How the other half lives v. in-floor sub install

[tommyk90]

As some of you may know, I'm building an in-floor subwoofer for my neighbors new house.

Today I finally got to get the thing over there and installed, though it's not hooked up yet. But I did manage to get a vid of the drive to the house to show you guys how extravagant this place is.

Vid:
YouTube - HT build

Pics:
Room where my access panel is:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/tommyk90/Glenna%20Home%20Theater/IMG_20101111_140006.jpg

The access hole:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/tommyk90/Glenna%20Home%20Theater/IMG_20101111_131254.jpg

Now you know why a 4th order was my only option. :)

After I got the sound dampening in there:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/tommyk90/Glenna%20Home%20Theater/IMG_20101111_133939.jpg

The enclosure:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/tommyk90/Glenna%20Home%20Theater/IMG_20101111_142713.jpg

Installed:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/tommyk90/Glenna%20Home%20Theater/IMG_20101111_151203.jpg

Still need to put screws into the box so it doesn't move, plus another brace.


And since I was there, I snuck in a couple more pics.

PART of the basement:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/tommyk90/Glenna%20Home%20Theater/IMG_20101111_140015.jpg

The A/V rack. I'm sure jimj will like this. :)
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/tommyk90/Glenna%20Home%20Theater/IMG_20101111_140042.jpg

The woodshop in the separate carriage house I mentioned in the video.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/tommyk90/Glenna%20Home%20Theater/IMG_20101111_144815.jpg

Next week it'll get hooked up and tested. :)

[mrogowski]

nice. what driver did you choose and what's the box tuned to?

[pl8er]

NICE!

You got a chest cold too, bro.

[tommyk90]

nice. what driver did you choose and what's the box tuned to?

Fi SSD.

Box is tuned to...uh....lol.

Probably around 30ish? I'm gonna test it out once we get it wired up. If I don't like how it performs I'm gonna rebuild it. Hard to say what its tuned to for sure. I tested it in my bedroom and it seems to peak pretty low.

[tommyk90]

NICE!

You got a chest cold too, bro.

Sure do. Already on 2 antibiotics and a cough suppressant. :icon14:

[pl8er]

Take care of yourself...I'm sick too :(

House is off the hook. I may have missed it, but what does the owner do?

[mrogowski]

Fi SSD.

Box is tuned to...uh....lol.

Probably around 30ish? I'm gonna test it out once we get it wired up. If I don't like how it performs I'm gonna rebuild it. Hard to say what its tuned to for sure. I tested it in my bedroom and it seems to peak pretty low.

nice. you can always eq things in if necessary, if he has one of course...

[tommyk90]

nice. you can always eq things in if necessary, if he has one of course...

Gonna be powered by a crown amp, so I'm sure there's some adjustments on it. :)

[Spider Monkey]

Bad to the ass.

[mrogowski]

make sure you get proper reimbursement for your expert skills...

[tommyk90]

make sure you get proper reimbursement for your expert skills...

Will be settled very soon. :)

Very happy with what they are gonna pay me.

[mrogowski]

Will be settled very soon. :)

Very happy with what they are gonna pay me.

damn, wish i had clients like that.

[tommyk90]

damn, wish i had clients like that.

Plus when they go on trips me and my new neighbor (my old neighbors son) get to party there. :)

I'll try and get some pics of the upstairs next time.

[IamDeMan]

While that looks nice, I would still just go IB for that application. Every home I own will have an attic IB from now like this home.

I bet that shit is gonna be loud though.

EDIT: Just noticed that feeds into another room, so I guess IB will not work in the floor.

[J31Bro]

Sure do. Already on 2 antibiotics and a cough suppressant. :icon14:

Watch out bro. Antibiotics makes teh candida go crazy!

[ngsm13]

Not gonna perform like you want it. Is my guess.

No offense meant.

[tommyk90]

Not gonna perform like you want it. Is my guess.

No offense meant.

I'm on the fence as well. I tested it a bit in my room and it plays low, but frequency response seemed a little narrow. But I wanted to test it in the room its going to be in just to be safe.

If it doesn't perform how I want it to then I'll rebuild. No biggie. As stated, they aren't audiophiles and will probably be happy with anything. They were more happy that I was involved with the house more than anything else.

If I do rebuild I have a ported idea in mind that might work better, its just gonna take some work.

[Fatboy501]

Damn... that's baller. Attic-mounted infinite baffle eh? How does that really sound? I toyed with the idea of trying it out, but I live in an OLD house that has doors between every bedroom, so it's much easier to just block one of those off and use it as the mounting point... no drywall work ftw.

[IamDeMan]

Damn... that's baller. Attic-mounted infinite baffle eh? How does that really sound? I toyed with the idea of trying it out, but I live in an OLD house that has doors between every bedroom, so it's much easier to just block one of those off and use it as the mounting point... no drywall work ftw.

Attic IB is damn good. A little bit of work and a whole lot of drivers, but in the end it is worth it. Great extension.

