Titanic Mkiii 15"

[L.J.]

BANG!

Was that the sound of someone pulling the trigger? Congrats. I know you'll be glad you did. And you could always return it. (or send it to me after you assemble it.

Still free freight? That's a biggie with something that's 100 pounds and takes up two boxes.

Yep, $578 total. I jump in a little early but couldn't pass the sale up. I'm gonna have some extra $$$ soon so no biggie.

I'm gonna be makin' some changes to my other system as well. I'm pulling the C-3's out of my bedroom and S12.3 sub (which is getting replaced by the titanic) and starting a 2.1 in a separate room. Probably be picking up an intergr. for that and pulling the Denon DCM 380 for that system as well.

My C-1's will go from surrounds to mains on my bedroom system and I already have Energy R1's to use as surrounds. My Vega's are gonna be moved into my garage.

[GMichael]

Yep, $578 total. I jump in a little early but couldn't pass the sale up. I'm gonna have some extra $$$ soon so no biggie.

I'm gonna be makin' some changes to my other system as well. I'm pulling the C-3's out of my bedroom and S12.3 sub (which is getting replaced by the titanic) and starting a 2.1 in a separate room. Probably be picking up an intergr. for that and pulling the Denon DCM 380 for that system as well.

My C-1's will go from surrounds to mains on my bedroom system and I already have Energy R1's to use as surrounds. My Vega's are gonna be moved into my garage.

Extra cash is always a good thing. Does this mean that wifey is all for it?
Upgrades are the next best thing to extra cash. Next thing you'll be telling me that you have some extra tang on the way. Oops, can I say that here?

[GMichael]

Gremlins! That's it, I must have gremlins. Someone keeps turning up my sub. I've turned it down 3 times already only to have it get too loud again an hour or so later. Is this a break in thing?
Half way through last night the sub seemed to be over powering my system again. But this time, instead of turning it down, I started playing with the parametric EQ. Haven't stopped by Rat Shack to pick up a meter yet, but never let it be said that anything will stop me. Equipment, knowledge, who needs it? Here's what I did. With the gain turned up to +4db I started turning the dial up from 18htz. When I got to about 60htz the boominess more than doubled. So I left the dial at 60htz and turned the gain/defeat down to -3db. Now it sounds great again. Doesn't overpower the system, but still hits like a ton of bricks when it is supposed to. Maybe some day I'll get off my lazy ars and ride the 5 miles down the road to the Shack. But till then, I'm a very happy man.

[L.J.]

Gremlins! That's it, I must have gremlins. Someone keeps turning up my sub. I've turned it down 3 times already only to have it get too loud again an hour or so later. Is this a break in thing?
Half way through last night the sub seemed to be over powering my system again. But this time, instead of turning it down, I started playing with the parametric EQ. Haven't stopped by Rat Shack to pick up a meter yet, but never let it be said that anything will stop me. Equipment, knowledge, who needs it? Here's what I did. With the gain turned up to +4db I started turning the dial up from 18htz. When I got to about 60htz the boominess more than doubled. So I left the dial at 60htz and turned the gain/defeat down to -3db. Now it sounds great again. Doesn't overpower the system, but still hits like a ton of bricks when it is supposed to. Maybe some day I'll get off my lazy ars and ride the 5 miles down the road to the Shack. But till then, I'm a very happy man.

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[L.J.]

Gremlins! That's it, I must have gremlins. Someone keeps turning up my sub. I've turned it down 3 times already only to have it get too loud again an hour or so later. Is this a break in thing?
Half way through last night the sub seemed to be over powering my system again. But this time, instead of turning it down, I started playing with the parametric EQ. Haven't stopped by Rat Shack to pick up a meter yet, but never let it be said that anything will stop me. Equipment, knowledge, who needs it? Here's what I did. With the gain turned up to +4db I started turning the dial up from 18htz. When I got to about 60htz the boominess more than doubled. So I left the dial at 60htz and turned the gain/defeat down to -3db. Now it sounds great again. Doesn't overpower the system, but still hits like a ton of bricks when it is supposed to. Maybe some day I'll get off my lazy ars and ride the 5 miles down the road to the Shack. But till then, I'm a very happy man.

Hey GM, have you had a chance to calibrate your sub yet?

I finally pulled out my SPL meter and Rives test tones CD and was able to really get my sub dialed in. Take a look at these before results:



The blue line is my first measurement. The gray is I guess my halfway point. I did alot more measurements, but only put a few on graph.

As you can see I had a HUGE peak at around 40/50hz. I was unable to properly set my sub level because of it. As a result, I had to set my sub's level really low. I knew it was there but the room measurements confirmed it. I was able to cut the peak down using the sub's eq. Cutting that one peak down made a night and day diff for my bass. The improvement was crazy. The sub blended with the rest of my system so much better. I was able to go in and properly set my level now because the peak was not screwing everything up. The bass is deep,but so freakin' smooth.

Here are my results now:



As you can see, the response is a heck of alot smoother now. I still have a peak at 90hz and a few bumps that I plan on taking care of it in the future(can you say BFD), but for now I have some pretty decent bass. Anyways, I thought I'd share my results with you and pressure you to spend some $$$.

[GMichael]

Oh! Very promising results. Congrats on a job well done. Doesn't that peak at 90 have more to do with your mains? What do you have the crossovers set at?

No, haven't done mine yet. Still sounds great though. Just doing it by ear I was able to get rid of what seemed to be a peek at 60. I have put a spending freeze on all purchases until further notice. Don't want to buy more new stuff just before I have to move it, again. May very well have to leave some new stuff behind as it is.

[L.J.]

Oh! Very promising results. Congrats on a job well done. Doesn't that peak at 90 have more to do with your mains? What do you have the crossovers set at?

No, haven't done mine yet. Still sounds great though. Just doing it by ear I was able to get rid of what seemed to be a peek at 60. I have put a spending freeze on all purchases until further notice. Don't want to buy more new stuff just before I have to move it, again. May very well have to leave some new stuff behind as it is.

Move it????

Yep, it's the mains. My xover is set to 80hz. I'm gonna see what happens when I change it to 60hz.

[kexodusc]

Move it????

Yep, it's the mains. My xover is set to 80hz. I'm gonna see what happens when I change it to 60hz.

LJ. I'm curious to learn what happens.

What size is your room (w x h x d)? Any 19 ft-ish dimensions by chance? I have a feeling this could be a room mode issue, but you might also try moving the speakers further out from the wall or tinkering with sub placement.

Setting the XO lower could make it worse. If your receiver has a 24 dB/octave filter, you're moving the cut in the 90 Hz region further away.

[L.J.]

Extra cash is always a good thing. Does this mean that wifey is all for it?

Yep. You gotta run a $500+ purchase by the wife first.