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Didn’t want to start a new thread so apologies for necroing this but I just got around to plugging in my watt meter. Power usage seems to hover around 6-8 watts at -15 to -13 MV (calibrated to 85db at reference). How is this possible? Is the amp shot? The watt meter seems to be working correctly with other equipment so I reckon that isn’t the problem. Increasing the volume by 3db doesn’t seem to anywhere near double the power usage.

Yes right about there with height about 8-9 ft.

Yeah it’s not ideal but it’s what I have to work with for the foreseeable future. 10 inch is the largest I can fit but maybe I should have got one with more power. Yeah I will probably remove all the eq below tuning thanks.

I’m a bit lost here. 1100 cubic feet is a large space? How can your house be smaller than that? With all due respect I think even an 15 inch would be too large for this space. I have everything calibrated and a house curve implemented. My issue is not poor bass response or anything like that which is why I left out info regarding my setup. My only concern is the faint wood smell coming from the sub occasionally. I will probably remove all eq below the tuning point if that’s cause for concern. To be honest I’ve got plenty of output above 30hz. It’s whats below that’s a little lacking. Not so much lacking but rolloffs steep which I’d rather avoid. I don’t think 2 8inches would help with that would they? Plus even if I did go that route I would have to place them beside each other which would defeat most of the purpose of going dual subs anyway. Again thanks for the responses.

Thanks for the replies. Room is 1100 cb ft and I’m out of physical space. Also it’s a bedroom within an apartment so dual subs or bigger subs are not really an option. I was just measuring to see the response below the tuning point. There’s decent output down to 25hz and from there it starts falling off hard. I have a bit of eq at 20-24hz maybe I should remove that? It’s definitely a woody smell. When I had the port fully plugged I didn’t notice it. With it half blocked I get a whiff of that smell like I mentioned during extended bass passages. The chuffing and boominess from the sub sub is pretty audible with the port completely unblocked. I have a wall watt meter. Should I plug it in with the sub and see if the amp is hitting its limits?

Hey guys So I’ve had a Jamo J10 (which is essentially the RSW10) for about half a year or more now. Figured I’d ask here since Jamo is owned by Klipsch and they don’t have their own forum. After doing some room correction and and eq I have the sub nicely integrated with a shallower roll off than out of the box. However I sometimes notice a faint smell of wood and maybe even glue from the sub sometimes after passages of low end or even pure tones below 30hz. Am I over driving the voice coil? Or is it just heat causing the wood to smell? I should mention that I have the port partially blocked to reduce chuffing and boominess. Thanks n advance for any replies.