The Official HSU VTF-15H Thread - Page 113

The Q setting controls the woofers damping. It will tighten up the sound as you go to a lower Q, but you do sacrifice extension when the Q is lower, in other words its a trade-off between deep bass and tight bass.

NICE!!!!

I can honestly say a year later and I am still thrilled with my 15H as I have gone through my music and movie library and enjoyed them all over again thanks to the great team at HSU it has filled my sub dreams.

Thank you for your kind words!

Oztech, I got mine about the same time as you, 1 year ago in December and I, too, have thoroughly enjoyed owning this sub. Now I think I need another to smooth out the in room response.

It took me about a month to figure this out. Actually it was my overworked sense of symmetry that took over after a week of owning one and my room felt unbalanced.

Having two of these things in my theater room can seem like they are destroying the place at times.

newbie type question here...gotta learn somewhere right? I have vtf-15h and definitive technology super towers that have built in 10 inch powered subs. I have towers set at 80hz. I was playing a hip hop type beat that had three bass lines one after another...1, pause, 2, pause, 3 with the last (3rd) being the lowest bass. It seemed the first two bass lines were weak then the third was strong with the 15h. I know it's not the song because I have had it in my truck with an 1000 watt rms Boston spy 555 subwoofer and all three were very pronounced. Comments?

Mine came today and it certainly is huge. Playing around with the settings and so far I like one port open eq 2 and .6 q. Will keep messing around with it.

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know it can't shoot a gun or defend me...but I just feel safer with that big black box in the corner!

AFter playing with EQ2 and EQ1, I think I like EQ1 Q3 a little better for movies. Watching Total Recall it seemed to hit a couple of lows a little better. I still boost 3-5 db in Audyssey after it runs, Im never happy with sub level.

One port open certainly goes lower. As long as the lower headroom is OK, use it! It's all a matter of tradeoff and which tradeoff works best for you. That is exactly why we put so much flexibility in the sub so the user can choose what is best for him.

Dr. Hsu, I have a VTF-2 in my living room and I love it. Works very well in a pretty small room.
My question, in my basement theater, approx. 4400 cubic feet, I am running an Outlaw EX.
Do you think the VTF-15H would pair well with that?
I know that I would benefit from a second sub and wanted to know if they would work well together.
Thanks.

Hard to have two different subs together. Can you post your room layout? Perhaps a single 15H is enough. Another option is to get our high pass filter to filter out the low bass from the EX and use it like a MBM.

I am about ready to get the Hybrid 15 package with the VTF-15H subwoofer, and had no idea
actually HOW BIG the subwoofer is till i looked at some other pics online in actual rooms....

Kind of daunting to me..Like a piece of furniture..Yep, WAF is now in my mind.....

Thanks for all the replies from owners..really helps

Sorry for the crude drawing. Ceiling is 8 feet.

Nice sized room. Wish I had something that size for my home theater. What's taking up the rest of the space you aren't using to the right?

My kids have a play area and there is a small sleeper sofa over on the far right side.

Fair enough. Was just wondering why you were only using half of that huge room.

Will your wife kill you if you put the 15H directly behind your favorite seat (I assume the middle seat?) Face the woofer at the back of your chair, 6" spacing between the woofer and back of the chair. If you can place it there, I don't think you need to use both subs. Set the 15H to two ports open, EQ2, Q=0.3.

Hey, I'm divorced, no WAF.
Yes, behind the middle seat sounds like a good plan.

What do you think about as an end table on the left side of the left chair?

Thank you.

Since it's not that far to move try it at both places and leave it where it works best for you.

I find that subs are usually less localizable when they are directly behind me as opposed to to one side. By all means try both and see which you prefer.

So you wouldn't recommend using a Vtf-2 mk4 and a VTF-15h together in the same room?

Thank you Dr.

I would not. The 15H will have so much more output than the 2.4 that the 2.4 will not be an effective contributor. Use the 2.4 in another room.

You are most welcome!

Well I talked myself into it, I am going to be ordering two vtf-15hs in the next week or so!

Be sure to prepared a couple pretty big spots. They will demand their space but at the same time, put a big grin on your face.

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