i think i have gone off the deep end

[goingganzo]

after i get my tax money i will be getting going on my project.
4 Avalanche 18 Subwoofers in a ib manafold. i am thinking of getting a 3400 wat amp to drive them

here is a rough pic of my ht not to scale but would this work as ib the door is slated to meet fire code.the sub is under the stairs.

[gidrah]

Shoot. I thought you were off the deep end before. :D

Looks like a great idea to me.

[tryrrthg]

Your head is going to explode!

you won't need that much power to push those drivers to xmax in an IB.

[trubluluc]

Yes, I have to agree with you,

"you have gone off the deep end".

Quick, someone throw him a LFE preserver!

-Luc

[Shizelbs]

Technically, I think his head will implode. Either way, yes, deep end for sure.

[hoosier21]

I love it, nothing like industerial strength bass power.

[tryrrthg]

The real question is: will you be able to turn it DOWN to reference level?

[Vr3MxStyler2k3]

Off the deep end? Sure...

Would I do it too? Hell yes

[Early B.]

Shit. This will make my little box sub seem so inadequate.

[goingganzo]

well i ordered my 4 subs they might be here tomarrow. now i need a name for my sub.

[Toxis]

Originally posted by goingganzo
well i ordered my 4 subs they might be here tomarrow. now i need a name for my sub. "Hell's Paradise"

[faster100]

before or after your head explodes? do you need to name it? :D

That is extreme, But hey its not a micro mini sub so thats good news !! :D :D

[goingganzo]

the displacement of this sub will be 26 liters my old sub is 8 liters i am ready for bass till the end of the month i will olny be feeding them 500 watss with will get me 1/2 way to x max but by the end of the month i will 3400 wats and all your bass belongs to us.

[Zero]

"and all your bass belongs to us"

Amazing, its the one part he said correctly..when it never shoulda been!


Ganzo,

Looks like a sick set up. You truly do need help! Dont forget to take pics! :)

[goingganzo]

i will take alot of pics each box weighs 57lbs and i have 4 comeing. my sub will be over 200 lbs just in speakers

[Airplay355]

you broke a polk sign because you nailed 20 hz at over 120 db right?....so why do you need more? you are nuts dude completely nuts. id make sure i had a diaper on when i cranked that system because you are definitely going to shit yourself. enjoy every minute of it :D

[goingganzo]

i never broke my polk sign. i have a new pwc it is PWC-IYNH. but i have bottomed out my sub twice on LOTR and that is it.

[goingganzo]

just got my subs i cant find the digital camera but i w2ill get pics when i get off of work at 10 tonight they are massave i think i hurt my self lifting all the subs.

[goingganzo]

here it is the quad

[Airplay355]

i thought you said that one time you thought you blew a driver because you heard a loud noise but it turned out to be your plastic polk sign? either way, you are nuts lol

[goingganzo]

yeah that was true.i forget sometimes.

[glemay]

I'd say you've already fallen and passed the deep end with your previous setup.;)

Congratulations, wish I had one of those monsters:)

Gerald

[goingganzo]

thoes are bigger than they seem

[wlrandall]

Dude, you are freaking nuts-but in a good way :) Your house, if it doesn't collapse is going to suffer some serious structural damage from that setup!

[Airplay355]

y stop at 4? hell stick one on each channel and and get 4 for the lfe channel.

[pjdami]

Dude I'm just GLAD I'm not your neighbor!

[Vr3MxStyler2k3]

Efff...

I WISH I WAS YOUR NEIGHBOR!

Forget my system, I'm going to Ganzo's to watch movies!

[Dennis Gardner]

I feel a "Brown note" coming on!:D :D :D

[wlrandall]

Originally posted by Vr3MxStyler2k3
Efff...

I WISH I WAS YOUR NEIGHBOR!

Forget my system, I'm going to Ganzo's to watch movies!

There ya go...ROAD TRIP ANYONE??

[goingganzo]

hell i am haveing a party this weekend. my sub wont be finished but the subs will be on display. if i go 21 in on center i will be at a 7 foot at 24 in on center it will be 8 feet long for the manafold. i am bulding the fraim out of a 2X6. i am going to bolt it to the floor and put some diag braces. sence the fraim will suport the wall to. it is not structal.

[Mjr7531]

Nice stuff there, I'd like to go and see it, you'll have to tell us how your demo runs go, btw, nice pun :) "off the deep end, haha! I love it...

[Airplay355]

do you think you will ever use those subs to their full potential? couldn't you reach your limits with just 2 of those things?

[goingganzo]

maybe it is a ib and the subs have to do all the work. or maybe if i put in ear plugs. or buld a bigger theater. my next theater will be around 18-22 by 25-34 i havent decided on lay out. eather dual rows of 6-7 seats or 3 rows of 5.

[Dennis Gardner]

I'd never be able to find 12-14 people that would share my love of that much great bass.:D :D Especially if any of them were females.:rolleyes: I have been asked to "turn it down" on my Dual Shivas at times.:D :D

[goingganzo]

every time i do a upgrade i am told that wont work. then i do it and everyone is in awe. i figure there is just about nothing under 50k in a sub with will keep up in performance of my soon to be new sub

[jdhdiggs]

Update please....

