....so I am in the middle of hosting an 80s party in my basement right now for some friends. I have 2 T39 corner loaded in my small space (15 X 30 foot space) and the kitchen is above the subs, and my workshop is next to the titans in the corner.
So far I have been able to knock down about 10 tools from my workshop and rattle my stove to pieces. Think its overkill? The guests love it though
Ok so last night was a great night. The titans sounded fantastic, and blended really well with my cheapo floor standing speakers I have (until the Otop 12 are complete). I had compliments from everyone on how nice the bass was and how powerful it could be (some of them sat in the corner where the V plate should go when I was playing).
We played a bunch of genres from 80s, to current house/dance tunes, to some jungle and lots of electro. The titans kept up with all of it. I had them HP around 50 hz on my QSC amp and I thought they were going to be a little punchy and not sound as good as my auto tubas I had built a few weeks before but I was wrong. The sensitivity of them made up for all of that and I didn't even miss the extended range that my auto tubas could play.
I think for the most part I had about 10 volts or less going into them. They were in a V configuration facing the corner of the wall but I didn't have the V plate adapter built for them. I had some issues at the beginning with my crossover and it sounded really bad and I thought it was the phase on the horns that was causing the issues and wasn't looking forwarded to having it sound like crap the whole night, but after playing with a few buttons everything worked out and it sounded great.
I can't wait now to try them out in a larger space to see how they really perform when I turn the gains up.
Just to add as well. We respect our neighbors so when the party first started I sent my brother outside to listen if he could hear anything from our house and he only said when you were on the porch could you hear a little thumping. I also went in the backyard and listened for anything that might cause the neighbors to get upset and it was minimal. I like to have these get together so in order for me to continue I have to respect my neighbors as well.
I just want thank whoever mentioned to me to use a piece of tubing to check for air leaks on the box. I had used the tube to check for an air leak around the driver gasket and around seams inside the chamber. I had put the foam gasket on the lid and screwed it down and tested without the tube and couldn't hear anything out of the ordinary. I was about to put the subs in service but decided to just check for the fun of it and found a very faint leak around the corner of the lid that I could not detect without the tube. I don't know if it would have done any damage but I like to play it safe.