SpeakerBoy

I'm rollin, your comment was the first thing I've read this morning roflNah, it's purely cosmetics and personal preference. I've always been a sucker for those triple twelve angled sealed boxes, but other than that, I like evens.

Dope.

I'm out of adjectives xD

One woofer in a proper enclosure can sound much better than two shoehorned into one that's too small.

Mass is what will help control rattles like that, so I'm guessing roll on would be far easier

A pair of SSA Gcon 15's =]

It was already phrased properly by ///M5. Hate to say it but maybe you don't know how to set one or think your way is correct. There is nothing wrong with learning something new everyday.*sigh* K

Someone please just phrase it properly for OP. I know how to set a gain but, clearly don't know how to put it into words -.-

Yikes. You got one part right. The clipping light is most likely useless.The rest, no. Ok, the part about the ear sure. Use it, when it starts to sound worse/stressed/wrong you went too far. I've had amps do both, I just don't go past where it stops getting louder. It's the same stopping point, too much past that point is distortion.

Don't trust a clip light. Scope it, or set it by ear. When you turn up the gain and it doesn't get louder *or sounds harsh and odd*, that's clipping. Back it down til it's clean again, and you're good to go.

You're supposed to set the gain with the knob turned all the way up.

Happy birfday mang =]

I have 3 way towers that are a ten, a five and a horn, but whether it's these specific one, or the size of my room, being so close to them, I feel like I can tell which speaker is playing what frequency, instead of just a point source. I also made the mistake of premade crossovers as a cheap solution to blown crossovers in these when I got em.I feel totally fucked since I am quickly falling in love with true SQ AND I like it loud occasionally. Yall can be flat out honest with me lol, high end is a new game to me. I'm from the land of dumpster diving, garage sales, speaker backpacks and bikes. I've got a long way to go. iirc your towers are jacked up. poor separation could be attributed to a number of things. how close we talking? when i hear near field i'm thinking computer desk I will measure them as soon as I scrape my noodles off the stove lol.8'6" from speaker to where my head is at listening position. L/R are symmetrically placed. Woofer is next to the right speakers. Horns at ear level, along with mids. Midbass is slightly lower.

I have 3 way towers that are a ten, a five and a horn, but whether it's these specific one, or the size of my room, being so close to them, I feel like I can tell which speaker is playing what frequency, instead of just a point source. I also made the mistake of premade crossovers as a cheap solution to blown crossovers in these when I got em.I feel totally fucked since I am quickly falling in love with true SQ AND I like it loud occasionally. Yall can be flat out honest with me lol, high end is a new game to me. I'm from the land of dumpster diving, garage sales, speaker backpacks and bikes. I've got a long way to go.

Nope, it's quarter inch and xlr's I wanna say, I'm rusty on pro audio terms. I'm a huge 2.1/2.2 fan.

Strong midbass that I can feel in my chest at high volume, precise imaging, I want to be able to close me eyes and say the drummer is to my left. I'd like something extremely capable in terms of SQ, but it needs to be able to get up and go when I get slutty with the bass knob. I want speakers that play flat down to where I cross the woofer, which currently is 50hz. I want to be able to bang Young Jeezy, Slim Thug, some Trae, the turn around and get lost in Dark Side of the Moon, or Kind Of Blue. Subtle nuances in classical, etcetera.

I mean, I have a 52" tv which is probably as big as I'd go in here, so duh no reason right now. I mean Near field as in small room, am I misusing the term? As you know, I've been looking for new speakers, and since these JBL's have their own amp, I'd just like a nice piece to control them, don't like the source to be the only volume control. Only reason the projector is even a consideration is because the depth of my tv is upsetting in this room, but I suppose a pawnshop flat panel would be way cheaper. Gonna come out and say I've never owned, nor shopped for a preamp before.

It isn't about getting low. 8's are just a rather dumb size for a sub-woofer. There are very few good reasons to use one and the OP doesn't have any of those.Only 8" sub I've actually owned was the samsung Ht in a box 5.1 system that had a ported 8. I just lost the drive to try smaller woofers after picking up towers with 10" mids. My head just couldn't fit around mids > woofer. Niche market?

Lol if money weren't an object I'd build a car every six months, reckless style. When space is an issue, I think it's fun to go with a sleeper build. A single 12, or 15 on a heap of power.

If I'm patient with it I'm sure I can pop the current bracing out with a razor and chisel, however I'd be limited to what I can angle in through the cutout, or whatever I can assemble inside the box. I could rebaffle it, but if I'm going to cut it up I might as well do it all over and make it gorgeous. Adding a baffle to this behemoth would further encroach on my tiny room o.o What I think I'll do for now if that's a fools errand, is wait a few months and see how bad this one gets beat apart, and if it weakens noticeably, I'll recone to a 12, grab the ep2500, and rebuild. I'll see what I can do about a lattice type brace like what you posted, that's fuckin sick. It is truly a pity that boxes with bracing like that rarely have plexi to show it off. Edit: the EP2500 and the EP4000 are the same amp?

Rebuilding for my home music room, plans for the box are 7.5@26hz with 120sq in of port, 3/4" mdf, double/triple baffle (haven't decided) 1.5 all around, sub forward port forward, on spikes. Woofer is a FI BTL 18. I like Decaf and DJSNT, chopped and screwed, etc. Anything you'd advise me to change before I go and pick up wood? On 500rms for now, intend to pick up an EP2000 down the road.

To get low low you'll want more surface area than a pair of eights, it'll just make the whole process so much easier on you. Icon 12" would be nice

Been over a year since I turned the box around, maybe I'm due for another try. I've posted my frustrations on this vehicle in the past. Wasn't much help. I'm convinced it's the vehicle. Had a single 12" ICON in there and it was total ass. Turn around stick same sub and box in my buddy's car and omg. Sub is amazing! Sounded louder and cleaner than his existing Fi Q 12". Back into my trunk and it's garbage. Lol. Enough complaining. Good luck with your install buddy. Hope you get better results than meWhat about a low power SQ install instead, with like a pair of IB15's or IB 18 and just go for displacement? Haven't worked on that car before so I don't have an idea of the deadness

If I wasn't so nitpicky about being able to see the cone, a wall with 16 18's iso would be a dream then lol