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Re: Questions for Table Tuba build

#31 Post by himhimself »

Mr T wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 2:13 pm 6 ish month update. Got the sub in the house, 250 WPC dayton plate amp, main amp is a Cambridge audio receiver, (100WPC class D- yea yea I know), feeding a pair of heresy 1.5 mains.

Still blown away- there is an old Telarc CD called Time Warp and its a great checkout disc, that will tax most any system. hah... the system laughed and I just about cried... all the clarity and volume from the heresy and the visceral kick from that sub is just what I wanted. magnificent ! Thanks again Bill.
This one? https://open.spotify.com/album/7LoG7jbA ... QYa-eXObnQ
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Bill Fitzmaurice
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#32 Post by Bill Fitzmaurice »

As cool as that is for a real treat watch the opening scene from 'Lara Croft, Tomb Raider'. It was one of the first flics I watched after making the first TableTuba.

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Re: Questions for Table Tuba build

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himhimself wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 4:05 pm
Mr T wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 2:13 pm 6 ish month update. Got the sub in the house, 250 WPC dayton plate amp, main amp is a Cambridge audio receiver, (100WPC class D- yea yea I know), feeding a pair of heresy 1.5 mains.

Still blown away- there is an old Telarc CD called Time Warp and its a great checkout disc, that will tax most any system. hah... the system laughed and I just about cried... all the clarity and volume from the heresy and the visceral kick from that sub is just what I wanted. magnificent ! Thanks again Bill.
This one? https://open.spotify.com/album/7LoG7jbA ... QYa-eXObnQ


That's it- the first two tracks will let you know how your system holds up.

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Re: Questions for Table Tuba build

#34 Post by Mr T »

Bill Fitzmaurice wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 4:26 pm As cool as that is for a real treat watch the opening scene from 'Lara Croft, Tomb Raider'. It was one of the first flics I watched after making the first TableTuba.
Love the idea going to try that now.

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#35 Post by Mr T »

Follow up- been about 6 months, and right now I'm listneing to Baloney again off Sailing to Philadelphia, theres a bass line in there thats subtle, but if it's right you just feel it in your veins.

Also, Why so Serious off the dark knight soundtrack whoa right around 3:25 in, it is visceral.

Man- so glad I made this sub.

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#36 Post by jimbo7 »

ok so now show us some pics
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#37 Post by Tom Smit »

:clap:
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#38 Post by Mr T »

jimbo7 wrote: Tue Nov 11, 2025 4:32 pm ok so now show us some pics
Super plain jane-... she's no showroom special, I dont even want to set myself up for the shame!

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Re: Questions for Table Tuba build

#39 Post by Bill Fitzmaurice »

No matter, you can't hear how it looks. :lol:

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#40 Post by AntonZ »

Table Tuba was designed with home theatre / film in mind. Lara Croft, submarine drama with torpedo's and depth charges, earth quakes, explosions. The vast majority of recorded music does not go that low. Yet it can still make a horn loaded sub shine. My modest T18 and AutoTuba took me by surprise. There was this track on a sampler CD that I rarely played at all and this track never stood out. It still has an understated easy go atmosphere. Yet on a horn loaded sub it suddenly came to life. Not in a spectacular way. The lows just make me smile. A stupid smile if you will. You may want to give it a go: Café de Flore by Dr Rockit.

The version I have on CD is short at 3m36s. Spotify has several versions, all longer, some quite different. All have the "stupid grin" lows.

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