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canuckguy · 09-17-2005, 09:10 AM

I currently have two subwoofers for my home theater/music room, one is a paradigm ps-1200 that i've had for years. Great subwoofer, tons of bass, musical, but ugly, the plain old black box has got to go. I also have a custom built subwoofer from my university days. It has 2 JL audio 12" subs powered by a robust adcom amp with a paradigm x-30 for the crossover but it too is ugly and has some signs of wear after many moves.

I was thinking of making another custom subwoofer (getting rid of the existing) and was curious if anyone here dabbles in this hobby. I was thinking either a box with two 15" subs, or four 12", or possibly say eight 10" subwoofers. Extension and flow are what I hope to achieve, SPL is a nice trade off with going with the multiple drivers, but it is more for getting even lower in 10-50hz range.

The box size is not really an issue, as i have a dedicated room for the HT so there is no wife-acceptance-factor involved. Anyone have an thoughts on driver size, what brand of subs to go with? Any other input or suggestions or general discussion would be great. I would like to go with an IB design but I don't have a good enough location to do it.

09-17-2005, 09:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
canuckguy I read your emails. Location: earth	DIY home subwoofer I currently have two subwoofers for my home theater/music room, one is a paradigm ps-1200 that i've had for years. Great subwoofer, tons of bass, musical, but ugly, the plain old black box has got to go. I also have a custom built subwoofer from my university days. It has 2 JL audio 12" subs powered by a robust adcom amp with a paradigm x-30 for the crossover but it too is ugly and has some signs of wear after many moves. I was thinking of making another custom subwoofer (getting rid of the existing) and was curious if anyone here dabbles in this hobby. I was thinking either a box with two 15" subs, or four 12", or possibly say eight 10" subwoofers. Extension and flow are what I hope to achieve, SPL is a nice trade off with going with the multiple drivers, but it is more for getting even lower in 10-50hz range. The box size is not really an issue, as i have a dedicated room for the HT so there is no wife-acceptance-factor involved. Anyone have an thoughts on driver size, what brand of subs to go with? Any other input or suggestions or general discussion would be great. I would like to go with an IB design but I don't have a good enough location to do it.