio

MOVIES various clips
the incredible hulk
the incredibles
U571
super speedway
star wars
the darknight
bolt
transformers
ironman

MUSIC
various artists
iasca sound quality competition disc: superman track 18hz bass yanni live at the acopolus (spelling)
telark erik kunzels TIME WARP: battlestar galactica
movie soundtracks sound bites
dave mathews blurayray


thats just for starters

You'll definately enjoy the begining of Bolt, damn near shook my house down. Also if your wifes there, you'll probably get the evil eye. All I could do is smile back at her

[jaejw1]

cant wait...

ONTARIO,
CA, US 04/21/2009 6:39 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN

and ontario is just an hour away... they gonna take it to the UPS around the corner from my house.. thats great..


oh crap.. i have to hurry up and drop my son off at school.. the UPS place is literally about a mile from the house..
ALISO VIEJO,
CA, US 04/21/2009 7:50 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERY

[erict]

Originally Posted by jaejw1

cant wait...

ONTARIO,
CA, US 04/21/2009 6:39 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN

and ontario is just an hour away... they gonna take it to the UPS around the corner from my house.. thats great..


oh crap.. i have to hurry up and drop my son off at school.. the UPS place is literally about a mile from the house..
ALISO VIEJO,
CA, US 04/21/2009 7:50 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERY

Well........................ did you receive it

[jaejw1]

Originally Posted by erict

Well........................ did you receive it

well while i was SURFING THE NET .. i heard brakes outside... i looked out the window and saw nothing.. then i went to my sons room,, and there was that beautiful brown van... the guy said.. "be carfeul its heavy".. i said,, "i know"... gonna type up my review in a few hours.. got to go pick up my son..

my review was done with the sub in that far right corner.. but to avoid getting yel;led at furth i have since moved it in the current subs original location.. and the original is on the other side.. playing just a tad bit softer than the pa120.. give me a few..


and yes i like it..lol.

[jaejw1]

this is what i found out in comparing my current rca sub with the pa120.. the pa120 is brand new.. and has not been burned in.. so from what im told.. the sound will just get better... wow cant wait.. now my levels were set at 70db off a decimeter..

all speakers.. 70db on meter ... -21db on rcvr.. my reference point

for all testing the rcvr volume was at -30db ,,, 9db lower that reference .. unless other wise stated

MOVIES various clips

THE INCREDIBLE HULK
RCA-campus.. the roar was weak,, and so was the pounding of fist while on that bridge while turning into the hulk.. the conic cannons just didn’t have any sonic ability..

PA120- the roar was a lil more pronounced.. not by much.. and the fist pounding on the bridge was only heard at reference level (70db at test tone)… sonic cannons played a lil song in my ears..lol


THE INCREDIBLES
RCA- india-golf-niner niner… the sound the missles make as they fly.. I thought was impressive.. the rocket blast sounded good aswell. And the zero point energy thingy,, well it was lacking a lil

PA120- missles.. oh wow.. the rocket.. good and zero point.. was now noticeable

U571
RCA-depth charges,, had no depth to them.. loud bang,, but no boom

PA120- depth charges.. loud bang and a lil boom



SUPER SPEEDWAY
RCA- chapter 14 road test.. going under the bridges.. very lil to no bass.. except for the last one prior to spin out

PA120-all bridges had that low rumble.. like I was used to when I first saw the dvd..


BOLT
RCA- the beginningnice impact while penny is talking to her father… and the id tag is shown.. ramming the car.. just a lil bass.. nothing impressive.. i
ntro to the helis… nice
slow mo jump over heli… nice
“speak”,,, it was ok..

PA120-
WOW… WOW.. WOW.. OK IM HEARING BASS NOTEES THAT I DIDN’T HEAR WITH MY OTHER SUB..


TRANSFOMERS
RCA- IRONHIDE FLIP.. impressive at reference level

PA120- FLIP.. impressive at 30db aswell as reference 21db… more so at reference though.. wow wee..


IRONMAN
RCA- when he is helping those people being held hostage.. he turns off those cannon thingies.. nice..

PA120- very nice and louder and lower..



CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER BREAK IN..

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by jaejw1

this is what i found out in comparing my current rca sub with the pa120...

Congratulations on your new subwoofer. When are we going to see the 3rd and 4th subwoofers in your room?

[jaejw1]

Originally Posted by Big Daddy

Congratulations on your new subwoofer. When are we going to see the 3rd and 4th subwoofers in your room?

hmmm all the hell i caught for this one.. hmmmm im not sure...

i had to remove it from the corner before the wife got home,, cause i knew should would flip a lid.. so i put it in the same spot as my current sub originally was at the left channel.... and the old sub is now on the right side at the right channel..

