I finally got my hands on a set of Monolith 15 THX rated subwoofers! How did they do? Are they worth the hype? Do they sound deep enough? Vv Click "SHOW MORE" vV
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Hopefully more manufacturers will be willing to send me subs to check out, there are only a handful that I'm interested in. I generally need a little longer because I give about a month to allow for break in alone. This is one case where the extra time would have allowed me to sort out the weird anomaly with the response curve. It really bothers me that I couldn't sort it out for certain for this review.
I'm pretty sure the curve would have been corrected had I run room correction again. The only other thing I could think of is MAYBE Low Frequency Containment "LFC" was on, which reduces the low end response, but from past experience, I would expect it to be more of a dramatic change. LFC cuts a LOT of bass off, even on the lowest setting.
*Update* I'm fairly certain now that I did have LFC engaged in the lowest setting (LFC 1) based on taking graphs with the current subs. Very similar taper. I must have turned it on trying to cut down the infrasonic bass late at night and just forgotten.
None of that really matters though, this sub did great! The depth of presentation was ideal, both before and after room correction. The anomaly has no impact on my opinion, aside from the infrasonic issue. With more time, I probably could have figured out a hack to reduce the infrasonics, but maybe next time.
Another question to ponder, is my sensitivity to sealed subs actually a sensitivity to infrasonic bass? I will be exploring that, so subscribe, hit the notification bell, and stay tuned!
All in all, I welcome the Monolith 15 to "The List". It's well executed, and my only suggestion would be an infrasonic filter, which should be pretty inexpensive to incorporate into the Monolith 15's design. I want to check out the Monolith 10 at some point too.
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2 окт 2024
