Ian's AV15H pr'd build - Page 3

I am at work right now so I can't post any pics. My AV15-H came yesterday via ups. I am waiting on my PRs now and am not sure how long the wait is on those but they haven't shipped yet so I am at least a week from getting those. The box is pretty much prepped for painting except drilling out the mounting holes.

My questions. I was planning on using t-nuts for the mounting, but have never used before. Any tips or alternate mounting methods? The inside of my cabinet is bare, should I be stuffing it with pillows, polyfill, rock wool, etc.? The suspense of waiting is killing me, making me want to just mount the driver and fire it up before the PRs come. I know the sound will take a huge hit but otherwise is there a reason not to do this?

pics to come

So my prs have come in and my buddy came over today with his sprayer and we got our first couple coats of primer on. I am getting really close

The lighting of the pic makes the logo stick out more than it does in person. The driver looks classy in person and screams build quality. Thank you John for a well made product.

Tom,
I wrote in on the aespeakers.com forum to ask when the matching prs would be ready to see if it was worth it to wait on my order. Simon responded that John said it would still be awhile before they are ready.

So problems

I got my box all painted and mounted my drivers and lugged the box upstairs with a dolly(pics coming). I plugged it in to my system for a test fire and nothing. I had the gain real low so I turned it up half way and still nothing. Past halfway the signal light came on and the sub pretty much just rattled. All the way up and the rattling got a little louder. I walked over to the sub and the sound was coming from the driver. I put my hand on the cone and rattling stopped and had a faint bass signal. Not enough to feel the air with my hand. I tried xlr and 1/4 inch for input, bridged and one channel output, no change. Am I not getting enough signal from my receiver? If so why the rattling? I don't have a hpf yet but the cone isn't even moving, let alone exceeding xmax. My signal chain is as follows:

Computer itunes -> optical toslink -> onkyo 605 -> rca to xlr cable -> behringer ep2500 -> 12ga copper -> binding posts on sub

Help me AVS you're my only hope.

Thanks for the tip Looneybomber. I plugged the sub cable into one of my towers and I got the same problem of having to turn the gain up all the way just to hear the bass. The bass was clean though, no rattling. It appears that I have two problems: not enough signal getting to my amp and rattling that appears to be coming from the dust cap. I will address the signal issue first. My buddy lent me a line mixer that he said should help boost the signal. If that works it looks like I need a new piece of equipment to boost the signal. I know a clean box would work but I would like to find something that also could act as a hpf to kill two birds with one stone. I also plan on upgrading my receiver in the next year to something with pre-outs. I don't know if that could help my signal problem as well.