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Wanted to create a thread to get guidance and also document the journey of building out the subwoofers for my outdoor home theater/patio.
I'll post a birds eye view of the space, but in summary I have a 9 foot tall by 16 foot wide screen mounted to the side of the garage. In the eves of the garage, there are three definitive technology AW6650 speakers (handling FR, C, FL). The seating/listening area is 16 ft deep from the screen and 40ft wide. For rear surround, running 2 definitive technology AW5550. This is all powered by a Marantz 6007 receiver.
Built and concreted cedar box (8"x8"x3') 22ft from screen. The box contains two hdmi ports (in and out), power outlets, RCA inputs, and light switch. Also use the cedar box as a support for the projector mount. All the electronics are located in the garage, hdmi connections accomplished via hdmi over cat6.
The above was the 2013 project. Now for 2014, I'm focused on adding bass. In 2013, I used one old car sub I had laying around powered by an old receiver and a polk atrium sub powered by a russound x75. We enjoy listening to music and watching movies/live concerts on the setup.
Here is what I'm thinking for the subwoofers.
Upfront. Mounted in plantar boxes under the left and right corner of the screen, 1 10" 4ohm Diamond Audio M5 sub mounted in a sealed box. Subs powered by a Crown NXLS1500 (2x525 watts at 4ohms). Note, I have all the pieces for this portion.
In the rear, placed on the left and right about 3 ft behind the listening position, 1 15" subs in ported sonotubes. I'll be spending the next week or so researching Sonotube options.
So a total of 4 subs (2 10" and 2 15")
For now, would appreciate thoughts on the approach.
Will the 10" and 15" subs work together? They will be 23ft apart front to back, 14 ft apart upfront and 20ft apart in the back.
Will I face phase challenges?
Would it be better to center the front subs under the screen or keep them wide? Same question for the rear subs?
Anything else I should know about using 10" and 15" subs?
Wanted to create a thread to get guidance and also document the journey of building out the subwoofers for my outdoor home theater/patio.
I'll post a birds eye view of the space, but in summary I have a 9 foot tall by 16 foot wide screen mounted to the side of the garage. In the eves of the garage, there are three definitive technology AW6650 speakers (handling FR, C, FL). The seating/listening area is 16 ft deep from the screen and 40ft wide. For rear surround, running 2 definitive technology AW5550. This is all powered by a Marantz 6007 receiver.
Built and concreted cedar box (8"x8"x3') 22ft from screen. The box contains two hdmi ports (in and out), power outlets, RCA inputs, and light switch. Also use the cedar box as a support for the projector mount. All the electronics are located in the garage, hdmi connections accomplished via hdmi over cat6.
The above was the 2013 project. Now for 2014, I'm focused on adding bass. In 2013, I used one old car sub I had laying around powered by an old receiver and a polk atrium sub powered by a russound x75. We enjoy listening to music and watching movies/live concerts on the setup.
Here is what I'm thinking for the subwoofers.
Upfront. Mounted in plantar boxes under the left and right corner of the screen, 1 10" 4ohm Diamond Audio M5 sub mounted in a sealed box. Subs powered by a Crown NXLS1500 (2x525 watts at 4ohms). Note, I have all the pieces for this portion.
In the rear, placed on the left and right about 3 ft behind the listening position, 1 15" subs in ported sonotubes. I'll be spending the next week or so researching Sonotube options.
So a total of 4 subs (2 10" and 2 15")
For now, would appreciate thoughts on the approach.
Will the 10" and 15" subs work together? They will be 23ft apart front to back, 14 ft apart upfront and 20ft apart in the back.
Will I face phase challenges?
Would it be better to center the front subs under the screen or keep them wide? Same question for the rear subs?
Anything else I should know about using 10" and 15" subs?