Adhiraj
Active Member
I would suggest you give it a try for the sake of giving it a try, I use car subs in an isobaric configuration in dual cabs and they sound good.The sub has no idea where it is being played,its specs will remain the same ,idea is to use the specs and mate the driver to a properly designed and constructed enclosure appropriate to your application.If you are worried about incabin gain ,place the sub in the corner.-3 db at 35 hertz anechoic should give you +3 db in room at the same freq, thats 6 db .Corner placement would give you more.
Using a car amp is a bit of a problem,I am not sure if the outputs of the Receiver is hot enough to power a car amp which usually runs +4dbu and up in terms of input sensitivity.
Give it a shot ,nothing ventured ,nothing gained.
Also the damned thing wants 500 watts atleast! a good plate amp and a good enclosure would diy would probably kick seven shades of snot out of anything you could buy for the same amount of dough.
I have heard this driver in a car before ,it is pretty damn good. If you are looking at it for music application then Sealed would be a good idea,but you would need to give it a substantial amount of power.Ported would do better and deeper for HT.
Remember tho ,its the enclosure design that matters ,as far as build quality is concerned ,car subwoofer drivers tend to be better built ,home drivers dont have to take the kind of regular abuse our potholes impart on the poor subs magnet couplings.I have a blaupunkt Velocity Reference Series 12 inch DVC sub that I am using for the last 10 years with no problems.I dont think my Klipschs RW12 driver would last 3 days considering its aluminium cone can be dented by a hand lightly pressing it.
Further ,drivers are optimised to be used in sealed or ported designs.Enclosure size and tuning makes the difference.Some drivers do well sealed ,some can do ported some can do both well.The enclosure they have given with the driver is a compromise, size is priority in most designs.Same with the designs of most home subs,I have seen drivers used that would be much better suited to larger enclosures.But shipping 150 litre boxes is not everyones cup of tea,hence compromise on the design ,deviate from the ideal.that is why we have SBB4 ,Quasi Butterworth and Extended bass shelf as alignments in ported designs ,allowing you to get low frequency response from smaller boxes at the compromise of excursion and subsequently power handling ,but hey you get a smaller box
Also you could have a look at Crown Professional Power amps by the Harman group,the Crown XLS1000 bridged mono will be perfect as it has RCA inputs and inbuilt DSP! all for about 18k.And you get 1100 watts bridged mono at 4 ohms. Which is more than enough power to set your couch crawling across the room.
Using a car amp is a bit of a problem,I am not sure if the outputs of the Receiver is hot enough to power a car amp which usually runs +4dbu and up in terms of input sensitivity.
Give it a shot ,nothing ventured ,nothing gained.
Also the damned thing wants 500 watts atleast! a good plate amp and a good enclosure would diy would probably kick seven shades of snot out of anything you could buy for the same amount of dough.
I have heard this driver in a car before ,it is pretty damn good. If you are looking at it for music application then Sealed would be a good idea,but you would need to give it a substantial amount of power.Ported would do better and deeper for HT.
Remember tho ,its the enclosure design that matters ,as far as build quality is concerned ,car subwoofer drivers tend to be better built ,home drivers dont have to take the kind of regular abuse our potholes impart on the poor subs magnet couplings.I have a blaupunkt Velocity Reference Series 12 inch DVC sub that I am using for the last 10 years with no problems.I dont think my Klipschs RW12 driver would last 3 days considering its aluminium cone can be dented by a hand lightly pressing it.
Further ,drivers are optimised to be used in sealed or ported designs.Enclosure size and tuning makes the difference.Some drivers do well sealed ,some can do ported some can do both well.The enclosure they have given with the driver is a compromise, size is priority in most designs.Same with the designs of most home subs,I have seen drivers used that would be much better suited to larger enclosures.But shipping 150 litre boxes is not everyones cup of tea,hence compromise on the design ,deviate from the ideal.that is why we have SBB4 ,Quasi Butterworth and Extended bass shelf as alignments in ported designs ,allowing you to get low frequency response from smaller boxes at the compromise of excursion and subsequently power handling ,but hey you get a smaller box
Also you could have a look at Crown Professional Power amps by the Harman group,the Crown XLS1000 bridged mono will be perfect as it has RCA inputs and inbuilt DSP! all for about 18k.And you get 1100 watts bridged mono at 4 ohms. Which is more than enough power to set your couch crawling across the room.
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