MrPotatoHead
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Over a year ago I posted here that was searching for a design for a DIY sub. There were several great suggestions, but I ended up going with the Overdrive10 designed by @Wolf. It's a bandpass design with a 10-inch Dayton driver and a passive radiator. I bought the hardware a year ago and finally got around to putting it together.
I already have a Hsu black cube so I decided to mix it up a little. Rather than making a black body with a speaker grille, I went with a plywood top and bottom with 1/4-inch aluminum rods that cage in the PR. I don't like designing things that people have seen before so this is where my brain went. My friends just say, "Huh. Okay..." so I know it's not for everyone.
I think it sounds great but, honestly, I don't really know how to evaluate a sub. It seems to do what it's supposed to do. With two subs, the presentation is just so much bigger and for HT the change is impressive. The first film I watched was Dune and I was blown away in the first ten seconds.
I'm hoping @Wolf will hop on to answer any technical questions.
Brett
PS Here's a photo of the stereo rack I built last year.
I already have a Hsu black cube so I decided to mix it up a little. Rather than making a black body with a speaker grille, I went with a plywood top and bottom with 1/4-inch aluminum rods that cage in the PR. I don't like designing things that people have seen before so this is where my brain went. My friends just say, "Huh. Okay..." so I know it's not for everyone.
I think it sounds great but, honestly, I don't really know how to evaluate a sub. It seems to do what it's supposed to do. With two subs, the presentation is just so much bigger and for HT the change is impressive. The first film I watched was Dune and I was blown away in the first ten seconds.
I'm hoping @Wolf will hop on to answer any technical questions.
Brett
PS Here's a photo of the stereo rack I built last year.