Ported RL-P 15 Project

**Geoff St. Germain** · **02-01-07, 04:31 PM**

I'm getting pretty close to finishing my box for a SS RL-P 15D2. It is a 3.5 cu ft box tuned to 24 Hz. The box is two layers of 19 mm MDF with an outer covering of premium maple 1/2" plywood. All of the edges and the area around the port are solid oak. This wood scheme matches the wood scheme of our movie room. I wanted to build a larger unit, but there are serious WAF concerns and this is the largest box I could get past my wife. The outside dimensions are 24" x 24" x 21.5".

For amplification I'm considering the Crown XTi 2000. It has tons of power, enough to add another subwoofer or go to an IB setup once I'm posted next year and buy a house and it has programmable DSP with EQ and filtering.

I'll put some pictures in subsequent posts.

**Geoff St. Germain** · **02-01-07, 04:32 PM**

**Geoff St. Germain** · **02-01-07, 04:33 PM**

**Geoff St. Germain** · **02-01-07, 04:34 PM**

Cheers,
Geoff

**WillyD** · **02-01-07, 08:56 PM**

Neat build.

**Exocer** · **02-09-07, 10:23 PM**

I have that same router

It makes very nice cuts.

**Geoff St. Germain** · **02-09-07, 10:25 PM**

Quote:

Exocer wrote:

I have that same router

It makes very nice cuts.

It is a great router for the money.

Anyway, I'm applying the polyurethane finish now... hopefully I'll have it finished in a couple of days and I'll post some pictures.

My wife is bugging me to make a dulcimer for her now... I'm a bigger fan of building a cube I think....

**F1 fan** · **02-11-07, 11:24 PM**

Great job Geoff.I like all that bracing you added.

Hmmm ,looks like kitty found a new house.

**Sonnie** · **02-11-07, 11:54 PM**

Nice work Geoff... I'm very impressed. It looks totally solid...

**Geoff St. Germain** · **02-12-07, 08:14 AM**

Thanks a lot guys. I think it's pretty solid... maybe a little too solid. I haven't thrown it on a scale, but from having to lift it (with two people) it seems to weigh in the neighbourhood of 100 lbs.

**Geoff St. Germain** · **03-02-07, 01:16 AM**

Well, it's been more than a couple of days, but I think that I'm on the last coat of poly.

Here's a couple of shots.

**SteveCallas** · **03-02-07, 01:36 AM**

Glad to see a different shot of that cat.....in the first series of pictures, it looked like a demon

**Sonnie** · **03-02-07, 06:05 AM**

Looking good Geoff...

I think that is a different cat...

**Geoff St. Germain** · **03-02-07, 09:58 AM**

Thanks guys. Sonnie's right, it's a different cat.

**steve nn** · **03-11-07, 07:12 PM**

Looks pretty stout and a great job of keeping your work area clean.

**Geoff St. Germain** · **03-15-07, 03:21 PM**

Ok, the enclosure is finished. I'm just waiting to order the drivers. Mike should get back to me tonight with the final quote and I'll send him off the funds for two RL-P15 D2s. The amplifier will arrive tomorrow, so once the drivers show up I'll be ready to start up.

I've been playing around with some modeling and here is what I've come up with so far.

It is low passed at 80 Hz with a second order Butterworth and high passed at 20Hz with a second order Butterworth as well. There is 3 dB of boost at 20 Hz.

Any thoughts? I'm pretty new at this so I'd appreciate any and all input.

**Geoff St. Germain** · **03-20-07, 10:09 AM**

Well, I've constructed the grill.

The drivers should be on the way any day now. The amp showed up last week, so once the drivers arrive it should be ready for testing!

**Sonnie** · **03-20-07, 10:32 AM**

You can't buy'em like that anywhere...

**Geoff St. Germain** · **03-20-07, 10:55 AM**

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Sonnie wrote:

You can't buy'em like that anywhere...

Nope, once all is said and done, this sub should have cost slightly more than a Velodyne DLS-5000R. I'm hoping it will outperform it (I've read that the Velo has some problems below 30 Hz). Since I'm moving up from a Mission 10" sub, I'm sure I'll be blown away regardless.

**buggers** · **03-20-07, 12:51 PM**

Nice looking sub you got there. Are you going to put any roundovers on the ports?

**Geoff St. Germain** · **03-20-07, 02:36 PM**

I had thought about it but I think that I'm going to wait and see if there is any discernible port noise that it could help with.

**Rodny Alvarez** · **03-20-07, 05:52 PM**

NICE looking sub!!!!!!

Great job!!!!!!

**Geoff St. Germain** · **03-20-07, 07:40 PM**

Well, Mike sent me an email that the drivers are on the way. I have a second RL-P 15 D2 coming that I haven't entirely decided what to do with yet. I may build an LLT type enclosure for it to do a comparison... who knows.

I just wanted to mention that I'm thoroughly impressed with Mike's customer service. I've been dealing with a couple of other sub manufacturers and Mike has been far and away the most responsive and easiest to deal with and was very fast at getting back to me (sometimes within an hour).

**SoundSplinter** · **03-21-07, 12:28 PM**

Thanks again for the compliments Geoff. Your enclosure is lookin' mighty fine - quite similar to the first box I ever built for my first-generation RL-p15 back in 2004 comin' in at 3.5 cu ft net @ 25 Hz. It defeinitely delivered tons of punch and had not failed to impress a single visitor, though ideally I would prefer larger and lower tuned for that super deep bass. You gotta make do with what you got though, and keepin' the other half happy is a task all its own!

Comin' from a 10" driver, indeed there is little doubt you will be blown away!

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