[jaejw1]

everything mentioned above for the movie test.. are the same for music.. but music was ONLY played at 9db lower that reference,, -30db on rcvr


MUSIC
various artists
RCA-holly cole ,,, “I can see clearly now “ sounds great..bass strings ,, you can hear the vibration after every pluck
Hotel California,, accurate
Jurassic lunch,, foot steps noticed at 22 seconds
Mahkers 5th symphony,,, good


PA120- same as above,, except for mahlers 5th.. very good and impressive


Iasca sound quality competition disc: superman track 18hz bass
RCA- Olympic fan fare.. bass was there but not loud
Superman track,, 18hz not even a lil wimper

PA120-
Fanfare.. was good and loud..
Superman 18hz.. I could hear a faint whisper nothing more.. maybe at reference level I might be able to get more out of it..

telark erik kunzels TIME WARP: battlestar galactica
RCA-track 2.. 2001 space odyssey… bass note heard 08 seconds into the song
Track 3, star treck ( one of the newer tv shows) good bass
Track 5,, battle star gallactica.. good accurate

PA120-
Track 2.. 2001 space odyssey… bass note heard 05 seconds into the song
Track 3, star treck ( one of the newer tv shows) wow.. way louder and deeper
Track 5,, battle star gallactica.. good accurate and louder


movie soundtracks sound bites
RCA-
Track 17 movie scores erik kunzel… Godzilla strole through new york steps first heard .09 seconds into
Growl was ok
Titanic hitting iceberg… horn blast.. no low bass note at all..

PA120-
Track 17 movie scores erik kunzel… Godzilla strole through new york steps first heard .07 seconds into
Growl was good
Titanic hitting iceberg… horn blast.. low bass note heard and felt..

[jaejw1]

added new pics to my gallery showing my subs.. pa120 and the rca










tonight i watched CARS again.. and was surprised at certain scenes.... i watched the last part before the main race.. when the jets flew by.. this time i had it up at reference.. 70dB... the wife yelled at me.. i think her reference is about 100dB

then we all watched clips from the incrdible hulk.. i was more impressed with the information i was missing before.. a lot eeper sound... but unfortunately i was not able to watch at reference... had it about 10db below.

and i just finished listening to blueman group... the last song on the disc plays a very low freq tone and the pa120 was able to pick it up it was low in volume but i could sense it being there.. the last time i heard it was in my car with my image dynamics 12" idmax playing it.. IB mounted with 1500watts fed into it... too bad i had the music playing low... 29db below reference

[jaejw1]

good gosh...

i just watched TITAN AE... man i had no idea that this movie was full of LFE.. all throughout the freakin movie.. i liked how it starts off with the main character looking at his lil invention as a lil boy.. and then boom,, LFE..

gonna try to watch it tomorrow earlier in the day so not to disturb the neighbors,,, too bad i cant go to certain parts in the movie ,, the entire thing is full of it.. nice deep tones..

[jaejw1]

Originally Posted by jaejw1

MUSIC
telark erik kunzels TIME WARP: battlestar galactica
RCA-track 2.. 2001 space odyssey… bass note heard 08 seconds into the song
Track 3, star treck ( one of the newer tv shows) good bass
Track 5,, battle star gallactica.. good accurate

PA120-
Track 2.. 2001 space odyssey… bass note heard 05 seconds into the song
Track 3, star treck ( one of the newer tv shows) wow.. way louder and deeper
Track 5,, battle star gallactica.. good accurate and louder

for thos wondering abou that 2001 space odyssey... here is a video of the exact same track,, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rJSZKZsyQ

[jaejw1]

the dark knight....

i took my time with it,, cause i thought it was all hype.. since i got nothing from my other sub... damn was i completely wrong.. had to turn the thing down from reference.. i thought if i had it up loud (reference) that i might be able to hear some bass... hell i had to turn it down by 11db from reference.. and that was still loud.. a lot of very low freq stuff happening in there..

i was complately shocked at the underground scene.. the batmobile busting through the wall.. and the truck flipping over.. i never heard that bass before..


and now im watching TOP GUN on dvd

[RedIsNotBlue]

Yeah The Dark Knight definitely has some big subwoofer activity. Also check out the hospital explosion scene.

[jaejw1]

Originally Posted by RedIsNotBlue

Yeah The Dark Knight definitely has some big subwoofer activity. Also check out the hospital explosion scene.

after turning everything back up... i couldnt find the angle to operate the rcvr to turn it down... i just hope neighbors werent home..

[jaejw1]

now that its been a complete week of me running it.. i just recalibrated everything.. and watched
matrix reloaded
horton hears a who
ironman
blackhawk down
various music

all at or above refernce.. and im completely shocked.. good thing no one is at home..lol.. and i just found out that my heighbors ARE at home... oh boy... oh well.. i hope that just the scene selections (not the entire movie) were ok with her.. now im playing classical music.. maybe she will enjoy that a lil more..lol.

cant wait to get my second one..

[Driver_King]

You're getting another? Awesome.

[RedIsNotBlue]

I have my old sub connected with this one and I put it right by my couch.

[jaejw1]

Originally Posted by Driver_King

You're getting another? Awesome.

yeppers... probably mid to late summer..... not sure if im gonna get a newer up-to-date rcvr yet..... not sure if the HD bluray sound is worth it

[jaejw1]

Originally Posted by RedIsNotBlue

I have my old sub connected with this one and I put it right by my couch.

u have any pics of ur setup.....