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Subsonic Addiction: How Much Do You Really Hear?

DD Audio Tech Talk | WRITTEN BY AARON TRIMBLE | 02 MARCH 2017 What does the subsonic filter do exactly? A lot of folks would say it cuts out my low bass, and they wouldn’t be wrong. What few of people actually realize, if an amplifier has a subsonic filter set at 50 Hz, everything below this is not dead and gone. In fact, it’s safe to say when a filter is indeed set to 50 Hz,...

Tech Talk: All-Star Installers – Amplifier Bench Testing

DD Audio Tech Talk | WRITTEN BY AARON TRIMBLE | 26 September 2017 “I hooked everything up right, but it’s not working.”-Everyone who thinks they know what they’re doing. We’ve all heard it. Heck, some of us at some point in our lives have probably said it. The reason you’re hearing it now is one of two things; the amp is broken, or the person troubleshooting the amp has overlooked...

Tech Talk: Power Handling – Mechanical vs Thermal

Tech Talk | WRITTEN BY AARON TRIMBLE | November 2017 Ever seen a broken speaker? They come in two flavors, right? The roasty toasty kind and the shredded kind. These speakers fall into two categories and manufacturers give us numbers that outline when you’ll see broken speakers. Manufacturers provide us with power handling numbers. They are RMS or continuous, and peak or max. If we...

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Tech Talk: What is more important for getting the MAX SPL – cone area or motor force?

Tech Talk | WRITTEN BY AARON TRIMBLE | April 2018 This month’s Tech Talk question comes from Keith B. in Michigan who asks, “What is more important for getting the MAX SPL – cone area or motor force?” MAX SPL is a whole mess of a topic that just can’t be quantified in the confines of one Tech Talk. It is a topic that involves a lot of equations and funny looking letters that...

Tech Talk: How to save a smoking subwoofer

Tech Talk | WRITTEN BY AARON TRIMBLE | September 2018 A burning a voice coil can be simultaneously the best and worst moment for a young bass enthusiast. It may be the loudest the system has ever played, but the rock concert fogger effect instantly brings panic to a previously enjoyable experience. Many of us have been there, including Ben from Georgia who asks, “I just smoked all my...

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