Build Your Own Subwoofer 232
Gerard J. Pinzone writes "Here's a page that details the construction of a homebrew subwoofer." Another in a long line of "You can, but should you?" projects.
Where there's a will, there's a relative.
Not a Subwoofer (Score:5, Insightful)
Next time get the title of the article right!
Re:Not a Subwoofer (Score:2, Insightful)
A driver, no matter what size it is, is not a subwoofer. Subwoofers can be made with a single 12" driver, with four 18" drivers, or even a 30" driver.
No, he doesn't tell you how to make a driver.
What is missing (Score:5, Insightful)
This isn't even a good explanation for how to create a subwoofer enclosure. It is completely missing any information on the critical variables that describe the attributes of the low frequency driver as well as the procedure for designing the enclosure and crossover network to work with the driver to produce an optimized system. You can't just throw any old speaker into a given enclosure and expect a decent result. If you don't design the enclosure around the Thiele-Small parameters for the driver you put in it you are basically throwing the driver into a pretty box and ignoring the most important factors...how the completed system will perform.
And I wouldn't be a good slashdotter if I didn't mention are several computer programs that help with the design of speaker systems. They are really helpful for designing a subwoofer. I used such a program to design the subwoofer in my car.
nuttin special (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:Amazing! (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Not a Subwoofer (Score:2, Insightful)
Let these folks waste their money on the "experts" at the local auto sound shop.