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A warning to all about HUGE Subwoofers

So I just bought a Velodyne HGS18 yesterday and its amazingly awesome. Enough so that I know that it can crack concrete and after playing with it a while i genuinely have realized this has the potential if unleashed to destroy a house.

I decided to do a test tone to see how it did and at 10HZ this thing will rattle your whole house (I listen to rap amongst other things, I'm no stranger to playing loud bass)and that is with very little volume. Be careful when you look at subs in accordance to your building.

I always thought the subs that had that potential were awesome and amazing which they are (at least this one) However it isnt fun be afraid to turn up your sub for fear of tearing down your walls. It wasnt that bad but it seems that in 2 seconds or less if its going to loud and low it could do some damage. I can only imagine what it would have done my volume was any higher or if i let it go without being next to the volume switch.

On a side note hearing frequencies that low is an amazing improvement and far better than I had anticipated
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danno25
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I have 2 ads m4's and 2 ads m3's in my system.
The 4's are on the fronts, the 3's are on the sides.
My system in a finished basement and I can shake
the cement floor.
It's taken me months to stop all the rattles, but
it is worth it.
I tuned everything to be flat and smooth on the low
end.
It sounds great, but on some recordings I hear tapping
on the floor or mike boom vibrations that can make
you nauseous.
Years ago I heard a parrasound 18 inch sub and it knocked
me out of my chair, but was clean and fast.
Would love to hear it again,
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mapman
22,172 posts
 
Of course no system is really high end and all that unless it's got the balls needed to destroy the house, right?
sounds_real_audio
1,002 posts
 
The true test of an audiophile system...." does it make the wax fall out of your ears?"
programmergeek
322 posts
 
Nope pushes it in....
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johnk
1,975 posts
 
If your system can not pressurize your listening space you are for sure missing something wonderful. If this doesn't mater to you nothing wrong with that. But without the pressure detail across the range is missing. And the excitement and suspension of disbelief is greatly diminished.
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