Has anyone tried using fleece like maybe the thickness of a blanket to use as sound deadening inside a sub enclosure. Seems to me it would work. I'm curious because I have a couple of old blankets that I've used for storing various items. I thought maybe I could repurpose them into lining the inside of an enclosure
Wool rug underlayer takes First Prize. I suppose almost anything made of wool and deployed properly would be as good as anything marketed for the purpose.
Since you seem under-educated about "damping", "sound deadening", "fleece", "wool".... and so on, the real first place to start is with enhancing your own education in sonic matters.
Since you seem under-educated about "damping", "sound deadening", "fleece", "wool".... and so on, the real first place to start is with enhancing your own education in sonic matters.
It's a basic tapered T'line. The driver is a 12" Kenwood KFC-W112S. I have a much beefier 12" from CT Sounds but according to what I've read, the Kenwood has the better t/s parameters for what I'm doing which is building a home stereo system from some old computer parts I have laying around. The motherboard has a built in DAC. Supposed to geared toward gaming but you know, work with what you got. I bought a 200 watt Fosi monoblock amp for the sub so I will have that pushing it. I'm having trouble getting it to model well in hornresp without a lot of dampening. It tanks around 80 hz. This is kind of a budget build. Especially since my last budget build (my trucks sound system) ended up costing just a touch under $1000 so I'm saving $$ where I can. I had the blankets and thought I'd ask. They're actually a sherpa style blanket which is why I thought they might work
Wool rug underlayer takes First Prize. I suppose almost anything made of wool and deployed properly would be as good as anything marketed for the purpose.
Since you seem under-educated about "damping", "sound deadening", "fleece", "wool".... and so on, the real first place to start is with enhancing your own education in sonic matters.
You are correct sir. Under-educated is what I am. I figure the best way to remedy that is to ask questions. That or read a bunch of literature that goes right over my high school educated head and coming away feeling even more ignorant than when I went in.
Since you seem under-educated about "damping", "sound deadening", "fleece", "wool".... and so on, the real first place to start is with enhancing your own education in sonic matters.
You are correct sir. Under-educated is what I am. I figure the best way to remedy that is to ask questions. That or read a bunch of literature that goes right over my high school educated head and coming away feeling even more ignorant than when I went in.
I guess I should have first said something like, "It makes no sense to answer questions with specific answers if the answers will just get lost if dropped into a barrel of other questions." So I recommend getting some basic grasp of acoustics.
While your modesty is very decent to hear, I think that just a small effort at filling in your education from the web, you'll find lots of "Acoustics 101" guidance.
And that is my answer to your question. Good question. Good answer?
While your modesty is very decent to hear, I think that just a small effort at filling in your education from the web, you'll find lots of "Acoustics 101" guidance.
And that is my answer to your question. Good question. Good answer?
It would have been best if you had mentioned you had a TL sub at the outset.
I believe trial and error is involved in the application of damping material in a TL, so I suggest you go ahead and experiment with your blankets.
Try bubble wrap first, but definitely a trial and error affair and a combination of materials may be best.
If it’s a sealed enclosure, fiberglass insulation has always worked well.
If it’s a sealed enclosure, fiberglass insulation has always worked well.
Long ago, I had two posts on my 17-foot TL and the results of damping and some clear measurements.
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/17-foot-pipe-sub-12-230-hz-5db.322418/
In as much as it isn't possible to tune bass by ear to a useful degree of precision, no matter how many people utter those pious words*, I'd say the more stuffing you put into a TL the better, up to a point, of course.
* a mic, DSP, and REW together do a pretty good job to settle the objective results - but after that you need to "season" the sound to your taste.
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/17-foot-pipe-sub-12-230-hz-5db.322418/
In as much as it isn't possible to tune bass by ear to a useful degree of precision, no matter how many people utter those pious words*, I'd say the more stuffing you put into a TL the better, up to a point, of course.
* a mic, DSP, and REW together do a pretty good job to settle the objective results - but after that you need to "season" the sound to your taste.
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