OT: Subwoofer project to support your Altecs.

[VolvoHeretic]

I’ve got a pair of (300 watt rms) Alpine SWR 1040D 10 inch subs in .75 cu ft sealed boxes and am using just a 15 band EQ to boost the 31.5 and 40hz ranges 12db and cut the rest 12db for a crude active low pass filter and behind my 150 watts rms Crown DC300A at 8 ohms.

This is paired with my 8 cu ft altec 418-8H II guitar speaker/32B/806-8A w/ pascalites and one lone Piezo super tweeter.

As bad as this might seem, I like em.

(Edit Sorry, I thought that this was a generic thread on subs. I have deleted the junk I included on mine.

[cradeldorf]

The Dayton 12" that I have does a fantastic job of creating house shaking bass. at $120.00 plug and play...meh it's pretty hard to beat.

[alancohen]

Here's a review I came across when researching the Peerless driver:

Exceptional value subwoofer
I built a subwoofer using this Peerless driver after hearing Ed Schilling's (Horn Shoppe) simple subwoofer. Ed mounted this driver in an inverted 5 gallon pail loaded with quikrete at the lid end. There are instructions and photos on the Horn Shoppe forum for making this contraption.

Those limited efforts result in a nimble, acoustic suspended, up-firing subwoofer that should mate well with just about any speaker. It isn't just a great little inexpensive subwoofer, it's articulate and natural sound place it firmly with the most "musical" of the genre. It's ability to reveal those bass layers and nuances make the system's overall presentation more coherent and believable. It's quite an eye-opener for little cash. And two are better than one (I'm all in for another after hearing the dynamic duo). )

The Madisound Speaker Store

[Alien_Shore]

Parts ordered.
I love this part of the instructions:

Cut hole in bottom of bucket. Test the fit. Get another bucket if you screw it up.

[alancohen]

Parts ordered.
I love this part of the instructions:

He's quite the character. That's part of the charm of this project for me. That, and he's not a home theater guy. This is reported to be a very musical sub. I pondered swapping out the Peerless driver for a Tang Band W8-704P which has "better" specs. But he insisted "do so at your own risk". "It works the way I designed it." I felt scolded and ordered the Peerless.

[Alien_Shore]

Alan,
do you think this plate amp will work for one bucket?

Dayton SA100

If only running the one bucket, it'll be 8 ohm, so I'll only get 75w out of the amp, and figured that may not be enough oomph, especially that the sensitivity on the peerless is only 80-something...

[alancohen]

Alan,
do you think this plate amp will work for one bucket?

Dayton SA100

If only running the one bucket, it'll be 8 ohm, so I'll only get 75w out of the amp, and figured that may not be enough oomph, especially that the sensitivity on the peerless is only 80-something...

It should. Bruce is using this one Bash 300W Digital Subwoofer Amplifier 300-750 for not much more $$$. I'm a fan of you can't have too much sub power.