Subwoofer Building

sloggy420 -- Sat, 06/10/2006 - 01:20

Has anyone ever built their own subwoofers or speakers? I have two 12in JL Audio W3-D4's from an older car stereo. The subwoofers are excellent and I can build the enclosures easily but my concern is an amp and signal transfer, etc. I only plan on using one (maybe both if I move) but I want to try it b/c if I sell them I won't get but like $50 so I wanna try. Anyway, any recomendations or How to advice. Is this a bad idea? I know a lot about car audio, but have grown up so I want to start on a home system.

Tom Martin -- Mon, 06/12/2006 - 08:48

You can do it, but the challenge will be determining the box parameters for your particular woofers and then creating a crossover. I don't know that you'll save money in the end.

There are some sites worth checking out to compare what starting with a clean sheet of paper will cost:

www.madisound.com (source for speakers, kits and instruction)

http://www.members.aol.com/_ht_a/pjay99site/linksdiy.html (a list of many web-related DIY speaker sites)

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Barry Willis -- Tue, 06/13/2006 - 11:51

MCM Electronics sells modular power amps for subwoofers.

www.mcm.com

Barry Willis