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Re: The world's newest Axiomite it born...
BlueJays1 #266310 07/16/09 05:28 PM
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Yeah I don't know if I want to chance it either. However Dynomat is anything but a gimmicky product. I have used it to great effect for years (close to two decades) in car installations. It does do what it says it does (deadens the sound field). My only real concern is, do I want to deaden the sound field inside the EP800 or not? This I don't really know. They do put some damping material inside the box as it is. So they do apply this technique to a degree.

My question hinges on if they have 'just enough' damping employed, or if it's just as far as they wanted to take it?


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Micah #266315 07/16/09 05:44 PM
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No doubt, Dynamat and its competitors are not just gimmicks - shockingly overpriced, but not gimmicks. They stop large flat panels from making their own musical notes, and lessen the intrusion of road noise. All you have to do is close the door on two cars, one treated and one not, and you will hear the difference - smack v. thud. Big impact on car audio quality.


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IIRC, Ian uses the cabinet resonance, while most others try to stop it, this, IMO, is what gives Axiom's subs their superior musical qualities; so I wouldn't be tinkering to much with Axiom's subs.


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jakewash #266323 07/16/09 06:23 PM
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 Originally Posted By: jakewash
IIRC, Ian uses the cabinet resonance, while most others try to stop it, this, IMO, is what gives Axiom's subs their superior musical qualities; so I wouldn't be tinkering to much with Axiom's subs.



Good point; you would not deaden a piano or guitar as the whole makes the sound. I forget who, but some speaker mfg claims to tune the cabinet to work like a large musical instrument.


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Zimm #266333 07/16/09 07:48 PM
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 Originally Posted By: Zimm


Good point; you would not deaden a piano or guitar as the whole makes the sound.


Good point; you wouldn't put square wheels on a wheel chair to make it faster.


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Ya_basta #266336 07/16/09 07:51 PM
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Re: The world's newest Axiomite it born...
Zimm #266337 07/16/09 07:53 PM
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Yes and this was part of my concern, if the Dynamat would take away from the whole of the experience instead of improving it. The thing that prompted me to consider it was the fact that the cabinet gives of quite a bit of squeaking during playback both while the amp was removed, and when it is in place.

It was a very interesting experiment. If anyone else has ever done this its amazing to watch how a subwoofer works! Their travel is incredible, and they shake the entire box to the point that you are afraid it's going to simply fall apart under its own air pressure & violent movement! It also gives you an even better appreciation to all the skill involved in getting a high performance subwoofer tuned to the point that it disappears into the rest of your system. Simply amazing!


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Micah #266391 07/17/09 06:58 PM
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 Originally Posted By: Micah
The thing that prompted me to consider it was the fact that the cabinet gives of quite a bit of squeaking during playback both while the amp was removed, and when it is in place.


Now that surprises me. It should not move that much.


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Re: The world's newest Axiomite it born...
Micah #266394 07/17/09 08:17 PM
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Micah, I would think that room treatments would do more to overall improve the subs performance than bracing and damping unless the subwoofer was poorly designed. Or do you already have that side of the equation solved?


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*** Update ***

Ok so I got my replacement sub in and replaced the bad one and put the new through its paces. It performed flawlessly! I even noticed a difference in music that I'd previously thought sounded fine. The bass sounded tighter and much more accurate. I was truely delighted!!!

I put 'Ironman' back in to reference the LFE that first made me aware of the bad speaker. The scene where Stark launches his demo missile went off without a hitch. No rattling or clanking. Just clean, low bass flowing from the EP800, now that's what I'm talking about! Watch a bit more, come to the scene where he puts the original suit on and marches through the cave. There's a TON of LFE going on in this scene. As he marches along something starts to rattle. At first I couldn't tell if it was a speaker or part of the sound track. I listened closer... by the end of the scene it was unmistakable, the other speaker also has something wrong with it. \:\(

It's not nearly as pronounced as the one I replaced, it made it through scenes the other one couldn't. But it's bad none the less. This is not what I was hoping for. Now my attenion shifts to what could have caused BOTH of my speakers to go bad? Did the problem with my amp allow my something to happen that damaged both speakers? It's about the only conceivable theory in my book. I simply can't imagine any possible way I was sent a unit with not one, not two, but three defective components. Something just ain't right here.

I guess I can replace this speaker too now that the amp is replaced and hopefully not damaging the new speakers. If the next one shows up and this doesn't clear up then I'll be at my witts end. I did discove one thing that I previously didn't even know about. I finally got the Denon to come back up on screen so I could go in and set all the speaker parameters and such. And while I was in there I found a setting called 'Subwoofer Limit'. It has you manually increase the LFE level until your speaker starts to distort and then it sets the limit just below that. I've never had that option set before, and my Cerwin Vega sub never distorted. Is this a setting many of you use? My biggest question is, doesn't the DSP chip in the EP800 control distortion? I didn't think I needed any kind of limiter on the EP800 because I thought it was already safeguarded against problems such as these?

So has anyone else ever had an EP500, 600 or 800 distort during very low frequency emissions? This is very disappointing. I was so ready to have these issue's behind me by now. I guess it's a good thing I never did the Dynomat experiment. I may end up having to send this unit back if I get yet another replacement woofer installed in it and it doesn't clear the problem up.


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