A subwoofer forum, too! 😉
Now that's great news, as subwoofers really involve different 'frequently answered questions" than other speaker types, I suppose.
Having said that, I've got no topic to contribute, it just looks great to be the first.
Thanks to DIYAUDIO for providing yet another 'specialization' to the crowd!
Cheers,
Sebastian.
PS: The main page is still missing direct links to the new subforums. Are those planned? I'm asking because clicking the 'Loudspeaker' forum link proceeds directly to the conventional view, only viewing the 'Top' level reveals the new forums for me at the moment...
Now that's great news, as subwoofers really involve different 'frequently answered questions" than other speaker types, I suppose.
Having said that, I've got no topic to contribute, it just looks great to be the first.
Thanks to DIYAUDIO for providing yet another 'specialization' to the crowd!
Cheers,
Sebastian.
PS: The main page is still missing direct links to the new subforums. Are those planned? I'm asking because clicking the 'Loudspeaker' forum link proceeds directly to the conventional view, only viewing the 'Top' level reveals the new forums for me at the moment...
I predict that this forum will be posted in with lower frequency than the other speaker forums. Ha!
I'll be quiet now.
I'll be quiet now.
Seems that way. Though a lot of people come through here with questions specifically about subwoofers, and this gives them a place where subwoofer experts can chime in on various bass loading techniques, amplifiers, and drivers.
A lot of ppl will probably miss it though, I only found it by accident as I usually go only to the loudspeakers section.
You guys keep your subs turned down - you're too close to our "Tubes" forum and could make them microphonic 😀
Rock on DIY admins! 😎
Rock on DIY admins! 😎
Hey, where did this forum come from? 😱
Guess I'll stick this in here.
http://www.timn8er.com/adire_tempest_subwoofer.htm
This too. Why not?
http://www.timn8er.com/adire_dpl12_subwoofer.htm
Guess I'll stick this in here.
http://www.timn8er.com/adire_tempest_subwoofer.htm
This too. Why not?
http://www.timn8er.com/adire_dpl12_subwoofer.htm
It feels like a moderators' experiment: "Will evolution give the new forums a go and let the users populate them, or do we really have to do the work and announce them"?
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I too found this forum accidentally haha!!
We could do with a sticky post explaning fundamentals of subwoofers at the top to avoid silly repetition
We could do with a sticky post explaning fundamentals of subwoofers at the top to avoid silly repetition
That's not such a bad idea Mike. I suspect it might become a bit messy though. It then becomes hard for newbies to read through a pile of info, good articles are a bit easier to follow.
I'm thinking I'd like to write some articles that will help, along with charts, links to drivers and example projects. Possibly look at those wikki things, I haven't looked into them much, but what I have seen has been sketchy and incomplete, suggesting they haven't taken off yet, which is a shame as it could potentially have good exposure, and save a lot of repitition that goes on in forums sometimes!
I'm thinking I'd like to write some articles that will help, along with charts, links to drivers and example projects. Possibly look at those wikki things, I haven't looked into them much, but what I have seen has been sketchy and incomplete, suggesting they haven't taken off yet, which is a shame as it could potentially have good exposure, and save a lot of repitition that goes on in forums sometimes!
I'm guessing that 90% of the fundementals have already been covered on the fourm. What we need is an easy way for people to find the answers that have already been posted.
A sticky thread for frequently asked questions in a great idea. Paul is right though, it will get messy and newbies won't read through the whole thing. So instead of posting answers we should only post links to old threads. If a question has been asked before then there will already be a thread (or threads). All the FAQ needs is a link to the old one(s). If a newbie needs more info they can bump up the old thread.
Here is an example:
1. I just bought a Tumult and I want to know if I should make a dipole.
2. I'm a lazy bum and I don't read the FAQ, and I don't do a search.
3. I post a new thread.
4. A friendly stranger posts a link to "Have TUMULT ... will Di-pole" in the FAQ thread, and posts a message on my thread that just says "Read the FAQ"
5. I read the FAQ and I find the thread with my answer. 🙂
The upshot is that I get my answer along with a friendly reminder of good fourm etiquette. The fourm stays tidy. And the FAQ stays readable.
A sticky thread for frequently asked questions in a great idea. Paul is right though, it will get messy and newbies won't read through the whole thing. So instead of posting answers we should only post links to old threads. If a question has been asked before then there will already be a thread (or threads). All the FAQ needs is a link to the old one(s). If a newbie needs more info they can bump up the old thread.
Here is an example:
1. I just bought a Tumult and I want to know if I should make a dipole.
2. I'm a lazy bum and I don't read the FAQ, and I don't do a search.
3. I post a new thread.
4. A friendly stranger posts a link to "Have TUMULT ... will Di-pole" in the FAQ thread, and posts a message on my thread that just says "Read the FAQ"
5. I read the FAQ and I find the thread with my answer. 🙂
The upshot is that I get my answer along with a friendly reminder of good fourm etiquette. The fourm stays tidy. And the FAQ stays readable.
What you do-is even the noobs wont read an FAQ- some one has it handy eg wiki file
so that you can copy and paste sections-
the end result is almost the same- minimal wasted time by the non noobs-and the noobs end up with the info!
Because-
-life is too short man!,to be pasting stuff to people who dont look at diysubwoofers.org etc!! Surely its great to help other people out- but wasting minutes of your life on forums isnt what most people want to do
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so that you can copy and paste sections-
the end result is almost the same- minimal wasted time by the non noobs-and the noobs end up with the info!
Because-
-life is too short man!,to be pasting stuff to people who dont look at diysubwoofers.org etc!! Surely its great to help other people out- but wasting minutes of your life on forums isnt what most people want to do
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