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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...
 

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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
 
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Nice! I like to see stuff re-purposed. I'll give this a :T:T:T for creativity.
 
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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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