Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 09:25:32 -0800
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: Subwoofer
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I've had some time to play with the sub and discovered...
I must have some little wiring issue or perhaps amp is baulky as the sub on occasion does not not come on full. Most of the time it thumps, but once in a while it doesn't. It might be due to the kludge connections I made on the speaker wire and power signal terminals. The darned amp has six terminal molex type connection for those wires and I have individual molex connectors to them. I have heat shrink on the molex terminals to bulk them up and give some friction upon insertion (!) but I really need to get the right plastic housing for the terminals
The sub is a little obnoxious when placed behind the driver's seat. Much more acceptable behind the rear bench seat. Again, eschewing proper practice, I'm running RCA jacked patch cord to the sub and using female-female RCA connectors to add another patch cord to get the sub in the way back.
The head unit has adjustments for frequency and boost to the sub output. And has hi pass filter for adjusting output to the other speakers. I'm still fiddling with those adjustments.
Jerome in Calgary suggests adding a port to the enclosure. Anyone else agree? I can measure the volume of the enclosure but I have no info on the 12" speaker apart from it having a paper cone and I measured 8 ohms across the terminals.
My music collection is not what you would call bass heavy. But some songs really surprise me with the improvement from the sub.
I do have some thumping tracks and I can turn up the volume so that those outside the van can share my taste in music :)
Jim mentions show tunes, my collection is no where near as vast his. Besides, I don't think Judy Garland songs really benefit from a sub.
Sitting on the sub when a bass heavy song is playing is something I could charge money for. A mobile "kundalini awakening" service perhaps.
Felder speculates about a toilet roll holder and ipod dock. Good suggestions and I'll get my legal team busy on drafting up some sort of licensing agreement with FI.
Cheers
Alistair
> On Dec 13, 2013, at 8:07 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> Just got back in from a westy trip and finally had a chance to admire Bell
> Enterprise's latest. The welding, always enviable, continues to impress.
> And upon inspection, I don't find the leatherwork earns the disrespect
> heaped upon it while I was away, either.
>
> What I want to know is, how do those show tunes sound through this thing?
> and if someone does try to use it for its more obvious, though unintended
> purpose, does its autodetect circuitry announce "that device is not
> supported?"
>
> And, would Bell Enterprises care to license Felder Industries' combination
> iPod input/toilet paper roll holder into the design? We can discuss further
> under non-disclosure.
>
> Jim Felder
> Felder Enterprises--for the Van who has everything
>
> Jim
>
>
>> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote:
>>
>> Agree with that. Seems to always be a side effect of any infection, and
>> makes travel without an iffy proposition.
>>
>> Karl Wolz
>> Sent from my electronic umbilicus
>>
>>>> On Dec 11, 2013, at 2:42 PM, george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I wouldn't leave home without a portable toilet on board, it's saved my
>>> seat bottom a time or two.
>>
