Thread: Pics of the system after adding the Sub-12 and Denon AVR-1909

Really? Never new that. I cant imagine more bass, guess Im not used to it because it thumps now.

A nice piece of plywood painted black, about the size of the sub, would not be bad.

Originally Posted by elwaylite

Really? Never new that. I cant imagine more bass, guess Im not used to it because it thumps now.

A nice piece of plywood painted black, about the size of the sub, would not be bad.

Try it first, you may hate it. The guy at AVS would probably tell you that it wouldn't sound right unless it was a 1" thick piece of oiled mahogony though

Haha, too damn funny.

Lemme show you some pictures of my roommate's gear. The spikes go through the carpet to the solid subfloor for the most efficient bass and sound possible. All the speakers in my house use spikes. The difference is noticeable to the trained ear.





Either way, is sounds like you really enjoy your purchases, and for good reason! Your setup is still very nice.

Now thats interesting. Why would the spike alone make a diff in whats transferred to the wood below?

I would think youd be better off having the sub fire at a pc of wood staged between it and the carpet, never thought it transfer with those type of spikes.

I'm not qualified to explain it I think, but it has to do with carpet absorbing a lot of the sound.

I just know first-hand that it works.

Since they Klipsch is already up on legs, im gonna consider a pc of wood painted black thats cut to size for the whole sub to sit on. The Klipsch manual states that the feet are the perfect height, so i dont want to change that part of it. From all acounts, have the sub firing down at something hard is better than carpet.

Originally Posted by Skibum

I'm not qualified to explain it I think, but it has to do with carpet absorbing a lot of the sound.

I just know first-hand that it works.

This is one of those legend things that come up periodically, kind of like the green magic marker, monster cable, and the little stands to hold the speaker wire off the carpet. The difference is that this one does have some basis in fact, in some applications. The application would be floor standing speakers that are front firing. Placing these directly on the carpet will rob some bass, but placing them on a stand and getting it a foot off the floor will have a bigger effect.

None of this applies to a downward firing woofer, because you are still blasting the carpet, spikes or not. That's why I suggested trying the plywood.

I'm not trying to pick on you skibum. I just think that any of these sorts of quick fix things need to be thought through in terms of the physics.

Thats what I was wondering, because its still shooting at carpet. Been doing some reading, it appears you can pick granit/marble tiles up from HD and Lowes pretty cheaply.