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How many of you know what a Tempest is?

I haven't decided quite yet what I'm doing for a box, I may end up ordering one pre-built (194L vented, 250 or 350W amp). I don't really have the tools or space to do this, a drop in solution would be ideal.

Viper GTS
 
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
I haven't decided quite yet what I'm doing for a box, I may end up ordering one pre-built (194L vented, 250 or 350W amp). I don't really have the tools or space to do this, a drop in solution would be ideal.

Viper GTS
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Viper,
Boxes are easy to build as long as you have the dimensions right. The interior volume of the box MUST be matched to the parameters of your sub. MUST!!!!!

Do a search on "DIY subwoofer tempest" and find some plans. Really only takes a few hours to make one. A drop in solution is out of the question unless it has exactly the dimensions needed for your sub.

Next question - size of your room and do you want it to go low or loud or both?
 
4 subs in a house?

That is going to be loud.

What are you going to push them with? What are you going to put them in?

 
If you've got four of those then you're gonna be building a MASSIVE subwoofer.

Or you could do two dual sub boxes and stack them on top of each other. Please trust me on this - unless done right you may wind up with very weak bass.

Infinite baffle may come to mind. Can you put them in the attic or another place that has a large enclose space?
 
I've been doing a lot of research (spent the last week hanging out at hometheaterforum), I've decided I'm in WAY over my head.

1) I don't have the experience
2) I don't have the tools
3) I don't have the space to do it

I can probably use my dad's tools & his work space, but the experience is still an issue.

As far as pre-builts, there's a place run by a guy on hometheaterforum (http://www.acoustic-visions.com) that sells everything from cut but not assembled to fully assembled & finished boxes, designed for specific drivers.

The room it's going in is approximately 10'x11', with a standard 8' ceiling. I'm sure one will be MORE than sufficient (especially the rest of the equipment it will be joining - I'm using a boxed HT set, albeit a decent one, the Kenwood HTB-505).

Unfortunately IB isn't an option, it's a rented house. Plus I simply don't have the money to buy enough amp to drive 4.

Viper GTS
 
Cool,

As long as the pre-built plans (or you build it yourself) fit the sub you're all set.

A 10x11 room will need very little in terms of output to shake the very foundatation. You might have trouble going into the low 20 hz but you can always try.
 
EvilYoda had a neat idea that I had heard of before. You could put the sub in an enclosure made from a sono tube (the ones that they pour cement into) and cap the ends with wood. An even better solution would be two sono tubes of a couple inches different in size filled with sand in-between to deaden the sound. You could cover the tubes with carpet.

 
Originally posted by: Squisher
EvilYoda had a neat idea that I had heard of before. You could put the sub in an enclosure made from a sono tube (the ones that they pour cement into) and cap the ends with wood. An even better solution would be two sono tubes of a couple inches different in size filled with sand in-between to deaden the sound. You could cover the tubes with carpet.
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I considered that option as well, & would still be quite open to it - If I could find Sonotube locally.

I haven't been able to find the damn stuff.

Viper GTS
 
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Originally posted by: Squisher
EvilYoda had a neat idea that I had heard of before. You could put the sub in an enclosure made from a sono tube (the ones that they pour cement into) and cap the ends with wood. An even better solution would be two sono tubes of a couple inches different in size filled with sand in-between to deaden the sound. You could cover the tubes with carpet.
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I considered that option as well, & would still be quite open to it - If I could find Sonotube locally.

I haven't been able to find the damn stuff.

Viper GTS
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That is exactly what I PMed EvilYoda about, he couldn't find a supplier. I asked the guys that lay cement at work and they gave me the name of one. I don't know. Cement supplies? Construction supplies?

The name of the place was Boomer Co. when I just now looked it up in Yahoo Yellow Pages it had a sub heading of Concrete Constr Forms & Acces (whol)


 
oh brave new world, that has such people in it! (i think "in it" is "in't" to make it one...but, eh...you get the idea)
 
have home depot precut the MDF for you. All you need is a drill, some wood screws, and silcon glue to seal the box properly. I think a seal enclosure would be best as it uses less space and you get better motor control of the speaker.
 
Originally posted by: Adul
have home depot precut the MDF for you. All you need is a drill, some wood screws, and silcon glue to seal the box properly. I think a seal enclosure would be best as it uses less space and you get better motor control of the speaker.
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Add a sh!tload of power and you're all set!
 
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