bowl_actually
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Not sure exactly where to put this question as it applies to subwoofers, and REW, and room acoustics. But since what I'm looking for is a subwoofer, I'll start here.
What I'm looking for is a portable system for doing room acoustics that can give me more accurate results. I have a PC and a sound card and a couple of different amps that are pretty portable. So my initial reaction is to DIY build a passive sub.
However, these days there are so many powered "mini" subs that maybe that's a better way to go. Certainly a powered sub is more convenient and with built in DSP maybe there are some good candidates.
I need something that will play fairly low, preferably to 20hz, although most systems excite very little below about 30hz. and fixing room issues below 30hz is also a big challenge. It also needs to play loud enough to give me a reasonable S/N ratio. Maybe a sub that isn't really big enough for general use in a large room would still generate enough signal for testing if things were pretty quiet in the room. It also doesn't need to be perfectly flat, of course it's always better, but a few db variance is small potatoes compared to room modes and boundary interference.
It would be great to get a KEF KC62, but spending $1500 is out of scope for a dedicated box to carry around and do room measurements. I need something in the "below $300" range.
What suggestions do you guys have? Does anyone else here do something like this and have experience with a portable room acoustics setup?
What I'm looking for is a portable system for doing room acoustics that can give me more accurate results. I have a PC and a sound card and a couple of different amps that are pretty portable. So my initial reaction is to DIY build a passive sub.
However, these days there are so many powered "mini" subs that maybe that's a better way to go. Certainly a powered sub is more convenient and with built in DSP maybe there are some good candidates.
I need something that will play fairly low, preferably to 20hz, although most systems excite very little below about 30hz. and fixing room issues below 30hz is also a big challenge. It also needs to play loud enough to give me a reasonable S/N ratio. Maybe a sub that isn't really big enough for general use in a large room would still generate enough signal for testing if things were pretty quiet in the room. It also doesn't need to be perfectly flat, of course it's always better, but a few db variance is small potatoes compared to room modes and boundary interference.
It would be great to get a KEF KC62, but spending $1500 is out of scope for a dedicated box to carry around and do room measurements. I need something in the "below $300" range.
What suggestions do you guys have? Does anyone else here do something like this and have experience with a portable room acoustics setup?