[DUSSIN]

Take care of yourself...I'm sick too :(

House is off the hook. I may have missed it, but what does the owner do?


this

[Hagabro]

party times?

[tommyk90]

this
Well, nothing. Haha.

Truth be told, she inherited a bunch of money.

On a side note, haven't had time to finish the install yet. Probably going to be a while with the holidays coming up.

[tommyk90]

Here's a little article about the house, along with a few pics.

I'm gonna try to snap some the next time I'm over there.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-mre-1128-fundraiser-home-20101126,0,4391959.story

In the 2nd picture you can see a little passageway to the right of the fireplace, that's where the TV is and where my in-floor sub is.

[Spider Monkey]

Here's a little article about the house, along with a few pics.

I'm gonna try to snap some the next time I'm over there.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-mre-1128-fundraiser-home-20101126,0,4391959.story

In the 2nd picture you can see a little passageway to the right of the fireplace, that's where the TV is and where my in-floor sub is.

So you have to stand in that passageway to watch TV? The fuck?

[tommyk90]

So you have to stand in that passageway to watch TV? The fuck?

No, the passageway leads into another room where the tv is.

[Spider Monkey]

Ahhh.

[StrangleHoes]

finished vid?

[tommyk90]

finished vid?

Nope, haven't been back there since I got it up in it's spot.

Need to talk with my neighbor and get back over there so we can finish it.

[StrangleHoes]

Nope, haven't been back there since I got it up in it's spot.

Need to talk with my neighbor and get back over there so we can finish it.

So if you don't mind me asking, after you saw the house did you charge them accordingly?

[tommyk90]

So if you don't mind me asking, after you saw the house did you charge them accordingly?

I've actually known the owners for about 20 years.

They were my neighbors before they built this house.

I actually didn't give them a price, my new neighbor (the owner's son) actually came up with a price which I was more than happy with. :)

[Echo42987]

Is that in IL somewhere?

[DUSSIN]

Here's a little article about the house, along with a few pics.

I'm gonna try to snap some the next time I'm over there.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-mre-1128-fundraiser-home-20101126,0,4391959.story

In the 2nd picture you can see a little passageway to the right of the fireplace, that's where the TV is and where my in-floor sub is.


:duh:

[tommyk90]

Slight update on this. My neighbor finally ordered the amp we needed.

So I'm over there helping them hook it up, and when it came to wiring the positive and negative on the amp (2 channel bridged) I mentioned that it didn't matter that the positive speaker lead was on the positive terminal.

At which point his buddy (who claims he's been doing this for 10+ years) says it does matter because you'll lose "all low end output" and the "sub will cancel out". I mentioned to him that it does NOT matter because amplifiers put out AC and in low frequencies it's hard to decipher an out of phase sub.

He retorts by telling me that amps put out DC. :fp:

So I then ask him why a speaker only moves one way when you hook it up to a battery (pop test), he then tells me that the amplifier modulates the DC signal so the speaker moves back and forth.

At that point I just kept my mouth shut because I knew no matter what I told him that he would never be convinced.

All I said at the end was that we'll test it one way and then flip it so the positive speaker wire is on the positive channel if he "hears it out of phase" and walked away.

I hate it when people act like they know what they are talking about because they are older.

[_AnGeL_]

slap a fool

[tommyk90]

slap a fool

I was tempted to.

[Hagabro]

should have asked him how magnets work.

[_AnGeL_]

or if Fi has a website

[Porch Monkey]

what a dipshit

[_AnGeL_]

yeah you are a dipshit

[Porch Monkey]

bro, my lawn needs mowed. Hurry up or no churros for you!

[tommyk90]

I'm thinking about calling crown's (the amp manufacturer) tech support line in front of him and asking if their amps put out AC or DC current and see what he says then.

[_AnGeL_]

lol mowing. Never mowed a lawn in my life.

[Porch Monkey]

I'm thinking about calling crown's (the amp manufacturer) tech support line in front of him and asking if their amps put out AC or DC current and see what he says then.
ask him what DC sounds like

[tommyk90]

ask him what DC sounds like

Well, his DC sounds like AC apparently because the amplifier "modulates" the DC current so it alternates back and forth.

Funny, I would call that ALTERNATING CURRENT.

[Porch Monkey]

werd, if it changes direction in time, it is no longer DC

[_AnGeL_]

call Crown in front of him and record it, would provide lulz

[Hagabro]

lol mowing. Never mowed a lawn in my life.

you have not truly experienced life until you have.

[Captain Ahab]

lol mowing. Never mowed a lawn in my life.

sheltered

[slim8605]

Angel is too pretty to be mowing lawns.

[Porch Monkey]

lawn ornament

[Pootie]

or if Fi has a website

Fi has a website :confused2:

[IamDeMan]

All my amps be pushin DC yo. All the ballas have amps like this.

[tommyk90]

Wired in and working. Sounds pretty darn good for the space I had to work with.

Suffers a little bit on the high-end, as I was expecting with the design, but should perform really well with movies.

I'll try and get a vid some day along with pics of the rest of the house.