DIY budget Home Theater subwoofer?

[thadman 10+ year member]

I am contemplating building a DIY Home Theater for my Xbox 360/Computer and have decided on these drivers

http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?cart_id=8818261.24572&pid=2038

Can anyone help me design a passive filter for those? I can get each driver for approximately $11. The purpose of this is to create a cheaper/better sounding solution that Klipsch's Promedia 5.1 system. Will 1 driver per channel have enough output to best the klipsch system or should I add 2 drivers for the front and left stereo channels and the centers?

How much do passive filters cost to produce?

What subwoofer would do well with these drivers and not drown them out...just right. Its main purpose is to replicate large explosions, so Sound Quality isnt of huge concern as its main purpose is home theater although I would like it to sound nice.

Would a Peerless XLS 12" mate nice with these? How are Dayton DVCs? How much power should I send the sub? I can get a Behringer Europower amplifier (ep2500 is 2400 watts @ 4ohms=$300, ep1500 is 1400 watts @ 4ohms=$250, and the a500 is 540 watts @ 8ohms = $180) Power really is limitless, the subwoofer is just the link. Does the A500 reference have noticeably better sound quality than the Europower?

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[thadman 10+ year member]

Would it benefit me at all to go with 7 channels? The Soundcard I will be using is either an M Audio Revolution 7.1 or 5.1 (only a slight difference) and itd only be about $20 more to add 2 more channels.

2 each for front left and right and center channel

1 each for rear channels

 

[thadman 10+ year member]

Does anybody have any input on this?

 

[thadman 10+ year member]

2 Peerless XLS 12s for $175 together vs 1 Dayton 12" HiFi $120

Powered by a Behringer Reference A500

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

an operator will be with you shortly......

 

[thadman 10+ year member]

Does anybody have anything to contribute? Any input on this? I have never worked with Home Theater.

 

[chefboyrlee 10+ year member]

the difference between 5.1 and 7.1 is barely noticeble unless ur in a large room. i wouldn't waste the money. as for the filters, i have no idea! good luck.

 

[thadman 10+ year member]

How about the subwoofer which was my main concern? Can anybody help me on that choice? I dont want it to overpower the mids.

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

How about the subwoofer which was my main concern? Can anybody help me on that choice? I dont want it to overpower the mids.

go look at the 'your ht sub' thread to get an idea of what you might want. same thing on icixsound.com

 

[thadman 10+ year member]

Those aren't diy subs. I would like to build my own. Do you have any recommendations?

 

[thadman 10+ year member]

does anybody have any intelligent input...please stop with the glib remarks

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

Those aren't diy subs. I would like to build my own. Do you have any recommendations?

did you even read through a few of the pages?? did u try the same one over at icix? tell me why none of those are do it yourself.

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

Ascendat Audio Atlas

Adire Tempest

Adire Shiva

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

http://forums.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?t=131213

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[thadman 10+ year member]

Ive waded through most of that and I havent found what im looking for.

How low do Ascendant Audio Atlas's go?

I am familiar with Car Audio but not HT, how low would you normally port a box?