Maybe a noob question. . . maybe not.

[NoiseOfTheFloyd 10+ year member]

So I wouldn't call myself a newbie to the subwoofer world. I've owned and installed JL, Soundstream, MB Quart and Image Dynamics subs. I have Focals up front and as rears. I have an eD 6.5" in a custom armrest. I run an an Alphasonik and an ol'school PPI Art 600.2. My knowledge has increased over my 15 years of audiophile interest enough to know to look for an even smaller, more homegrown company for a subwoofer. I am thinking about an SSA Icon D2, 10". I had also looked at DC Soundlabs LV3. I like SQ over SPL in a sub and am still looking I guess.

Most recently I see that lots of you (or maybe not) are building your own subs. Where do I go to learn about how do that myself? Are there stickies besides the re-cone up there that go more deeply into building a sub from scratch?

Alright. Don't laugh at the noob. Thanks for your help.

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[NoiseOfTheFloyd 10+ year member]

Ideas? Anyone?

 

[skylineTT 10+ year member]

buy a motor of some sort.. get a basket of choice size, find desired softparts for it including coil, cone, surround, tensils and the terminals for it, then put the bish together!

 

[skylineTT 10+ year member]

=] theres more to if of course. im sure a moofer builder will chime in soon.

 

[NoiseOfTheFloyd 10+ year member]

Thanks for your help Skyline TT. It's a start. Anyone else?

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I'll chime in.... why? Building a custom sub means guessing at specs, guessing at enclosures, guessing at performance. Alot of these guys do it out of necessity, or because they know what they are doing. You seem to want it just to be different. I suggest staying with a pre-designed driver from a company with a proven track record for designing and building solid products.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

i do it because it's fun but it isnt cheap by the time u get the motor basket and soft parts. better off buying from someone who knows how to build freikensubs. someone who has put over 100 subs together by hand...