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Use: 95% Home theater, occasional gaming and music
Space: basement dedicated HT room; Studded drywall with insulation over cinder block; acoustic drop ceiling; approx 14' x 22'
I put quite a bit of time and effort into my HT about 4 years ago. Everything is wonderful, except the sub. I neglected it. Right now I'm using a pair of JL Audio 12" subs in a sealed truck box. They were great in my extended cab S10, but they SUCK in the HT. I'm powering them with a Peavey PV 8.5C amp.
So, I think I want to go with a ported design to get the low end. A large enclosue is fine. I've built automotive boxes before, but they've all been sealed. This will be my first ported one.
The Tempest-X2 15" looks like a good driver. I honestly don't feel like spending hours debated/researching T/S parameters and such. I just want a good quality, high bang for the buck driver.
I'm generally a hands on, do it all myself kinda guy. However, I don't think I need to reinvent the wheel with the enclosure design. Are there any sources of preconfigured designes out there?
Would my Peavey PV 8.5C be a good power source for this sub or would you recommend a plate amp? Obviously, I'd need to invest in a subsonic filter if I use the Peavey. I tried to post a link to the amp specs but the site won't let me just yet {4 more posts to go
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Surely I'm not the only one out there that wants to build a sub, but doesn't want to spend hours reading specs and working with design software calculating port dimensions? ...or am I? I'm an electrical engineer, so I could do it. However, free time is short when you have two kids in grade school and a wife that works.
Thanks in advance for helping out a newbie!
Space: basement dedicated HT room; Studded drywall with insulation over cinder block; acoustic drop ceiling; approx 14' x 22'
I put quite a bit of time and effort into my HT about 4 years ago. Everything is wonderful, except the sub. I neglected it. Right now I'm using a pair of JL Audio 12" subs in a sealed truck box. They were great in my extended cab S10, but they SUCK in the HT. I'm powering them with a Peavey PV 8.5C amp.
So, I think I want to go with a ported design to get the low end. A large enclosue is fine. I've built automotive boxes before, but they've all been sealed. This will be my first ported one.
The Tempest-X2 15" looks like a good driver. I honestly don't feel like spending hours debated/researching T/S parameters and such. I just want a good quality, high bang for the buck driver.
I'm generally a hands on, do it all myself kinda guy. However, I don't think I need to reinvent the wheel with the enclosure design. Are there any sources of preconfigured designes out there?
Would my Peavey PV 8.5C be a good power source for this sub or would you recommend a plate amp? Obviously, I'd need to invest in a subsonic filter if I use the Peavey. I tried to post a link to the amp specs but the site won't let me just yet {4 more posts to go
}.Surely I'm not the only one out there that wants to build a sub, but doesn't want to spend hours reading specs and working with design software calculating port dimensions? ...or am I? I'm an electrical engineer, so I could do it. However, free time is short when you have two kids in grade school and a wife that works.
Thanks in advance for helping out a newbie!
