I want to try making my own sub. So far I have been doing a lot of reading, and I have a few ideas.
My room is 3100 cu.ft. and opens up to two other rooms (one 4'x9' opening and one 6'x7' opening). I can attach a diagram if that will help.
I can fit a ~4 cu.ft. enclosure slightly behind and to the side of the couch, but that is about as large as I can go for that spot. I was looking at the CSS SD12 ported design which is that size. Any other spot in the room will have to be smaller and closer to the 1-2 cu.ft. size (WAF).
I did some modeling with winisd, and the CSS SD12 ported design looks pretty good to me. What I am having trouble with is what I can expect from various designs in my room and my placement restrictions. The CSS SD12 design goes low enough based on what I see in Winisd, but will that translate well to my room?
I was also looking at the Mach5 IXL 12.2.2 and 15.2.2, and those seem to offer pretty good results for me as well.
I really would like to improve the low frequency output that I get with movies which is what started all of this.
Can someone help me out with some real world expectations and some better direction? Am I better off with a different design? Should I go sealed due to my size restrictions?
Thanks,
Brian
My room is 3100 cu.ft. and opens up to two other rooms (one 4'x9' opening and one 6'x7' opening). I can attach a diagram if that will help.
I can fit a ~4 cu.ft. enclosure slightly behind and to the side of the couch, but that is about as large as I can go for that spot. I was looking at the CSS SD12 ported design which is that size. Any other spot in the room will have to be smaller and closer to the 1-2 cu.ft. size (WAF).
I did some modeling with winisd, and the CSS SD12 ported design looks pretty good to me. What I am having trouble with is what I can expect from various designs in my room and my placement restrictions. The CSS SD12 design goes low enough based on what I see in Winisd, but will that translate well to my room?
I was also looking at the Mach5 IXL 12.2.2 and 15.2.2, and those seem to offer pretty good results for me as well.
I really would like to improve the low frequency output that I get with movies which is what started all of this.
Can someone help me out with some real world expectations and some better direction? Am I better off with a different design? Should I go sealed due to my size restrictions?
Thanks,
Brian