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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

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.

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.

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.

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.

ok so now show us some pics

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!

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

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.

Question to chew on- the current install is using a Dayton plate amp, in a small box I built for it. It sits on top the cab and is not a highlight if you know what I mean. (and by that I mean it is ugly).

What effect would it have on performance to place the amp inside the opening?

The best place for a plate amp is in a box placed as close as possible to your AVR. Long interconnect wires are prone to ground loop noise, long speaker wires are not. If by 'the opening' you mean the horn mouth don't put anything in there.

Fair enough, I kind of figured this. I'll extend the speaker wires.

Right now the amp is sitting on top of the cab, interconnects are basic 1 meter stuff.

Mr T wrote: ↑Thu Jan 15, 2026 5:04 pm Fair enough, I kind of figured this. I'll extend the speaker wires.

Right now the amp is sitting on top of the cab, interconnects are basic 1 meter stuff.

If you're only 3 feet, that's fine for unbalanced as long is it isn't draped over some neon lights or small children....both of which can cause static....