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One Installer's Opinion: Road Trip

The following article originally appeared in Wide Screen Review (WSR) magazine and is being republished courtesy of the author, Terry Paullin.

It's a rare and fortunate "find" when you encounter a client who is willing (actually, more like insistent) to have you build three theaters for him. I've been favored with a few such patrons, but none so exacting, erudite and insightful as LD. Let's call him LD, as he is a private man and will appreciate the alias. Save to say, the demographic of this readership likely uses his product in some way, everyday. What follows is the saga of LD's theaters for which, by the time I am done with #3, I will have driven over 10,000 road miles to complete.

LD initially found me through this publication more than three years ago. He had his people call my people (that would be my answering machine and I) and we set at time for me to go down and survey his scene. I live in No. Cal. and LD at the time was in So. Cal. I have dozens of installations in the greater L.A. area, so I hardly saw this opportunity as out-of-range. Upon arrival, I walked into a well designed room (for acoustics) and, typical of the day, a 3-tube CRT front projector on the ceiling. LD, an accomplished photographer and musician, allowed the space to be shared with a mixing console, multiple guitars and keyboard, and a gallery of his favorite photographic work.

The Runco 1200 suspended there was quite long in the tooth, short on lumens and a tick out of convergence. He asked me if I could propose something that would be superior. I suppressed a giggle and said something like "... uh, yeah", displaying my command of the English language. Long story short, we got along, he hired me, and about three months later we installed a Vidikron 3-chip DLP projector with upgraded optics paired with a 2.35 anamorphic masking screen, and a boatload of new A/V gear to go with it. I think we bonded when, against my instincts, I let him keep his Laser Disc player and turntable. LD was also enamored with his Martin Logan speakers so, in a rare show of acquiescence (and after an audition), I allowed them to stay after augmenting the low end with an 18" Velodyne subwoofer. (I chronicled the final acoustic room tune in a WSR column years ago)

Sometimes, no matter the installer, no matter the physics of the room and no matter (within reason) the complement of high-end A/V gear, things just come together in an unusually fortuitous way.

Subwoofer Enclosure: Why Would You Want Them? | Speed Safe

For an ardent car lover who loves to play music while they travel, a car audio system could be indispensable. A car audio system aided by the good subwoofer enclosure will not simply surround the inside of the car system, distributing smooth quantity of sound within your car, but also comes in affordable prices and easy installment set ups.

There were a lot of factors why we really need to lay our subwoofers in an enclosure. Nevertheless, the very reason why we have to have positioned them in subwoofer enclosure is what professionals say as “phase cancellation” or the loss of bass frequency. Phase cancellation occurs when the subwoofers tend to bend each other’s sound around the speaker that brings a bigger sound wave thereby giving you a loss in frequency. You’ll simply avoid this occurrence whenever you get a subwoofer enclosure for the car or whenever you place a baffle.

As often as necessary, you should aim to purchase car subwoofers with readymade subwoofer enclosure included. But, if you weren’t able to get one, then you need not to fret. Since, you know, a car subwoofer enclosure is very much affordable to buy. So you’ll definitely discover a good one and of superb quality. The main reason we put the subwoofer in an enclosure is because if you don’t use an enclosure you’ll hear no bass frequency.

When choosing a subwoofer enclosure, always makes sure that you choose one that will complement your car systems requirements. The sizes as well as the style of subwoofer enclosure you’ll need to purchase has to be considered. Usually, you will see four styles of subwoofer enclosure: bandpass, tube, ported and the sealed type.

Bandpass subwoofer enclosures are brings “thick bass” frequency which makes them an effective contender for playing loud music. They bring excellent sound towards hip-hop and reggae. While the ported subwoofer enclosure on the other hand are more flexible in nature since they could play much more form of music as compared to bandpass. Whenever you’ve got very small power supply to play loud music, a ported subwoofer enclosure could be a perfect candidate.

The tube subwoofer enclosure on the other hand is the right choice for starters who’s still undecided on which subwoofer enclosure to purchase. This subwoofer enclosure is the most fundamental types of enclosure and should match any style of music genre as well.

HWM

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