New setup, 4 8’s!

[djdilliodon!]

I’ve been on a big subwoofer binge for awhile now both with running them and building them. Back in the day I had a few setups running 8’s and always loved them. Unfortunately the low end output of big subs is something I just can’t seem to get enough of and is what kept me away from going back to small subs. A few buddies of mine wanted some 8’s done so I figured why not join them! I’m still waiting for my power supply to be built so all I had for power to test was 500w rms. Using just a 2” coil, this little 8 took it like a champ beating the snot out of it free air no less. I’m gonna run 4 of them sealed in .55 cubic feet each after displacement. In my testing so far this has pretty darn good low end output for just an 8” sub! Ran it ported as well but that’s irrelevant as I’m doing sealed. At first they will be run on 1200w rms (300 each) and down the line I’ll step it up to 1500-2000w rms. I will probably fully start the build in a month or two tops (time limited right now). Here are some pics and a video. In the video it’s 500w rms @ 35hz, 18mm of xmax on that little guy lol.

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[Marve_Lous]

What 8s are those?

 

[djdilliodon!]

What 8s are those?

they are my 8’s I built them

 

[Ridinhi 5,000+ posts]

they are my 8’s I built them

Nice! For personal use or do you build to sell?

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

Ive been eyeballing these for a little while now. I may pick one up to try, If i like it Ill prob pick up another for a pair and see how they do for a daily ride
https://store.soundsolutionsaudio.com/ampere-audio-2-5-rve-8-800w-rms-subwoofer/

 

[djdilliodon!]

Nice! For personal use or do you build to sell?

i did a batch for some guys but only have enough parts to do 8 more. I’ll offer them eventually in larger quantities and did add them to the site. Not sure how big the market is for hand built 8’s. I can buy 8’s from China like everyone else for about 30-40 a piece but these will smoke those. I’ve done many samples of the ones that are popular here from overseas with the 2.4-2.5” coils that sell for around $160 ish retail. Never was impressed with them but that’s just me. I will say tho that those cheap 8’s can take some power.

 

[djdilliodon!]

Ive been eyeballing these for a little while now. I may pick one up to try, If i like it Ill prob pick up another for a pair and see how they do for a daily ride
https://store.soundsolutionsaudio.com/ampere-audio-2-5-rve-8-800w-rms-subwoofer/

those are cute! I use the same frame on mine, IMO it’s the best 8” frame to use and is widely available.