Jeffr Intro

[Jeffr]

I'm not positive that I'm where I ought, but hey!
I'm Jeff - In Fort Lauderdale, FL. This being the 11th state wifey and I have resided in. Professionally, I do financial analysis in a bank, but techie kind of stuff has always been a center of hobby life. (I had my ham radio license in 1956 - a hobby which followed me for many years).. Another significant hobby is woodworking, and I have a well equipped shop.

But, anyway - I come to this place because I'm on the 'newbie' end of home theater.. Just couldn't stand walking past those beautiful HD pictures at Best Buy - and I broke down and did it. I suspect I'm not alone. Anyway, now I have the 47" Samsung LCD.. Also had a Sony "digital audio control center" (basically a receiver with appropriate inputs and outputs to dink around with home theater) and a fairly decent set of Audiofile towers all of which work very nicely together. I built a pair of rear surround speakers from a pair of nice midrange speakers I had around, which also work nicely.. But now the biggie: gotta have a Subwoofer.. I have a pair of 10" Infinity woofers out of an old speaker set which I had bought new MANY years ago. My original thought was to put together the Decware 10" Deathbox and use one of the speakers, which seemed simple and clean - But then the thought - "Couldn't I use both in some form of box??" - At which point I know that I'm over my head - and I also know that now Home Theater is about to become my new MAIN HOBBY. Home theater is probably more rewarding than being a serial killer!! So - where should I start to create a box for a pair of 10" woofers?? How can I design a crossover for that??: Also, It seems that many folk are able to take measurements on speaker performance which I wasn't aware were available to measure as amateurs.. Where is the equipment and expertise coming from to do this??
Any advice would be gratefully accepted.
Thanks
Jeff

[Sonnie]

Hi Jeff and welcome to the Shack!

Sounds like you need our DIY Subwoofer forum with some design modeling. You'll need the full set of specs for those drivers.

[mechman]

Welcome Jeff! Good to have you here!

mech

[drdoan]

Welcome, Jeff. I graduated from Pompano HS in 1965. Great to have you here. Have fun, Dennis

[Mike P.]

Welcome to the Shack, Jeff!

[nova]

Hey Jeff, Welcome. You've come to the right place for help with your sub project. Post in our DIY sub forum and those guys will get you on the right path.