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Monolith by Monoprice 15" THX Ultra Certified 1000-Watt Subwoofer Amplifier on sale for
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- The Monolith THX certified subwoofer sets the standard for bass output, low distortion, and affordability. With chest thumping bass that plays down to well under 16Hz, the Monolith THX Ultra 15" Subwoofer unleashes cinema level volume, with the ability to convey and articulate the subtle nuances of music.
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The sub 20hz response is insane at their price. Once setup properly, if you're getting 2, recommend getting a minidsp and a mic to properly smoothing the frequency response. Nothing comes close to their price/performance and especially at these prices. I have decent tactile feedback for my space, and I use BassEQ to further enchance the experience. Eventually I'll be getting into more hardware for tactile feedback.
These are a huge and I'd recommend 2 people to do the initial setup and definitely get furniture sliders to make it easier for their back. I've fortunately a dedicated rectangular room for my HT and I still moved them around to all possible locations in every combination to find the best response, without furniture sliders I'd have broken my back. There is no way this performance can be had unless you have a enclosure of this size so that's a needed compromise.
Just an FYI I got mine sometime last year, the subs come into their own around the 3pm mark on the gain knob.
I'll take it as a sign... to wait until they are on sale again.
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I do feel like the PB2000 does hit a little tighter though.. I was swapping my subs on and off yesterday comparing.
man I want another 15" Mono THX.. ugh..
Google it
The process has some good tutorials on YouTube and some articles online that far exceed what we could quickly share here, and without knowing the big picture and seeing it in action, nothing would really make much sense just giving a brief how to.
It is actually pretty simple, but can be time consuming.
The results are well worth it.
I can tell you this MiniDSP is just the hardware device to run your DSP, there are other devices but this one is probably the most popular for its features and price.
REW is free software for measuring sound in your room and designing the EQ and Delay you need for your subs to work their best.
I went from a single BIC F12 Sub
Then Added 4x Aura to the sofa
Then Upgraded to 3x 15" Monoliths
For movies and LFE myself and my GF both agreed the most perceivable upgrade was adding the shakers even over the much more expensive sub upgrade.
Now the QUALITY of bass I have is much improved, and these subs can shake the house, but often its much preferred to have the subs not rattling everything and let the shakers do some of the work. During something like an earthquake seen, you feel like your actually in an earthquake...
Especially the ultra low stuff the shakers > subs where you feel it so much more, while the subs just make my house sing a jingle as I hear everything for the next 3 rooms rattling around.
Unfortunately I have a multi use room where the livingroom is my theater room, I dont have the luxury of having a dedicated HT room.
I am interested in the Crowson's now lol, but the Auras have not disappointing me, after building braces in my couch and directly mounting 4 of them, the vibration can be nearly violent.
Looks like the Crownsons are isolators and don't actually mount to the furniture? , not so great for my recliner couch that has like 8 or 10 contact points with the floor on a metal frame unless I can get those feet on somehow.
Guess I'll add them to my wish list, probably 4 of them in parallel to get a 4ohm load.
The MiniDSP is the device you NEED if you have multiple subs (has 2 inputs and 4 outputs). You can control the phase, gain and do fine tune configuration of gains at various frequences in the device. This is where REW comes in, which is free software. With REW and a microphone you can run sweeps and tune your subs to have an ideal room curve. REW ill do most of the work for and output a configuration you put into the MiniDSP. I attached my curve using 2 15" Mono's and 1 PB2000.
Overtime, I'll smooth it even more.. The difficulty is that different seat positions have different curves and then you have to start balancing the various curves. Also, since I'm adding my bass traps and acoustic panels now, I want to see if makes any changes. At some point you're just fighting over tiny bumps that can't even be realized.
Or an entire home theater system with plenty of bass was like $300 just a decade and a half ago. Shoot even a cheap sound bar is going to shake the walls so I don't see the utility here but ok
Only in the car audio world. Maybe. In the music world an amp is an amp and nobody questions if it makes loud sounds or not
Outlaw and Hsu changed the value market with their first editions of this sub. My Hsu VTF-15H was among them, and will still put nearly all cheaper subs to shame in terms of bass quality and extension. Newer ones like this have 2-3x wattage for 3-5B more output, and do even better down low, though.
The only better "value" these days is going with a DIY package, like a GSG Marty sub with 18" or even 21" driver... most of those kits come at a space penalty though. I'm personally doing two full 21" Marty's with Lavoce drivers, for a 12-17dB LFE improvement over my Hsu, and far better musical bass at higher frequencies. Should keep me happy another decade or so!!
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