Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater New kids in the family as of today M80's!

thanks for the comments.

again, what your looking at is the "temp" room

I just spent all weekend tearing down the walls, gyprock, carpet out of my basment. next comes wiring, projector/screen placement, plastering, sub floor......and so on and so on...

Here's some more.

Very nice pics - one comment - aren't the HSU subs designed to fire down on carpet? I think it says so in the manual, not sure though.

I just thought I'd mention it, I wouldn't know why it would have a negative effect on the bass it produces. Just repeating what I read somewhere...

I'm curious about the Carver amp you're using. What model? Is this a pro (as opposed to an audiophile) amp? I've been reading recently about people using pro amps to get prodigious high-current power on the cheap by using Crowns, Qsc's & Carvers. I've been mapping out my long-range upgrade plans and may go the pro-amp route if my choice of upgrade receiver can't handle the 4-ohm load of the 80s (yes, they are my choice for upgraded mains).

Yeah, the HSU sub is meant to shoot down on carpet. Like I said, this is a temp room. The final room will indeed have carpet.

That particilar amp is a smaller Carver, TFM-15(power amp, or pro amp as some call it). It handles the m80's just fine. Underneath it, is a Carver CT-17 (pre-amp). mostly older stuff now. Once I get my new Receiver this stuff will be used strictly for music on my older cerwin vega d9's.

Newf ... For now, a small area rug under the Hsu will suffice ...

yeah i know. I got the sub friday, been home sick most of the weekend, and spent the rest of the weekend working on the basement. So, i just haven't had time yet.

To be honest, even on hardwood, the hsu sub sounds awesome.

A little piece of carpet under the HSU would be a good idea. I've read posts on the HSU forum of the subs bouncing around and scratching hardwood floors pretty badly.

my biggest complaint about the HSU sub is about the brass carpet spikes on the bottom. They are very sharp, and the fact that the thing weighs 82lbs and it'll poke 4 holes in your hardwood instantly. And for some reason, people like to lean or sit on subs and think it's funnny....arg.

I had it on one of the womans rugs, but it even poked a hole threw that and still lightly marked the floor. At least axiom packages rubber feet with their speakers.

Anyways, I got 4 penny's underneath the thing now, and it's working out fine. That'll do until I get a chance to get up to wally mart to get a decent rug for it. I'm actually hoping I can start moving this stuff into the new room anyways soon.

pennies, now that's genius! Heads up or down?

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Heads up or down?

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cause you KNOW that will affect the sound!!!

the STF-3 is a pure monster. very ginormous, and extremely powerful. i just can imagine the WALL OF SOUND that newf is getting right now!!

bigjohn