When I play one Bass Tubes® enclosure it sounds great, but I get a muffled sound when the second Bass Tubes® enclosure is added.
Phase
Cancellation
When two speakers in the same frequency range produce sound waves
that are inverted from one another or 180° out of phase, the
sound waves will cancel each other out to some degree. This effect
will be heard as a drop in the output level and/or a muffled or
muddy quality in the Bass Response.
The
source of this Phase Cancellation can be at any point in the signal
path. The obvious cause of this problem would be a speaker connection
that was reversed in polarity, but that is not always the case.
Sometimes amplifier channels will shift phase 180° for no good
reason, or a signal processor could have a setting for phase that
has been set incorrectly or the source material could just be recorded
in error. No matter what or where the cause is located, the solution
is an easy one.
Disconnect
all but one Bazooka® from your system. Be sure that any loose
wire connections are insulated to avoid the chance of short circuiting
any of the electronic equipment. Listen to the system and take note
of the level of the Bass Response. Connect the next Bazooka®
and compare the level of the combined output to that of the single
unit. If the Bass Response increases, the Phasing is correct and
you can repeat this process on the next Bazooka®. if the level
of the Bass Response drops, the Phasing is incorrect and you should
reverse the speaker connections to this Bazooka® and compare
again. In short to INCREASE IS GOOD, to DECREASE IS BAD!
Using
this method, any number of Bazooka® subwoofers can be kept in
absolute phase.
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