expired Posted by crash21 • Mar 10, 2020
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expired Posted by crash21 • Mar 10, 2020
Mar 10, 2020 8:59 AM
Monoprice Monolith M12-S 12" THX Certified Sealed 500-Watt Powered Subwoofer
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I should also add, it wasn't just an output/volume thing. I was expecting it to dig much deeper and it rolled off pretty quick around the mid 20 hz's. It was definitely clean and tight though vs. my old Polk PSW505 12", but this monoprice 15 looks like its got some good output sub 20hz even.
I'm at the point where I need to find a way to dynamat my house and change out all the windows.
15s oos already
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That said...I'm trying to figure out how they justify the $1300 MSRP for a 12" sealed.
At this sale price I'd rather wait for the outlaw x12 to hit $499 free shipping again. Or at that msrp wait for the X13 to hit $999 FS.
Just some other ideas for those who are shopping.
Sealed itself matters less than the size of the cabinet. Sadly, most sealed subs also have smaller enclosures, so that's not doing them any good. My two 18" sealed subs don't need to push past 100W in a 8,000 cubic foot room to have plenty of output (down to 6Hz even), but they each have a Crown amp that can feed each 2000W if I ever wired up 240V and raised the highpass filter. I haven't seen the need yet, especially with the wall, window, fixture noise.
Hoping our next house in the distant future will have an infinite baffle setup - I love IB and some sealed far more than ported or bandpassed subs. The low end extension from 28 square feet of cone area would be amazing, and efficient! IB is just a giant sealed cabinet.
That said...I'm trying to figure out how they justify the $1300 MSRP for a 12" sealed.
At this sale price I'd rather wait for the outlaw x12 to hit $499 free shipping again. Or at that msrp wait for the X13 to hit $999 FS.
Just some other ideas for those who are shopping.
Sealed itself matters less than the size of the cabinet. Sadly, most sealed subs also have smaller enclosures, so that's not doing them any good. My two 18" sealed subs don't need to push past 100W in a 6,000 cubic foot room to have plenty of output (down to 6Hz even), but they each have a Crown amp that can feed each 2000W if I ever wired up 240V and raised the highpass filter. I haven't seen the need yet, especially with the wall, window, fixture noise.
Hoping our next house in the distant future will have an infinite baffle setup - I love IB and some sealed far more than ported or bandpassed subs. The lowend extension from 500ft³ of compact sub array air displacement would be amazing, and efficient! IB is just a giant sealed cabinet.
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There's no replacement for that air displacement (except acoustic coupling), any way that you can do it (cone area + excursion). My belief is that a subwoofer can start to impress when its displacement is above 0.01% the room's volume, and cabinet/tuning beyond that. A 5000ft³ room would perform great with 0.5ft³ or more of cone air displacement. My two 18s combined are half that at 0.4 for 8000ft³, but they still do well compared to other subs I've had through here. They just don't impress like sticking them in a bedroom does, but I don't want to run more cabinet in this space. Hence infinite baffle in my future, with either 8 or 16 drivers depending on the framing options. Hopefully in 10 years!
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