After taking a 5-month long break, this project is back in works. I didn't mean to start a thread only to have it go nowhere, but my friend for whom I'm building this sub is for came down with some serious health problems, so we had to put the project on hold. Anyway, he's back after lots of chemo and bed rest and really wants to get the sub going. I've got the wood, we're going to do 3/4" MDF and 1/4" oak all around. Still looking to do a sealed box but I'm leaning towards 3.4-3.6 cu.ft. about 100L and I'm starting to shy away from doing the EP2500 and leaning towards PE's HPSA1000 plate amp. I suppose for simplicity sake, not b/c I think it will sound better. The difference is 1kW which equates to 3dB, so how much worse can it be? I like the simplicity factor of mounting the amp in the box, with its integrated parametric EQ, high-pass/low-pass filters, and no fan. It just seems like it would be a cleaner approach, less extra cables, wires, and audio gear to hideaway.
Has anyone used a TC-3000 with the HPSA1000? I know the sub will want more, but it still seems like a kilowatt of power to this sub will still be plenty. Besides in a sealed box this size according to Unibox, the max power the sub cab actually handle is only a round 1444W which is only 1.6dB more than 1,000W. Is the EP2500 really worth the usable 1.6dB of extra power? I know I'm looking at this from a purely numbers point of view, but while in the design phase, that's all I really have to go by. I feel like if the sub were for me, it would be a no-brainer, but since this is for someone else, I kinda need to take that into account as well. It's gotta be simple but still sound great. We're not trying to set any SPL records either or create a system that's hard to maintain. Thanks for any input!
Here's a couple of pics, I know most people have seen this sub, but it truly is impressive.
