Horn of Slumber

[Mr Evil]

It's been a few years since I was last here. One of the last posts I made was concerning an idea I had to fashion a horn subwoofer into a piece of furniture in order to turn the huge size from a disadvantage to a feature. After all this time I finally got around to actually building it. You can read a full account on my website.

The attached photo is of the completed subwoofer... and bed. It is very loud, and has substantial output to below 20Hz. It sounds amazing (but of course you you expect me to say that).

 

[Mr Evil]

And here's a picture of the original model, showing what the interior looks like.

 

[Mr Evil]

This is a graph of the measured in-room frequency response. It's very inaccurate due to the poor microphone and being in-room, but it is interesting to see anyway.

 

[planet10]

excepting that most people don't have a bed in their listening room, that is cool... do you move often?

dave

 

[Cal Weldon]

Something to spice up the love life? Honey, what's that buzzing?

Gotta like the ingenuity.

 

[Mr Evil]

excepting that most people don't have a bed in their listening room, that is cool... do you move often?

dave

Well, any piece of furniture will do. I remember seeing a coffee table horn somewhere, a bed just happens to offer a huge amount of volume. I might have to work on a smaller one because of course everyone wants a new subwoofer now they've heard mine.

Fortunately I don't move often. I had to assemble some of the panels in situ because it was too bulky to move, so I think it will have to be considered a permanent part of the room now.

 

[nemonowhere]

Have you ever fallen off your bed because you were listening to music?! Talk about "magic fingers".

Now a noob question.. What source are you listening to that has frequency output below 20hz?

 

[Mr Evil]

...What source are you listening to that has frequency output below 20hz?

I listen to a lot of electronic music, which sometimes has subsonic content e.g. I just bought The Prodigy's new album "Invaders Must Die", which has some. And my own music sometimes extends below 20Hz ("Song65" on that page has quiet a lot of inaudible sub-bass).

 

[nemonowhere]

I listen to a lot of electronic music, which sometimes has subsonic content e.g. I just bought The Prodigy's new album "Invaders Must Die", which has some. And my own music sometimes extends below 20Hz ("Song65" on that page has quiet a lot of inaudible sub-bass).

Are you listening on a cd player, record player, other? I can't think of a commercial source that outputs lower than 20hz (unintentional phono "rumble" doesn't count), but then again, I'm a noob. Unless you were connecting your analog synth direct to your amp.

Going to your site to check out your tracks.

Congrats on the nicely built bed!

 

[Mr Evil]

Are you listening on a cd player, record player, other? I can't think of a commercial source that outputs lower than 20hz (unintentional phono "rumble" doesn't count), but then again, I'm a noob. Unless you were connecting your analog synth direct to your amp.

Going to your site to check out your tracks.

Congrats on the nicely built bed!

I use my PC as the source (which is what I use to create the music too). I'm still working on getting the best sound out of it, but at the moment I'm using the on-board sound, which I just measured as being -3dB@8Hz.