| Earthquake Supernova MKVI 15" Subwoofer - Page 2: The Earthquake MKVI Subwoofer Design |
| Written by John E. Johnson, Jr. |
| Thursday, 26 March 2009 00:00 |
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The Design
The MKVI sports a 15" active driver on one side and a 15" passive radiator on the other. The amplifier is rated at 600 watts RMS. The controls consist of an adjustable crossover (40 Hz - 200 Hz) that can be turned off, a subsonic filter, phase delay (0 - 20 ms), phase shift (00 - 1800), two sets of XLR and RCA input jacks, and three bands of EQ (20 Hz, 30 Hz, and 40 Hz).
The MKVI is unique in having three EQ bands. Usually there is only one. But, it is also unique in having adjustable phase shift. The way this is used is to play a 50 Hz tone through your entire home theater system, with the MKVI connected, and adjust the phase shift until the tone sounds the loudest. This occurs when the phase of the MKVI matches the phase of the other speakers that are also producing some sound at 50 Hz. The way it works is as follows: Shown below is a diagram of two different examples. |







