This is my first home sub build. Life for the cabinet after it was sourced from a recycling bin was use as a fish tank stand for almost 3 years and then it went to the garage for another year. I was about to haul it off to the dump and then I realized that it must weigh over 75 pounds! Hmm.... So I bought some 1" MDFish board, a 3" Aeroport and a 15" Eminance Eminator #2515 car subwoofer for a "under $200" newbie project. For an amp I stumbled across a WAY over-kill Behringer EP2500 for $75 and I ordered a pair of F-Mod 80Hz RCA low-pass crossovers. I control the volume with a Fiio DAC. I have it tuned to about 21-23Hz and at full excursion there is NO port noise. The internals have been heavily braced and I added light poly-fil to all the corners. It is very solid and well over 100+ pounds now with a net volume of about 3.9cu.ft. I do not have pics of the build but as you can see it is still not quite done yet. It is flat to about 25Hz and then drops sharp but I mostly game and listen to music so it rattles me just fine. The EP2500 is barely trying to push it and I will most likely put a 15 that can handle about 1,000+ RMS in it one of these days but for now.... Under $200 slammer achieved...
I have found that I have lived with the cute ProMedia 2.1 system for so long that this is like a MAJOR upgrade compared to what I am used to on the bottom end. At the point where I think is getting too loud the driver is still about half of its xmax capability. If I can get the Orion 12" going I will use it on this amp and probably never get past 1/4 xmax and have plenty of headroom. The Dumpster Find is a good candidate for a Dayton SPA250. My system is bare bones and laughable by the setups on this post. Someday I'll go 5.1... lol
The two screws you see on the white panel it to hang the doors (that are attached together,for cosmetics only) when I plug the port and use it sealed. I use this sub for being obnoxious and I have 2011 Rockford Fosgate P1 12"s IB mounted in the ceiling above the tv for movie use. I have a hard time choosing which I like best... Pics coming soon on the IB...
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