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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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04-29-11
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04-29-11   I'm going to contact my insurance agent and see if subwoofer ...   Onhwy61

04-29-11   Blow em up real good!!!!   Stanwal

04-29-11   I remember when the outlaws cracked the foundation at the sy ...   Elevick

04-29-11   I would suspect that it would only be a significant structur ...   Mceljo

04-29-11   Interesting post. fwiw, take a look at some of my recent po ...   Bifwynne

04-29-11   My dog fears my jl subs. she gets up and runs down the hall ...   Bizango1

04-29-11: Kurt_tank
Interesting.

A question for you though:

Precisely what instrument are they playing, (especially in rap music), that goes that low in the frequency response?

(Just curious is all.)

Kurt_tank  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)


04-29-11   Kurt tank, i believe that the lowest frequencies you can get ...   Marakanetz

04-29-11   I ask, because when i looked at this website - see below, (a ...   Kurt_tank

04-29-11   The larger the subwoofer or bass system the less it will cau ...   Johnk

04-29-11   Great post kurt. your post and the attached chart corrobora ...   Bifwynne

04-29-11   The old "acoustic instruments only go down to" sta ...   Bizango1

04-29-11   The military might be interested in your subwoofer. they cou ...   Rudolphls

04-29-11   Guys all he did was play a test tone. yes, synths will get ...   Bjbcab

04-29-11   You guys are awesome, till now i was looking to satisfy my 2 ...   Deadlyvj

04-29-11   Boy that sounds like live music to me.   Sounds_real_audio

04-30-11   10 hz almost has to be a test tone. even large pipe organs ...   Mceljo

04-30-11   Just don't move to my neighborhood. we have big guns, and kn ...   Hifihvn

04-30-11   and another unsubstantiated 'urban myth' gets disseminated o ...   Halcro

04-30-11   Hi i did the first post, i realized after i posted that whil ...   Systembuilder

04-30-11   "and the walls came tumbling down" they had acous ...   Blkadr

04-30-11   Heck i can kill termites with a dd10. i only need to find th ...   Lewhite

04-30-11   I used 2 hgs 18 subs with a rear ml descent sub. i used to p ...   Sthomas12321

05-01-11   The only damage my subwoofers caused was the drywall screws ...   Tmsorosk

05-01-11   So how does the sub integrate into your system. is it seamle ...   Sounds_real_audio

05-01-11   I had great seats for a few of the pink floyd division bell ...   Bjesien

05-02-11   If your dog was stuck under the house and kept barking would ...   Shoe

05-05-11   05-01-11: sounds_real_audio so how does the sub integrate in ...   Systembuilder

05-06-11   The only damage my subwoofers caused was the drywall screws ...   Sthomas12321

05-07-11   I have nails backing outta my sheetrock ...   Fastslappy

05-21-11   I have 2 ads m4's and 2 ads m3's in my system. the 4's are o ...   Danno25

05-21-11   Of course no system is really high end and all that unless i ...   Mapman

05-25-11   The true test of an audiophile system...." does it make ...   Sounds_real_audio

05-25-11   Nope pushes it in....   Programmergeek

05-27-11   If your system can not pressurize your listening space you a ...   Johnk

05-27-11   but no buildings were harmed in the pressurising of this spa ...   Halcro

05-28-11   I run and offer some of the largest and most powerful bass s ...   Johnk


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