kbfern
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That's the 12" by the look, how much was that, they were going new for about £500 recently which is a bargain as they are superb performers.
All their kit has been on sale plus a 20% extra discount for a month or two but all the subs and some of their speakers have been sold out for the last 2-3 weeks.Yeh it’s the 12 , Wow I’ve been robbed, paid £600 still happy though
Good to know thanks, a question if you don’t mind do I need to use the thx stuff not sure about it only had bk subs, thanks600 is still a bargain mate believe me... enjoy it!
Not sure what the rest of your set up is but give it a go calibrating with the it set at THX level first and if your amp sets it outside of the range as mine did then set it at 12 o'clock then 11 etc until you get a good response on the amp. I'm only a novice in terms of all this so sure others could give more detailed suggestions but thats what has worked for me. Have not tried using the extended option on the switch yet but play around with that once you have calibrated and see what suits your ears best. I have the 10inch so only one port that I have left open but with the 12 inch you have the option of both open, one or both bunged.just see what you like best.Good to know thanks, a question if you don’t mind do I need to use the thx stuff not sure about it only had bk subs, thanks
Well I’ve just run setup all 8 positions , and checked the results now my old bk12 300sb distance was 12 feet but the monolith is set at 19 feet, I know it for delay and all that but I thought it would be about the same, I run setup again just to be sure it wasn’t a bug, I suppose it must be right
Brilliant thanks gaspI don´t know what BK uses as it´s lot older design with A/B class amp, but the Monolith has more modern DSP which will have effect on that usually.
I'm noticing bass where I never knew it existed, watching one of my all-time favourite sitcoms tonight, "I'm Alan Partridge", he was in a lift and the room was rumbling with the lift noise at one pointI’ve got about 20-30 hours of mixed use on my subs now and have to say this past few days I’d say they’re starting to sound better. A fuller bass note and hitting harder as well. Not sure if others are experiencing similar?
Knowing very little about this, but what is your xover set to, is the dip around 90hz related to it?I had a little play with REW tonight. I believe I have my subs in the best place I can in the room all constraints considered. Seems there's a natural null at the MLP around 90Hz. I did play with moving the subs slightly (I rotated one 45 degrees for interest and even moved the one at the front of the room to the corner where the door is) and it didn't improve things, got worse if anything.
I have the Denon EQ app so I thought I'd see if the curve editor does much if anything for the sub eq. The good thing is I can copy my calibration, mess with it a bit and see how that impacts. The app is good in this regard but the sub curve is very difficult to edit especially on a phone screen. I tried to boost a little around 30Hz and also the 90Hz. Results attached. Green the original, red the edited. I've not had a chance to listen to see if I can tell any difference but I expect the original to be the preferred (unsurprisingly). Anyway, thought I'd share.
Both 12" subs with 1 port open, running THX eq. AVR is a Denon x4500h.
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I am also learning but I believe the LFE channel is 120hz. The LCR are set to 80Hz and the surrounds & heights 100hz. That sweep was just the LFE channel from 10hz-400hz. So I don’t believe the dip is due to the crossover. I think that’s a null due to the room.Knowing very little about this, but what is your xover set to, is the dip around 90hz related to it?
I had a little play with REW tonight. I believe I have my subs in the best place I can in the room all constraints considered. Seems there's a natural null at the MLP around 90Hz. I did play with moving the subs slightly (I rotated one 45 degrees for interest and even moved the one at the front of the room to the corner where the door is) and it didn't improve things, got worse if anything.
I have the Denon EQ app so I thought I'd see if the curve editor does much if anything for the sub eq. The good thing is I can copy my calibration, mess with it a bit and see how that impacts. The app is good in this regard but the sub curve is very difficult to edit especially on a phone screen. I tried to boost a little around 30Hz and also the 90Hz. Results attached. Green the original, red the edited. I've not had a chance to listen to see if I can tell any difference but I expect the original to be the preferred (unsurprisingly). Anyway, thought I'd share.
Both 12" subs with 1 port open, running THX eq. AVR is a Denon x4500h.
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Do you have a android TV box? I have one connected to pc monitor upstairs...plug in usb mouse...and away you go it's like desktop pc