Joe Carroll's Reviews
3 Reviews by Joe Carroll (NC)
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Great Price
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Reviewed on December 9th 2013
I bought these for a kids bedroom and figured if nothing else the cabinets were worth $25. They actually sound pretty good. I paired them with a 10" subwoofer, (also purchased on mavin.com). For less than $100, (shipping and all), I was able to create a 2.1 system that most retailers would want more than $500 to duplicate. Great buy!!
Good Sub
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Reviewed on December 9th 2013
I experimented with a few boxes I had laying around. I found the best set up for this woofer was a 1 cu ft. PORTED box, tuned to 45 hz. Using this set up I anticipated a "one note box", but it didn't sound that way at all. With a .8 sealed box it sounded as though the woofer was being held back. It took about 800 rms to really get it "moving". However, once I moved it into a ported box,( I mean what the hell, at these prices I can afford to experiment, LOL), it didn't
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Nice design
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Reviewed on December 9th 2013
I bought this set up based 100% on John's word. No way would I have trusted an MTM array consisting of 6's to actually do anything without a separate subwoofer. BOY, WAS I MISTAKEN. This set up is hitting over 90 db's all the way down to the mid 20's. Adding a 12" sub in your listening area won't accomplish a thing. They don't need it. I'd be hard pressed to think of a brand of towers that retail for under $5k that do a better job. Also, the more power you throw to th
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