Car sub for home system?

A nice low tuned box would be nice.

Also invest in a plate amp or other dedicated sub amp. Partsexpress has some affordable amps.

Then patch cord from sub out to amp

 

when you say self powered do you mean it has its own amp?

if so why not use that amp on 1 of your subs you got lying around.

i have an OLD ASS mtx blue thunder 12 in an old bandpass box running off of a yamaha 70 watt sub amp.sounds real nice.

the 8 it was running just didnt have enough bottom end for my action flicks.and the sub is hidden away in a wicker box my ex got for the house.had to use it for something.

 

This sub has been getting a lot of home theater use recently.

http://www.edesignaudio.com/edv2/product_info.php?cPath=92&products_id=183
This company also makes some pretty high end home theater setups. Check em out. I got my amps, wire, and deadener from them.

 

He said the amp always cuts off

 

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=300-750
ok then this

 

maybe the speaker is bad causeing the amp to shut down.

 

Sure you can Ibanez!

Build a more ideal enclosure for the sub, run it off another amp fed by the sub-out of the preamp, done deal!

 

I have this amp
http://www.madisound.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?cart_id=3483395.3182&pid=452

Running two subs....My subs I bought used for $100.00 back in 1992. They are kicker C12's...8 ohm...I wired them in parallel....The box I built out of 3/4" mdf...I basically made it a big cube, with two completely isolated chambers. Each chamber is 1 cu ft. I made the rear deep enough to house the amp (in it's own space)....I have ran it two different ways....With the sub out of my Marantz dolby digital receiver and currently I have it running this way: My Sansuii integrated amp has "A" and "B" outs...The "A" outs run to my JBL L7's and the "B" speaker outs run to the sub...I basically just dialed in the sub xover to get the blend with the JBL's to get a nice musical sound....

This sub will absolutely rock with music and with movies...It shakes the slap floor in my basement.....awesome....

madisound makes speaker kits, sub kits and also carries stuff for making your own xovers....

Willy

 

That amp from parts express looks awesome too.....

Willy

 

hey no prob.thee band pass is great because its tuned really low.it has no output passed 70hz.BUT!!..i run 2 subs in my house.the other puts out up to 150hz.

it took me awhile to tune them to my room.the crossovers i mean.

i have my xbox hooked up to my 6.1 amp and most of my games play in 5.1.i was playing BLACK and the explosions and gun fire sound AWSOME. nice solid impact when i shot my magnum.

they shake the house.

 

Well, lots of different ways you could do a box.

One of the easiest as always is a sealed enclosure. But being in the house, and being run on a little less power, youmay want to go for a slightly larger sealed box, that will lower the total "Q" of the sub and provide a lower frequecny extension and eliminate some of the boominess.

As far as vented box? heck ya! again, this is going in the house so we need to look at the response curve....Same with a bandpass.

Do you have the specs for the woofer ya wanna use ibanez?

 

oh did i mention my 12 is corner loaded.it sounds its best in the front left corner of my room.
http://www.klipsch.com/products/details/rt-12d.aspx
i just read a review on this guy,and it was made to go in the corner.

 

Klipsch, one of the PREMIERE audio engineering companys!!!!


They have used the corner loading design since i believe the 40's if i remember right. Do yourself a favor, If any of you have a chance to listen to some Klipschhorns, DO IT!

 

my rear surrounds are klipsh and have some horns in them.
thier dipole.might not be what your talking about.but they sound devine none the less.

 

I have got to honestly say, if you have the means to build a custom box for in home use, please do so. SQ will be better, Low frequency extension will be better, and you can make it to fit your needs.

 

Here is the PDF file on the driver data....

http://manuals.harman.com/INF/CAR/Boxes and Parameters/P12.1d_f.pdf

I honestly dont think any of the proposed boxes would sound really good in the home enviorment. they would get loud, but not REAL low in frequency extension.