Can too low of a frequency damage my speakers?

**cradeldorf** · December 22nd, 2011, 03:50 PM

Being a Dub owner and lover....why would you ever do that to your Dub....: / I'm not running that through my 50 year old Altecs to see if they'll survive. I love them too much to put them through that. Awesome video though.

I like my bass too, If it's clean.

BTW a tin can makes for the worst speaker cabinet.

**tomt** · December 22nd, 2011, 05:51 PM

well now,

you don't have to turn it All The Way Up.

(and the person that made this vid knows better)

woofer cooker workin the furniture -

bass i love you woofer excursion -

**gvasale** · December 22nd, 2011, 11:04 PM

Don't remember the exact year or place, but it could have been in 67 or 68 that one of the bigger HiFi shops between Boston & Cambridge had a display of what had to be an acoustic suspension woofer of about the 12" variety. This was connected to an amp of sufficient power and of such a frequency that the woofer went about its business going to near maximum excursion all day long. It appeared to me moving somewhere about 3/4 to 1 inch total. Didn't make a sound, but looked to be in the 2 to 3 hz range. Also don't know if the voice coil was beefed up to handle that duty. It was interesting to watch. Didn't laugh about it, unlike Howard Stern's speaker "test" in "Private Parts."

**bowtie427ss** · December 22nd, 2011, 11:48 PM

Anybody remember this fella?

Bass Pig 16Hz Test, Bassmaxx ZR18s ONLY - YouTube

**cradeldorf** · December 23rd, 2011, 06:13 AM

The eminent technologies rotary subwoofer was always my favorite.
Eminent Technology: home

Rotary Subwoofer - Worlds Lowest Freq Subwoofer - YouTube

**VolvoHeretic** · December 24th, 2011, 05:09 PM

Feeling pretty stupid. I just figured why the stereo sounds so bad and noisy playing DVDs. I had the stereo hooked up to the TV audio outputs instead of out of the DVD player and the TV's tone controls, volume, and it's general terrible noisy circuitry was ruining the sound. Switched it to the DVD player and all is well.

**cradeldorf** · December 25th, 2011, 04:52 AM

Originally Posted by VolvoHeretic

Feeling pretty stupid. I just figured why the stereo sounds so bad and noisy playing DVDs. I had the stereo hooked up to the TV audio outputs instead of out of the DVD player and the TV's tone controls, volume, and it's general terrible noisy circuitry was ruining the sound. Switched it to the DVD player and all is well.

I bet that made a major improvement.