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Building the Subwoofers

Designing and building subwoofers

Building the Subwoofers 

DIY-Subwoofers

While the goal of building the arrays was to have a system that can do it all, from the lowest

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Building the Subwoofers 

Build your own subwoofers

5th April 202027th April 2020 admin

As I’ve already build my set of subwoofers, to help out my arrays with the bottom end extension, I might

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Building the Subwoofers 

Scan Speak Discovery 30W/4558T00

5th April 202027th April 2020 admin

Choosing a woofer for this project to fit my needs made me look at the Scan Speak 30W. I needed

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Building the Subwoofers 

Designing the enclosure

5th April 20209th May 2020 admin

Even though the outer dimensions were pretty much fixed at 40 x 40 x 40 cm, I wanted to create

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Building the Subwoofers 

Front baffle design

5th April 202027th April 2020 admin

On to the separate parts, let’s start with the front baffle. This baffle consists of 2 pieces of Birch ply.

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Building the Subwoofers 

Driver baffle & Back Baffle

5th April 202027th April 2020 admin

First up, the inner baffle that the driver bolts on to. Baltic Birch ply, 19mm. Same hole pattern as the

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Brace and Side Panels

5th April 20209th May 2020 admin

The brace is kept as simple as possible. It makes the enclosure more rigid and will move panel resonances up

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Building the Subwoofers 

Top and Bottom panels

5th April 202028th April 2020 admin

Starting with the top panel, made of 19mm baltic birch. The bottom panel is exactly alike, except for the few

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Final parts and Assembly

5th April 20209th May 2020 admin

Just a few parts to go, a few braces (4 of each) that are put in the corners of the

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Building the Subwoofers 

Making it an Active-Subwoofer

5th April 20209th May 2020 admin

To power the subwoofers I used the Hypex NC500MP module. It is a nice, compact and efficient 500 watt into

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  • DIY-Subwoofers

    DIY-Subwoofers

    While the goal of building the arrays was …
  • Build your own subwoofers

    Build your own subwoofers

    As I’ve already build my set of subwoofers, …
  • Scan Speak Discovery 30W/4558T00

    Scan Speak Discovery 30W/4558T00

    Choosing a woofer for this project to fit …
  • Designing the enclosure

    Designing the enclosure

    Even though the outer dimensions were pretty much …
  • Front baffle design

    Front baffle design

    On to the separate parts, let’s start with …
  • Driver baffle & Back Baffle

    Driver baffle & Back Baffle

    First up, the inner baffle that the driver …
  • Brace and Side Panels

    Brace and Side Panels

    The brace is kept as simple as possible. …
  • Top and Bottom panels

    Top and Bottom panels

    Starting with the top panel, made of 19mm …
  • Final parts and Assembly

    Final parts and Assembly

    Just a few parts to go, a few …
  • Impedance measurement

    Impedance measurement

    Blue line: Woofer in free air. Red line: …
  • Preliminary results

    Preliminary results

    The graph above is taken at the listening …
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