Posted by JBen (A) on May 15, 2015 at 11:00:07

In Reply to: RE: From Hell (via a pair of old MMGs + add-on 10" woofers) posted by Satie on May 15, 2015 at 08:45:29

LOL, Satie, I was also remembering you this past weekend as I played some low-bass music. I kept amusingly thinking about you saying "not enough...never enough!" ...even as things shook off the walls in my room.

The lowest bass my modded MMGs can muster by themselves is 32Hz (like at -10db under best conditions). Barely a whisper, though musically intact. To hear it while at normal overall listening levels, I have to have the A/C and the fridge off. In addition, its gotta be very cool outside so that my neighbors turn their A/C's off also. OTOH, at 40Hz and up, things are lively, even impactful.

With the new woofers on, that handshaking at 40Hz took some attention but it was well worth it in this room. The woofers now reach under 20hz with adequate composure and definition. Seamless delivery is amazing. For all intents and purposes, it is just the MMG's personality simply reaching lower.

Your mention of those long throw 13" woofers reminds me of something that may be critically helpful here, if only by accident. By choosing low-profile woofers -- with their inherent SHORT throw -- I may have inadvertently achieved a better "driver mating". (Yet, all I was initially pursuing with these thin woofers was to have shallow boxes, dumb me!) Does this make sense?