[Mjr7531]

Maybe he killed himself with bass.

[Whadyasay]

Dude.....that entire floor of the house is one big subwoofer. I think you're risking some serious intestinal damage or something...not to mention hearing. Prolonged exposure to high dB's in the sub 20Hz range is like staring at the sun during an eclipse...it doesn't look as bright but will still burn your retinas. God help you, but do it anyway just to say you did.

[goingganzo]

sorry guys i had a party las t weekend and i cant get suplys till tomarrow. i did fix the wall buy cutting the botom 7 foot secton out. now i am going to take a 2X6 and a 2X4 and make a fraim. in lay 2 layers of 3/4 mdfb. flush with the front. i am going to put a 1X3 trim to dress it up.

[goingganzo]

today i started on the sub. i got the 3/4 mdfb and fraiming. i cut down the wall and bult the fraim for the sub. i still have to glew up the mdfb cut the circles and mount up the fraim.

[goingganzo]

here you go the mdfb is 24 in by 7 feet.

[goingganzo]

here is a shoot of the old and new subs.

[goingganzo]

and 1 more pic of the old trim on the new sub fraim the olny thing you need is a saw za a hammer and a tape mesure.

[goingganzo]

here we go 3 of the 4 subs installed front

[goingganzo]

back

[Whadyasay]

You're a lunatic.

[goingganzo]

ok i got the final sub in place and after work i wired the sub up in to a 4 ohm load. i put on at forst buthole suffers peper. then mararlin manson dope show. it is amaseing. i turned off the mains and took a mesurement 8o db and you could not tell if the subs were on they were not moveing at all . and you could bareley feel any movement. i dont have the walls sealed up or the manafild caucked yet. once i get everything buttoned up i will have to have a small party.


now on to a name.

[Early B.]

now on to a name.

How about one of these --

Four on the Floor

Basement Bombs

Boom Room

Sh*t Stain Makers

Ganzo's Badass Bass Cavern

Ganzo's Eighteen Inch Screamers

The Mucho Mucho Quatros

The Magnificant Bass Place

Ball Busters

Deep Doo Doos

Innard Skinnards

MakesYaWoody Wall Woofers

Four Big Balls Hung Low on the Wall

Wall Bangers & Sh*t Stainers

Four F**kin' Fee-noms

[goingganzo]

well i have about 1 hour in listning to the sub. it is great and powerfull. very clean and sounds great. the bass has power and drive it hits you even at low levels. also the bass is very clean and defined. i will never need a bigger sub. unless i go insane from the bass. all your bass belongs to me

[Vr3MxStyler2k3]

I noticed my bass was kind of lax lately....

That explains it...

Looking GREAT man

[goingganzo]

i was playing with test tones today. i put on a 10 hz tone and turned it up a bit. the problem is i am using a ss filter at 16 hz but i mesured 90 db @10 hz it was insane. i have a f3 of 14 hz

[jdhdiggs]

Man Gonzo, Niklas Nord at AVS one upped you.. He's using 16 15" JBL drivers in his room... Time to fire back?
:D

[RuSsMaN]

I think before Ganzo builds any more subs, he really needs to get hooked on phonics, and drop the cookie-monster speak.

Cheers,
Russ

[hoosier21]

any problem with those all to one side, I mean I feel my sub (any of them I have had that is) off to one side, I can only imagine what you must be getting to your right side with those 18"s.

VERY cool IB by the way

[goingganzo]

at olny 500 wats rms and olny 3 hours now on the subs. i will amit the sub is a bit over the top. the olny way to get everything out of my sub i will need ear plugs and some more insurance in the house. i bet i would have been happy with 2 18 but it has the look.

[jdhdiggs]

Please turn off the sub while typing, the jittery finger posts are hard to read. :D

[goingganzo]

well i did my first dammage with my sub. i knocked a glass liqur flask out of a cabanet on the wall behind the sub. i had bass invaders lost in bass playing.

[PolkThug]

:D

[boltaction]

uh, what happens if you bottom out your sub?

[RuSsMaN]

I don't think he can. I think the structure of his house will fail before the subs bottom.

Hardcore.

Cheers,
Russ

[boltaction]

I mean literally. What happens if any Subwoofer in the world bottoms out? Is it damaged or does it sound really bad for a split second?

[McLoki]

Originally posted by boltaction
I mean literally. What happens if any Subwoofer in the world bottoms out? Is it damaged or does it sound really bad for a split second?

As opposed to distortion where the sub is still very loud and rumbly just not very accurate.

When it bottoms, all rumble stops (think of putting your hand on a tuning fork and stopping the vibration) and there is a loud clacking noise. It will really scare the hell out of you.

It can damage your sub and for sure is not good for it. I think it just depends on how hard it bottoms and the quality of the sub you are starting with. Most subs can survive bottoming once or twice. If it happens often, your woofer is not long for this world. (last part is all imo)

Michael

[goingganzo]

the ava subs were designed s o they cant botom out so i dont have to wory about that.