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As the title says, I came across a good deal on a Velodyne CHT 10. It makes noise down to 30 cycles, has a 150 W amp, 10" woofer, both RCA line level and bare wire terminal speaker level in's and out's, 85 Hz pass filter on the outputs to the nearfields, and sweepable volume and low pass filter for the sub.
I'm using it in conjunction with Tannoy System 8's, powered by a Hafler DH-200, with the RCA's going from the sub into the Hafler. I record and mix things in the "rock" genre, and all of it's sub genre's. No hip, hop, or techno.
When I was shopping around to upgrade from my Event PS8's, I was faced with the dilemma of 2 separate routes. Route #1 would be to get nearfields with 10" or 12" woofers, to cover all of the mids and go low enough to not require a sub. Option #2 would be to get smaller nearfields along with a sub. I opted for #2, for 2 reasons.
First off, I felt that having a dedicated sub would give me a more accurate picture of what was going on way down there. And secondly, I didn't want the low frequencies to dominate the physical waveforms coming out of the cones, which I felt compromised the accuracy of the mids, and the motion of the big cones wouldn't be able to react fast enough to the upper mids.
I came across a good deal on a set of System 8's, which are coaxial, with 8" woofers. The specs say they go down to 40Hz, but I felt they were WAY too weak down there. I am a big fan of coaxial drivers, so these were perfect for me. I had them for a few months before getting the Velodyne.
During that time, my mixes were very boomy. I knew that getting a sub would help alleviate that. I didn't get the sub to "enhance" or "hype" anything, I just wanted to know what was going on below, say 80 Hz. I'm using the sub more as an extension of the tops.
So now that I have it all up and rolling, it is MUCH more pleasurable to mix and listen on than with just the Tannoy tops. I barely have the volume turned up on the sub, and it's plenty. The sub itself sounds good and is quite accurate, free of distortion, free of any boomyness or mud, and reacts quickly enough. Mixing with the sub is a big relief. It's like finally swatting that fly that's been buzzing around and bugging you.
My mixes are coming out much better and I'm no longer preoccupied or paranoid about my low end. I wish I would have had this BEFORE we locked out the big studio for a week, as everything that came out of there had too much low end, due to my failure to adjust to the Dynaudio BM15's, which were severely lacking in the low end and were quite hyped in the high's. Who knows, maybe it was just the room, but my Event's had more low end than those.
Velodyne no longer makes the CHT series, but they have plenty of other's out there. However, most of them come with onboard DSP now, which I would rather not have, as I'm always after the most accurate sound possible. I feel that going through another A/D conversion compromises that accuracy, not to mention whatever EQ or any other "processing" is taking place messes up the natural sound.
Bottom line is I am a happy camper with my sub!
I'm using it in conjunction with Tannoy System 8's, powered by a Hafler DH-200, with the RCA's going from the sub into the Hafler. I record and mix things in the "rock" genre, and all of it's sub genre's. No hip, hop, or techno.
When I was shopping around to upgrade from my Event PS8's, I was faced with the dilemma of 2 separate routes. Route #1 would be to get nearfields with 10" or 12" woofers, to cover all of the mids and go low enough to not require a sub. Option #2 would be to get smaller nearfields along with a sub. I opted for #2, for 2 reasons.
First off, I felt that having a dedicated sub would give me a more accurate picture of what was going on way down there. And secondly, I didn't want the low frequencies to dominate the physical waveforms coming out of the cones, which I felt compromised the accuracy of the mids, and the motion of the big cones wouldn't be able to react fast enough to the upper mids.
I came across a good deal on a set of System 8's, which are coaxial, with 8" woofers. The specs say they go down to 40Hz, but I felt they were WAY too weak down there. I am a big fan of coaxial drivers, so these were perfect for me. I had them for a few months before getting the Velodyne.
During that time, my mixes were very boomy. I knew that getting a sub would help alleviate that. I didn't get the sub to "enhance" or "hype" anything, I just wanted to know what was going on below, say 80 Hz. I'm using the sub more as an extension of the tops.
So now that I have it all up and rolling, it is MUCH more pleasurable to mix and listen on than with just the Tannoy tops. I barely have the volume turned up on the sub, and it's plenty. The sub itself sounds good and is quite accurate, free of distortion, free of any boomyness or mud, and reacts quickly enough. Mixing with the sub is a big relief. It's like finally swatting that fly that's been buzzing around and bugging you.
My mixes are coming out much better and I'm no longer preoccupied or paranoid about my low end. I wish I would have had this BEFORE we locked out the big studio for a week, as everything that came out of there had too much low end, due to my failure to adjust to the Dynaudio BM15's, which were severely lacking in the low end and were quite hyped in the high's. Who knows, maybe it was just the room, but my Event's had more low end than those.
Velodyne no longer makes the CHT series, but they have plenty of other's out there. However, most of them come with onboard DSP now, which I would rather not have, as I'm always after the most accurate sound possible. I feel that going through another A/D conversion compromises that accuracy, not to mention whatever EQ or any other "processing" is taking place messes up the natural sound.
Bottom line is I am a happy camper with my sub!
