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Is this a home capable sub?

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#1 ·
It is a TC sounds oem 10.
Specs:
- Qts 0.357
- Qes 0.400
- Qms 3.35
- Fs 30Hz
- Res 3.11 ohms
- Ls 4.0 mH
- Lp 6.26 mH
- Rp 9.9 ohms
- Dia 208mm
- Vas 19.3 liters
- Mms 224 grams
- Cms 119 um/N
- BL 18.35Tm
- Spl 83.3dB

Enclosure Recoomendations:
- Small Sealed: 0.3 cubic feet
- Large Sealed 0.6 cubic feet
- Ported: 0.5-0.6 cubic feet with a single 10" or 12" PR

Its more fir music in my room rather than movies but I think the design is somewhat the same.
I currently have it in a .8cu/ft sealed box, and i am not impressed at all. My 8" AA audio sub in a transmission line gets lower and just sounds all around better than this sub.
Could i put this sub in a transmission line, I dont know much about them but i have built one.

I was going to do a ported box but with a box size that small the port would need to be about 100inches long to tune it to 30hz.

What enclosure could i use?
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
 
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#11 ·
From what i remember on the old TC Sound forums, that sub likes big power.....1000-2000 watts. That being said, you won't be able to tune that low in that size box with a port (it would stick out of the box a long way!). I would use a passive radiator (or 2) with a lot of mass on the pr's to tune you low. Don't forget a subsonic filter or you will launch the cone during high level playback.:blink:
 
#12 ·
The response looks much better in a larger box but I don't know how much space you have. I think that ported is a bit odd on that sub. It's a low end monster and port resonance will be a problem as you tune lower and lower. I think something on the specs might not be right. It's asking for a very odd box.
 
#14 ·
I have read that too, using PR's. For me it would be cheaper to building a funny looking enclosure with a long port than buy a PR. Anyway this would work in a transmission line?
Last time i checked somone said it would cost $60 for a PR, would i need a certain one?
 
#16 ·
This sub is typical of a lot of modern subs designed for the car. To get it to work well in a small sealed enclosure, efficiency is sacrificed. 83 db efficiency in a small sealed box needs a ton of power to get good volume.

there are probably some car guys out there that could use that sub. I use a Soundsplinter 10 that looks to be pretty similar in my truck. It sounds great, but transfer function of the truck adds a ton of volume. You don't get that same function in the home.

I would look at selling it and get something that won't need a ton of power to get loud. There are a lot of better choices for the home.
 
#21 ·
This is a TC sounds sub. I don't know of any sub they make that isn't home capable, but generally you need an eq to shape the response of any TC sub.

Pickup a behringer feedback destroyer and use REW to flatten your response curve. You should be able to eq this sub pretty easily given it's high xmax and large voice coil.
 
#23 ·
I ended up changing my mind about the tc sounds sub :/
Just picked up 2 Image Dynamics 12IDQ v2 subs and in a sealed box, one sounds amazing and is very efficient. I can't imagine what 2 will do ported in my little room.
Thanks everyone for the help, I might go the PR route if i sell some of my audio stuff.
Thanks again!
 
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