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Velodyne DD15 - worth repairing the plate amp?

The amp in my 2008 Velodyne DD15 is dead as a door nail. 

How good is this old marvel compared to today's offerings?

Worth investing another $500 (to have amp repaired, incl roundtrip shipping, tax, etc)? Or just use as passive sub?

How does it compete to modern subs, for example SBS SB-2000 or SB-3000 (both under $1k pre owned)?

kraftwerkturbo
rwwear
2,867 posts
 

Sounds about right. EQ and a large amp are very important with a for a small cabinet to go deep.

rwwear
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kraftwerkturbo OP
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rwwear: what does it do? similar to what audyssey does (measure room sound, make correction in time and equalizing frequencies, automatically)? 

 

rwwear
2,867 posts
 

It's an outboard version the one built into the Velodyne DD series. You can use it with any sub though. Can be used as a replacement for the Velodyne built in EQ if needed.

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m-db
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https://www.outlawaudio.com/products/SMS_manual.pd

This is the Hall brothers first release of subwoofer Equalizing I believe based on the Texas instruments platform using Velodyne custom designed parameters. Shortly after the SMS release the Digital Drive was rumored with an advanced servo circuit, driver and cabinet. The component SMS may have been geared toward supporting the companies legacy products and third party subwoofers?

Despite its age the SMS can provide more detailed capabilities than a number of current low frequency processing designs.

 

 

 

 

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