good but somewhat cheap passive radiator???

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

Anyone help me out here thinking about going PR but don't know much

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[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

I know Dayton makes descent passive radiators

 

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

TC Sounds VMP 15" Passive Radiator | Parts-Express.com

Good pick^^^^

If you wanna spend a but less

Dayton NS390-PR 15" Cast Frame Passive Radiator | Parts-Express.com

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

Best on a buget would be Johns from acoustic elegance. Had you asked a month or two ago, the passive radiators from DIYCable.com were on a major sale. 55 dollars a piece for the 15ichers, they are now back to 105 lol. Those were far and away the best deal, I got four of them then. Johns are about as nice, just a little less throw. That dayton linked has less than 1/2 the excursion of an AE passive and costs even more lol. The TC sounds ones are very nice, but the price is ridiculous. Anyway, if you have any other questions on PR's let me know. Oh and link for passives AE Speakers --- Superb Quality, Unforgettable Performance, Definitely.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

x2 on the AE's.

I was looking at them a little while ago and they look pretty nice for the money.

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

How Mich do the AE run I couldn't find a price and does size matter? Like I'm going to run a 10 TC OEM...can I run a 10" PR with it?

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

Probably $65. You can always ask on their forum to get a exact quote.

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

What's the ideal xmax because the Dayton ones with the inverted surrounds only have 10

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

?????

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

How much xmax does your main driver have? 10mm of xmax is a pretty dinky passive radiator, it's like making a ported box with a very small port, it just doesn't work. In a car where people usually want alot of bass, you'll break that passive really quick. To put it into perspective my passives, of which I have 4, have 35mm of excursion and those are 15's lol. That's why I brought it up in my last post. The passives need 2x the volume displacement of the active driver, so if your single 10 has more than 10mm of xmax odds are it'll end up pushing 2 10's passives with only 10mm of excurision too far.

What driver are you going to be using?

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

A TC OEM andi looked at AE and they had no 12" PR for sale...I found these two over on cacophony but the op doesn't know much about them

2x 10" Passive Radiators - Car Audio Classifieds

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

well with fixed mass that you dont' know how much you have basically no way to calculate tuning. John can build a 10" PR. Everything he sells is built to order. Go to the forum, make a post saying what you want and I bet John or Simon will take care of you. Odds are you'll get charged 65 just like for the 12 but he'll use a 10 inch basket. He offers alot of thigns that you don't actually see in the "store" section as it's a small operation. He can even do engravings on his aluminum cones subs for example.

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

ok ill make the post tomorrow thanks tempets haha u the man bro