Got a chance to try out my impact-12 over the weekend.
Tried various combinations (with SW volume, phase, LFE setup, Cross over) and found that the following suited the best to my listening ears to match my speakers.
This config/placement didnt give a boomy effect (inline with my liking) and no directional effect for the sub. It blended very well with the rest of the system and gave the thumps and pumped the heart beats & startled me at times were required.
One gripe which might be an issue for some is, it doesnot come with a remote and the indicator light to signal it is 'on' is at the back. Couple of times i wished, the indicator light was in the front, when doing the setup as it is auto-on. But once configured didnt feel the need for remote/light yet.
Setup:
- Connected it to my Denon AVR 3310ci via straight co-axial cable via LFE out/in. This is the recommended way to connect it per velodyne.
- LFE set to 80Hz on my AVR, cross-over about 100Hz on the SW.
- Phase is '0'.
- Placement of SW is about 1 feet from the corner and 1/2 feet from back wall. The velodyne setup videos suggest placing the SW at un-even distance from the wall to avoid resonance effects.
- For music only, the AVR stereo setup had to be changed to output to SW as well, otherwise it is not on by default.
- room size : 22ft * 13ft * 10ft
- Have Floor standings speakers capable of going till 45Hz.
- Volume on SW set to mid.
Pinch of salt:
My setup didnt have a subwoofer earlier ;-), so have gone from no to with subwoofer.
Tried the following video/audio :
Overall felt no harshness or unnecessary thumps from the sub. It was able to fill my room more than necessary and infact had to turn down the volume in the sub to half. So probably it should be able to fill a bigger room.
The sub was loud and clear and would send down the shivers as necessary.
Movies (rated in that order for audio effects):
1. Inception - the background music is great in this movie and is a good movie to own for audio effects i guess. the opening scene with mob blasts, the scene when train enters the road all of a sudden, some of the gun firings scenes etc sounds just awesome. The thump, vibrations got transferred all the way from the couch to us. Loved this movie with the SW.
2. Iron Man 1 and 2 - the landing/take off of iron man, the firings had the needed support from the SW.
3. Dark Knight (Batman) - except for couple of scenes, wasnt very impressed. Feel this is probably not the movie to showcase the audio-system.
Songs/Audio:
1. Sexy Back album by Justin timber lake - has lot of bass in many of the songs, enjoyed them more than i did earlier without the SW. SW was able to keep up with the fast/frequent thumps and didnt feel any noise/harshness.
2. Taxi 9211, Ra-one, Billu Barber Songs, Wanted songs - the dhols sounded natural.
3. Bassotronics I love you - could feel the bass in sound and as well in air (that feeling in the heart of the thump)
Warranty:
Still havent heard back on the warranty/service part from my dealer. Will update the warranty/service thread once i have more details. Hoping this sub will give me its moneys worth without any service headches. Fingers crossed....
Tried various combinations (with SW volume, phase, LFE setup, Cross over) and found that the following suited the best to my listening ears to match my speakers.
This config/placement didnt give a boomy effect (inline with my liking) and no directional effect for the sub. It blended very well with the rest of the system and gave the thumps and pumped the heart beats & startled me at times were required.
One gripe which might be an issue for some is, it doesnot come with a remote and the indicator light to signal it is 'on' is at the back. Couple of times i wished, the indicator light was in the front, when doing the setup as it is auto-on. But once configured didnt feel the need for remote/light yet.
Setup:
- Connected it to my Denon AVR 3310ci via straight co-axial cable via LFE out/in. This is the recommended way to connect it per velodyne.
- LFE set to 80Hz on my AVR, cross-over about 100Hz on the SW.
- Phase is '0'.
- Placement of SW is about 1 feet from the corner and 1/2 feet from back wall. The velodyne setup videos suggest placing the SW at un-even distance from the wall to avoid resonance effects.
- For music only, the AVR stereo setup had to be changed to output to SW as well, otherwise it is not on by default.
- room size : 22ft * 13ft * 10ft
- Have Floor standings speakers capable of going till 45Hz.
- Volume on SW set to mid.
Pinch of salt:
My setup didnt have a subwoofer earlier ;-), so have gone from no to with subwoofer.
Tried the following video/audio :
Overall felt no harshness or unnecessary thumps from the sub. It was able to fill my room more than necessary and infact had to turn down the volume in the sub to half. So probably it should be able to fill a bigger room.
The sub was loud and clear and would send down the shivers as necessary.
Movies (rated in that order for audio effects):
1. Inception - the background music is great in this movie and is a good movie to own for audio effects i guess. the opening scene with mob blasts, the scene when train enters the road all of a sudden, some of the gun firings scenes etc sounds just awesome. The thump, vibrations got transferred all the way from the couch to us. Loved this movie with the SW.
2. Iron Man 1 and 2 - the landing/take off of iron man, the firings had the needed support from the SW.
3. Dark Knight (Batman) - except for couple of scenes, wasnt very impressed. Feel this is probably not the movie to showcase the audio-system.
Songs/Audio:
1. Sexy Back album by Justin timber lake - has lot of bass in many of the songs, enjoyed them more than i did earlier without the SW. SW was able to keep up with the fast/frequent thumps and didnt feel any noise/harshness.
2. Taxi 9211, Ra-one, Billu Barber Songs, Wanted songs - the dhols sounded natural.
3. Bassotronics I love you - could feel the bass in sound and as well in air (that feeling in the heart of the thump)
Warranty:
Still havent heard back on the warranty/service part from my dealer. Will update the warranty/service thread once i have more details. Hoping this sub will give me its moneys worth without any service headches. Fingers crossed....
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. Coming from a batman fan.
