Subwoofer causing a tornado in the room
Discussion
I set up our 5.1 system last week, and sat back to watch Dark Knight with the sound cranked up.
Not far into the film, there was a huge gust of wind, so I ran out of the room to close the front door. But it was already closed. I went back into the TV room and sat down, only to be hit by another gust and a slight burning smell.
I then realised it was coming from the subwoofer. I checked round the back of it, and it was pumping out loads of air - Hey presto, interactive TV!
Is that normal? (It's a Monitor Audio BRW10 if that makes any difference)
The burning smell must have been the flux burning off the connectors as it's brand new.
Not far into the film, there was a huge gust of wind, so I ran out of the room to close the front door. But it was already closed. I went back into the TV room and sat down, only to be hit by another gust and a slight burning smell.
I then realised it was coming from the subwoofer. I checked round the back of it, and it was pumping out loads of air - Hey presto, interactive TV!
Is that normal? (It's a Monitor Audio BRW10 if that makes any difference)
The burning smell must have been the flux burning off the connectors as it's brand new.
Thanks for the helpful information.
Fortunately I have no adjacent neighbours, but I will politely ask over the road in case they've noticed any "tremors".
scott.s said:
Have you set your sub x-over to direct? if not do so. and make sure your main speakers are set to small, even if they are floor standers.
I'll have to check the x-over as I can't remember off the top of my head (what difference does it make?). The speakers are definitely set to small; I remember doing that.Fortunately I have no adjacent neighbours, but I will politely ask over the road in case they've noticed any "tremors".
Umm, no crossover in mine, or at least nothing that looks like it. It has the following:
Power: Off/Auto/On (set to Auto)
Phase: 0/180 degrees (set to 0 degrees)
Frequency: variable from 40-120 (set to about 70)
Volume: variable (now set to about 40%)
What's "Phase"? The manual said to set it to 0, so that's what I did (although when setting up the amp [Yamaha dspx763] I temporarily set it to 180).
Power: Off/Auto/On (set to Auto)
Phase: 0/180 degrees (set to 0 degrees)
Frequency: variable from 40-120 (set to about 70)
Volume: variable (now set to about 40%)
What's "Phase"? The manual said to set it to 0, so that's what I did (although when setting up the amp [Yamaha dspx763] I temporarily set it to 180).
Oh dear, this is kind of fun. I feel I'm going to have another expensive interest very shortly (a better HiFi is next on the list, for another room).
Is the sub OK like this...? I can't rotate the speakers as it's only Word Drawing, but the arrows show the direction of how the speakers are toed in slightly.
Is the sub OK like this...? I can't rotate the speakers as it's only Word Drawing, but the arrows show the direction of how the speakers are toed in slightly.
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