Just got my Sigberg Audio 10D Subwoofer. Loving it so far

[blackiridium]

Hi everyone,
After about a month of research, I went ahead and splurged and purchased a Sigberg Audio 10D. Some of the criteria I had were dual woofers, preferably at least 9", they needed to be white and WAF was a HUGE issue so they needed to be in a relatively small enclosure. I was originally looking at flat subwoofers. The Inkognito caught my eye. The issue is that I have a huge room that's about 650 sq/ft with an open floor plan to the kitchen and foyer. So I wasn't sure if a smaller enclosure would do the job. After doing additional research, the final contenders for me were the KEF KC92 and the Sigberg Audio 10D. I was attracted to the boutique type manufacturing of Sigberg audio and it was obvious that the owner takes great pains to produce a quality product. Also, the Sigberg uses dual 10" cones which would fill my room more I thought. It was also wrapped up in a nice package. I received the sub about 10 days ago. The owner has been super responsive and helpful. I've been messaging him here and the responses have been really helpful. I had a false start initially because of faulty RCA plugs but he was able to help me troubleshoot the problem.

I've done a full Dirac implementation with my Node Icon. The main LR pair are a pair of KEF R6 metas driven by an Apollon dual mono amp. The Sigberg filly my room with clean, tight bass. I haven't had a sub in the room since getting the R6s and the difference is night and day. I'm really enjoying the music and the wife is *relatively* happy. I'm using a JL Audio TRX wireless controller to run the sub about 6ft away from my media center. So far it's been great and I gotta thank the community here for allowing me to find Sigberg Audio.

 

[90sNintendoKid]

Thank you for your post, I’m also considering the 10D because it has built in PEQ.

 

[RetroRene]

Can confirm the great service from the owner. Bought an Inkognito about a year ago. Very pleased with it.

 

[blackiridium]

Thank you for your post, I’m also considering the 10D because it has built in PEQ.

Very happy so far. It’s doing a surprisingly good job in my 600 sq/ft living room.

 

[rf1938]

Piggybacking on this thread - also recently received a 10D, integrating with my Rosso Fiorentino monitors and Chario center - Rosso doesn’t make center speakers. Replaced a 40 yr old excellent 10” passive driven by Parasound Halo, but I wanted something of both higher quality and one that could work well with Dirac ART. Sigberg’s company compares well with Rosso Fiorentino; a small owner operated firm focused on quality, not price. After some email back and forth, I was convinced and ordered one. Left on time to the day, and arrived in good condition despite a length stay in Customs. I ran a new measurement with Dirac, and let ART do its thing without much tweaking, except for the Dirac recommended bass boost. Very happy with the results, not just with the lower frequencies, but it has also opened up the Rossos. Hard to believe the size of the sound now. Can’t compare it to any other active subs, but hard to find any fault with the sound or build quality. I am hearing sounds from familiar songs I didn’t know were there. Sounds like one cohesive speaker system, a good match with ART.

 

[blackiridium]

I've been enjoying the 10D. Only issue I'm having is that the wireless adapter is causing weird noises from the subwoofer. I sometimes get popping which would be fine except that I also getting these other weird noises with the sound. It kind of ruins the mood. I think I'll probably need to run a cable to the sub. I thought the wireless receiver would do the job since they're only about 6 feet away.

 

[neRok]

I've been enjoying the 10D. Only issue I'm having is that the wireless adapter is causing weird noises from the subwoofer. I sometimes get popping which would be fine except that I also getting these other weird noises with the sound. It kind of ruins the mood. I think I'll probably need to run a cable to the sub. I thought the wireless receiver would do the job since they're only about 6 feet away.

Sounds like a typical ground loop issue, like people get when connecting to PC's. Symptoms will include random pops, and a hum that matches the frequency of your electricity grid (50 or 60Hz). And to make matters worse, it could be the transmitter or receiver suffering from interference, because both a simple unbalanced (RCA) devices! But I would investigate the sub side first.

If you have an audio interface, I guess you could measure the output of the receiver and see if the noise is present in its output. Otherwise you could try shorter RCA cord, shorter power cord, and different power source. It's only 5V 100mA DC, which means you could try run it off a variety of different power-packs that you've likely already got around the house (eg phone chargers, router/modem power-packs, christmas lights/decorations etc).

 

[blackiridium]

Sounds like a typical ground loop issue, like people get when connecting to PC's. Symptoms will include random pops, and a hum that matches the frequency of your electricity grid (50 or 60Hz). And to make matters worse, it could be the transmitter or receiver suffering from interference, because both a simple unbalanced (RCA) devices! But I would investigate the sub side first.

If you have an audio interface, I guess you could measure the output of the receiver and see if the noise is present in its output. Otherwise you could try shorter RCA cord, shorter power cord, and different power source. It's only 5V 100mA DC, which means you could try run it off a variety of different power-packs that you've likely already got around the house (eg phone chargers, router/modem power-packs, christmas lights/decorations etc).

Yeah, I ran a cable to the sub and the popping, hiss and other sounds disappeared. So it sounds like WiFi interference

 

[rf1938]

Just started re-watching “Treme.” With Italian mains, a Japanese processor, a Norwegian sub and Swedish room correction, I felt I was right back in a New Orleans night club. What a world of great music.