[bbr81]

Hi

I have been looking at all the possibilities of building my own DIY sub, after this site and some others my head is pounding!

I have been thinking of peerless 12"- I can get hold of these speakers in the UK for a decent price.

My enclosure is going to be 70cmx70cmx60cm (28"x28"x24") - width, length, height.

I intend to put this in the corner of my room inbetween 2 sofa chairs + was thinking of having the sub firing downwards, with hopefully a grantine/marble top if I can get it cheap and then use as a side coffee table? Using 28mm Ply wood and MDF to make the sub.

Now I am thinking of putting in a 15" speaker?

Any advice on what to do with this subwoofer, ported, sealed which woofer, I'd prefer to stick to one speaker due to costs.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks Bob

 

[bbr81]

Hi, thank you for your speedy replies.

I am building a home cinema at the moment with projector and 90" screen, so in actual fact should have a subwoofer that compliments this set up for movies. Although I am an avid music audiophile and in the process of building a pair of Fostex full range speakers. I am not a bass junkie, so maybe an inbetween to compliment both music and movies would make me happy.

DIY building is not a problem for me, I feel my main problem is calculating appropriate sizes, placement and tuning.

After reading that web site you gave, I have come to think that a sealed box would be the most easiest to build. A passive radiatir set up would give me ease of tuning compared to a ported sub, but a transmission line sub woofer is very tempting (as this is similar to what I am building for my fostex speakers) but not sure the dimension I have given would fit a transmission line set up.

The speakers I have been looking at are the

Peerless XXLS-308ALU 12" ttp://www.europe-audio.com/Product

Or

Dayton High Fidelity Subwoofer 15"

With the following plate amp

http://www.bkelec.com/Modules/bsbpv500.htm

Money wise my max spend should be no more than £500 (approx $700-800 USD). But for this money I am wanting to create a much better subwoofer than the one in the link below, the link below is a subwoofer that seems to be highly rated in the UK for less that £500.

http://www.bkelec.com/HiFi/Sub_Woofers/monolith-df.htm

Again, ideas and advice are very welcome on what you think I should do.

Bob

 

[bbr81]

Hi Moonfly.

Thanks for the reply.

I am in the UK (west Yorkshire) and have found it hard to find online retailers for speakers.

I found this one for the peerless http://www.audio-components.co.uk/store/productdetail.asp?ProductID=4600

But if you know of any more, I'd be very interested.

Also, I would consider the 15" if you know of a good make or somewhere I can get hold of one. Do you think a ported version would be best for a 15"?

Thanks
Bob