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and Kreisel V75 Subwoofer
Review written by Scott Fagg on 20-Feb-1999
Design
The V75 is a sealed enclosure sub, with a single forward-firing 12"
cone, powered by an internal 75W RMS amplifier. It's a very un-assuming
looking subs with plain black speaker grill, black ash or black vinyl finish
and a small M&K logo on the grill.
The usual features are found on the back, the speaker level and line level
connections for hooking the sub up to your equipment and a variable output
level & crossover point control plus a +/- phase switch.
The level adjustment varies between -6db and +12db with a 0db reference
mark.
The speaker level connections provide a set of 'speaker in' and 'speaker
out' connections for running signals from your amp to the sub and then onto
your satellite speakers. The high pass filter for the speaker out settings
is set around the 80Hz mark (I believe ).
A phase switch is provided to help achieve better sound levels in your listenting
environment.
The manual covers the setting of the level, crossover & phase switch
and spends some time explaining ways to achieve better bass response &
levels.
Some listening...
I've opted to use the line-level inputs, as it makes for easier cable
runs in my setup. The sub is placed in the front corner of my louge beside
the mains speakers and TV.
Setup is easy. I set the level on the sub to the 0db mark and use the pre-amps
level adjustments and a RadioShack level meter to set the levels appropriately.
In the first week of listening I re-adjusted this a number of times as the
sub loosened up and began produce more and more output. After one weeks
worth of listening and playing it was obvious that the sub had loosened
up and was producing better quality sound and higher levels of otuput.
The subs seems to be able to cope with demanding bass tracks. Listening
to the 'wormhole' scene in Contact, at the 0db mark on my preamp, it didn't
produce any noticable distortion nor did it sound like the sub was struggling
to keep up with my mains (M&K Bookshelf75 + Rotel RB981 120w/ch amp).
Out of curiosity
I pulled out my test CD, that has a range of bass test tones down to 10Hz.
On the 10Hz track I couldn't hear the sub but it was rattling the windows
in my lounge room.
Alternatives
While shopping
around for a sub I listened to:
- Mirage bipolar
2 x 10"
- Mirage bipolar
2 x 8"
- M&K Vx7
- M&K V125
I
also wanted to listen to a Definitive Technology sub, but couldn't find
a dealer in Brisbane. A VAF DC-s would have been a nice comparison, but
i didn't have the option of going to Adeliade.
I already owned a Vx7 but was looking to upgrade. The Vx7 was a find sub,
but couldn't cope with the relatively open lounge room I have. To make
maters worse the room is tiled and has very little adorning the walls.
In enclosed areas (like demo rooms) the Vx7 sounded very much the same
as the V75.
The Mirage subs were able to produce quite high levels of sound/spl, but
didn't sound very musical (IMHO) This may have been a function of the
listenting environment at the time or that they were being overdriven
somewhat. The larger Mirage was far more musical than the smaller of the
two.
The M&K V125 sounded marginally better, more powerful, etc but was
$400 different. In the end the choice came down to the V125 and V75 and
cost become the governing factor.
I'm happy with
the sub. It has no trouble producing beautiful musical bass and slam and
rumble for the hardest scenes in the movies. The V125 is option for those
with more money, bigger rooms, etc.
RRP: $1299. Often $999 on special.
Power: 12", 75 W subwoofer
Dimensions: Unknown.
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