jamhead
Well-Known Member
Tom and Jim came through and sent the amp overnight this week. I replaced the amp today (sorry Barney...couldn't get photos of the inside of the sub). The drivers are very serious, with massive magnets.
I spent about 2 hours calibrating it for use with 2 channel music (I will perform a second calibration for use with the Oppo - multi channel output). One cool factor it has is a "room size" setting, which basically cuts back the low frequency extension....or extends it based on room gain (very simplistic description). So, I have mine set to slightly larger than "small". When calibrating, I found the "large room" setting gave me a bump that slowly rose to where 15hz was 8dbs stronger than the small room setting. My current setting has the db (based only on Rat Shack SPL meter and sine waves) of +/- 2dbs from 15hz to 200hz, using the correction factor for each frequency. The sub is equal in output to the speakers, and as far as I can tell, the setting on the "room size" was very effective. I am most impressed with this option on the ICE am, and I was most skeptical of this prior to using it.
I've listened to maybe only 6 songs or so prior to the daughter going to sleep, but I must say....I am very impressed with the performance of this sub with music. The low end is very clean, tight, and really.....a big upgrade from the SVS I was using. The power it has, while remaining very subtle, is pretty cool. Supertramp's School was very clean and the baseline remained solid, while not varying in volume or intensity based on frequency as it had with the SVS. I am :happy-smileygiantred: .
More music listening and calibration for multi channel sources tomorrow, then I'll see how low it can go.
Just wanted to pass my pleasure on. This sub is the real deal for music.
I spent about 2 hours calibrating it for use with 2 channel music (I will perform a second calibration for use with the Oppo - multi channel output). One cool factor it has is a "room size" setting, which basically cuts back the low frequency extension....or extends it based on room gain (very simplistic description). So, I have mine set to slightly larger than "small". When calibrating, I found the "large room" setting gave me a bump that slowly rose to where 15hz was 8dbs stronger than the small room setting. My current setting has the db (based only on Rat Shack SPL meter and sine waves) of +/- 2dbs from 15hz to 200hz, using the correction factor for each frequency. The sub is equal in output to the speakers, and as far as I can tell, the setting on the "room size" was very effective. I am most impressed with this option on the ICE am, and I was most skeptical of this prior to using it.
I've listened to maybe only 6 songs or so prior to the daughter going to sleep, but I must say....I am very impressed with the performance of this sub with music. The low end is very clean, tight, and really.....a big upgrade from the SVS I was using. The power it has, while remaining very subtle, is pretty cool. Supertramp's School was very clean and the baseline remained solid, while not varying in volume or intensity based on frequency as it had with the SVS. I am :happy-smileygiantred: .
More music listening and calibration for multi channel sources tomorrow, then I'll see how low it can go.
Just wanted to pass my pleasure on. This sub is the real deal for music.
