Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Build Your Own Subwoofer

Posted by michael on from the rock-the-house dept.

Gerard J. Pinzone writes "Here's a page that details the construction of a homebrew subwoofer." Another in a long line of "You can, but should you?" projects.

6 of 231 comments (clear)

  1. Not a Subwoofer by iamjim · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is some guys expierence making an ENCLOSURE. I got excited, wrapping a cone w/ wire, finding a good permenant magnet. NOPE - This is something that MANY MANY people have done. It is making a subwoofer that would be the challenge. Then again, making a proper enclosure isn't easy...

    Next time get the title of the article right!

    1. Re:Not a Subwoofer by Mononoke · · Score: 2, Insightful
      I got excited, wrapping a cone w/ wire, finding a good permenant magnet.
      That's the driver. I believe he is talking about making a subwoofer, which would imply the use of the device at lower frequency ranges of human hearing.

      A driver, no matter what size it is, is not a subwoofer. Subwoofers can be made with a single 12" driver, with four 18" drivers, or even a 30" driver.

      No, he doesn't tell you how to make a driver.

      --
      NetInfo connection failed for server 127.0.0.1/local
    2. Re:Not a Subwoofer by Mononoke · · Score: 2, Insightful
      Why are we bothering to argue with a bunch of kids who have absolutely no knowledge of the physics of acoustics?

      Let these folks waste their money on the "experts" at the local auto sound shop.

      --
      NetInfo connection failed for server 127.0.0.1/local
  2. What is missing by divide+overflow · · Score: 5, Insightful


    This isn't even a good explanation for how to create a subwoofer enclosure. It is completely missing any information on the critical variables that describe the attributes of the low frequency driver as well as the procedure for designing the enclosure and crossover network to work with the driver to produce an optimized system. You can't just throw any old speaker into a given enclosure and expect a decent result. If you don't design the enclosure around the Thiele-Small parameters for the driver you put in it you are basically throwing the driver into a pretty box and ignoring the most important factors...how the completed system will perform.

    And I wouldn't be a good slashdotter if I didn't mention are several computer programs that help with the design of speaker systems. They are really helpful for designing a subwoofer. I used such a program to design the subwoofer in my car.

  3. nuttin special by Skal+Tura · · Score: 1, Insightful

    There isn't anything special on making a woofer by yourself, first i thought that the dude made the element by himself but naawh... You really don't need much skill to make a subwoofer, just some maths and a little skills to make the casing. If you have proper tools it shouldn't even take long for an experienced woofer builder. With experienced i mean knowing the little tips & tricks to avoid hazzle and problems. tho, that woofer probably sounds nice but there isn't anything special... i wonder where ./ is going with news like this, do they wanna do a news report when i assemble my next woofer? lol Or perhaps some of my other projects like liquid cooling to make cpu run at -15 to -10 celsius degrees, or perhaps mobo box sized server... NOTE TO MODDERS: I didn't want to troll but there simply isn't any idea to report stuff like this, there isn't anything special on making a subwoofer by yourself.

    --
    Pulsed Media Seedboxes
  4. Re:Amazing! by superpeach · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why, in England, is router said as root-er (the networky kind) and a router (the cutting kind) is said as, um, row-ter (where 'row' is the kind of thing you may have with your girlfriend/wife, not like the boat, which you row) - the way Americans say router (the networky kind). Who was it that came up with the idea to make written english so bloody (read: 'damn') confusing?