I just picked up a walnut B2-50...the little 6.5 driver version...paid 60 bucks with correct cables. So far really likeing it!! Have it paired to my klipsch forte's and the cross overs set at 70hz...and volume at about .3. Let me know what you think of yours!
Mark
Here she is... rats nest tinker mode: ON
Do it!
Now that I have it placed and I learned that I had the levels set too high when I went in the other room and found the node... I learned to set it and then go check, because you can't even hear it in some spots. It seems lower settings are better.. this is the real sub bass. So set it to where its not chuffing out the port then go listen.
That isn't the volume so much as the setting to match the speakers. Using a fixed line level out, I set it to about 2v to get clean, undistorted effortless LOW bass.
The way you have it set might be giving too much output.. listen with your mains off. 0.2v means it will be the same output at that input level as 2v input at 2v... so it's easy to overdrive. You might hear the ports chuffing and the woofers move alot more than normal.
(edit: I guess .2 could be ok.. depends on the line level... I changed a few settings elsewhere and .5 became the good zone)
I set the crossover for 70Hz with some 6.5" 2ways that go to around 60 Hz, it meshes nicely there.
It is a reference to the sensitivity of the speakers db/w 1m... but its all Swedish style with the voltage rating to get a certain spl at a certain power level. There are some weird charts and graphs in this manual.
I just found out that I didn't know there is a few extra bass notes at the beginning of this Kanye West song, I think it was "Heartless" Can't hear them on the Kappa 9s. It's just ~4 notes that are lower right before the main bassline starts.. very impressive.
When I get these crossed properly with the Kappas... I don't even know.
It likes to be in between the speakers, as per the manual for when using one sub. When I get the other one, all bets are off. :scratch2:
