RE 8's in home theater

myvanpounds...can you design a tl for me by chance...so i know how long to make shit..and box dimensions seems like you know ur **** stuff...if not cool too just appreciate the help...

i want to use 2 re 8's

 
myvanpounds...can you design a tl for me by chance...so i know how long to make shit..and box dimensions seems like you know ur **** stuff...if not cool too just appreciate the help...i want to use 2 re 8's
2 5" foot long 8 inch pvc pipes with a RE8 glued to the one end of each one then I stuff each one with equal amounts of stuffing, I'm still working on how much stuffing I actually need but I'm trying a lil more tomorrow which would be about 2 lbs per tube now. thats it.... well at least that is what i'm using. I've noticed that I lose alot of power under 26 HZ I don't know if this is due to box design, box placement in the room, or because my crappy awia thingie has a HPF set at 25ish but I don't notice it unless i'm playing someting EXTREMELY low or test tones

they arn't going to crush a high end setup but I just wanted something that worked and could shake shit off my shelves. it does that good but they peak at 50 hz so I'm stuffing them more to flaten out the response hopefully that takes care of the peak

 
myvanpounds...look at these..nice it looks like....what would be the difference in makeing a box like these ones....or compared ot the way you did it..i think i would rather do it this way...box and tube out the top...whatcha think...also when listening to rap lets say..does it sound pretty good...like deep rumbles i guess to say...and last but not least...how could i make sure i make box dimensions right and how long of tube...

http://www.teresaudio.com/haven/subs/subs.html#background

view that ....

 
same basic design principle, the key is getting the lenght of the pipe 1/4 of the length of the HZ your tuning too, I forget the exact calculations but 5' was fine for my application.

that guy in the link is also using a 5' line but he is using sonotube which is not sturdy enuff to attach a driver to. where my 40 scedual pvc is, but my pvc wasn't cheap the sonotube is. both ways work. the box is really ony there so he has something sturdy enough to mount the driver on. I havn't tested out the stuffed tubes yet but unstuffed these two 8's can really get things going, stuffed they should sound a lil less "peaky". T-Lines are like voodoo, they just work. if you want to play around with T-lines grab a 5 foot 4" drain pipe and stick a 4 inch speaker on one end and start playing, thats how I first discovered TL's they are really trial and error

 
alright....jeez...now im all excited ..should i do like 2 re 8's or like one re se 10? when you sayin stuffing..like polyfil? if i did an enclosure like hte one with the box and pipe out top...could i just add a plate amp so i can connect it to my home theater receiver..also? you think i should do that inverted sub trick too? thanks much for your input bro ..appreciate it

 
alright....jeez...now im all excited ..should i do like 2 re 8's or like one re se 10? when you sayin stuffing..like polyfil? if i did an enclosure like hte one with the box and pipe out top...could i just add a plate amp so i can connect it to my home theater receiver..also? you think i should do that inverted sub trick too? thanks much for your input bro ..appreciate it
I used 2 8's only cause I had 4 laying around, I would use 4 but they woun't all fit under my bed and 2 ended up in my car again anyway. polyfill, acoustafill. its all the same really. but unstuffed they are going to be peaky. A plate amp would work fine. I'm using a crappy awai mini system thing that I abuse. I'm only using one of the two channels and the subs are wired as a 1 ohm load, the origonal speakers were 6ohm, lol. the inverted thing is cause he's using two drivers in the same line. the box probably wasn't deep enuff for both motors to fit, honestly I'd just stick to one a tube. another word of note, these things are top heavy when stood up so the box is a good idea with the vertical standing setup, maybe some feet on the botom that stick out another 3 inches for stability

 
awesome...so you think 2 8's each in their own box..or one big 10?
either or, depends more on what you can find as far as the pvc or sonotube goes and how much you want to spend

my 5 foot 8 inch PVC pipes were 50 shipped each, just a lil tidbit of info

 
i think i might go with a se10 in a sonotube...now i just need to figure how long and all that shit...box dimension...do i biuld a box like its sealed or ported?

 
i think i might go with a se10 in a sonotube...now i just need to figure how long and all that shit...box dimension...do i biuld a box like its sealed or ported?
you just need to build a square box big enuff for the driver to fit in and then stick a 5 foot long 10 inch sonotube on one end stuff and enjoy remember that its not a ported box so the box/port stuff doesn't apply here. the tube IS the box and the stuffing is how you tune it... on another note I got to test out my stuffed TL's today and I like the way they sound stuffed as opposed to untuffed, unstuffed the bass was out of control and not accurate around 50 hz now everythings tighter and sounds more musical

 
I was using 4 RE8's in ported boxes in my room and that was good but I didn't like having to use 4 drivers, so I went with two in TL's under the bed
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I couldn't take the port noise. and the 2 8's in TL's are just as loud as the 4 8's were ported.

 
alright heres my final solution...let me know whatcha think...2 re10's in a box like thishttp://www.teresaudio.com/haven/subs/finished.jpg

...with a big sonotube like that....my final question is...how i wire the subs in a push pull enclosure like that....

also gonna be powered by a plate amp, and is there a difference between a sonotube and a tl? ...thanks everyone for ur help...
the sonotube is a TL!! the key with the push pull design is having the right diameter tube, I thing he is using a 12 inch tube with 2 10's with one 10 I'd use a 10" tube. I havn't tried the push pull thing so I dunno if thats the way to go. If I were you I'd start with only one 10 in a single TL keep it simple cause the push pull design kinda defeats the purpose of the TL in the first place i'm mean why go with two subs in a push pull TL config when you can go with two subs each in its own TL

 
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