Hello members, it's been a long time! I always wanted to build a sub to compliment my Puny Home theatre setup, but never found the time. Now with this work from Home scenario and me moving back to my hometown to my ancestral home, have a bit of time, space for DIYing, and also space for the additional Sub-woofer itself. After a lot of online searches, the only good branded drivers which are easily available without breaking the banks are the Car audio Subs and the PA subs. Any sub-woofer without the T/S parameters was rejected outright.
I am pretty sure many would look out for Good Sub drivers, but most good ones are available at most approx twice the price of what they cost abroad.
Some sub-woofers shortlisted based on the ease of availability and Price
They were from MCM audio 12 and 15 inches and Sweton 15 and 18 Inch – Only they had T/S parameters. Didn’t want to buy some fancy-looking subwoofers and then shoot in the dark. Of course, I could measure the T/S parameters myself with DIY, but why take that route with so much ambiguity? What if the parameters don’t provide me a response which I was looking for? So dropped them.
Contacted Xpider Audio because they had long-throw SPL Subs, wanted to check how they will turn out. Pity, they don’t have T/S parameters. I wonder why such manufacturers ( assemblers ) of subwoofers don’t spend some 10 K on proper Measuring tools say the DATS or create their own measurement Jig.
Guess the Indian market consumers are still not mature enough to be treated with proper specifications! Our Market is happy enough with hearing 1500 Watts Peak value. Only now people have started to talks about RMS. Guess it will take ages to start using the proper parameters and build a sub according to customer taste and need.
What I am chasing after is some Low-Frequency Extension for Movies with a very flat response. However, not sure how the room response will add to the output. So it's all theory now with all these sub-models thrown into WinISD to see what subs will be most suitable. The volume for a single sub can go up to 250 Litre Max Ported.
My Aim in making this post is just to show, hey a normal 3.5K sub can be models in theory to provide a similar response of a sub more expensive than it.
I am pretty sure many would look out for Good Sub drivers, but most good ones are available at most approx twice the price of what they cost abroad.
Some sub-woofers shortlisted based on the ease of availability and Price
- Fredo 12 DVC ~ INR 3200 ( guess Delhi factory walks in to get them cheap )
- JBL 1300 ~ INR 3800
- KENWOOD W12PS ~ INR 3500
- JBL 1500 ~ INR 4500
- Infinity Prime 1270 ~ INR 4500 to 5000
- Rockford – Prime 12 ~ INR 5000 to 5500
- Infinity Kappa 12 1200 ~ INR 9000
- Rockford Punch P1s4 15 ~ INR 15000 list price.
They were from MCM audio 12 and 15 inches and Sweton 15 and 18 Inch – Only they had T/S parameters. Didn’t want to buy some fancy-looking subwoofers and then shoot in the dark. Of course, I could measure the T/S parameters myself with DIY, but why take that route with so much ambiguity? What if the parameters don’t provide me a response which I was looking for? So dropped them.
Contacted Xpider Audio because they had long-throw SPL Subs, wanted to check how they will turn out. Pity, they don’t have T/S parameters. I wonder why such manufacturers ( assemblers ) of subwoofers don’t spend some 10 K on proper Measuring tools say the DATS or create their own measurement Jig.
Guess the Indian market consumers are still not mature enough to be treated with proper specifications! Our Market is happy enough with hearing 1500 Watts Peak value. Only now people have started to talks about RMS. Guess it will take ages to start using the proper parameters and build a sub according to customer taste and need.
What I am chasing after is some Low-Frequency Extension for Movies with a very flat response. However, not sure how the room response will add to the output. So it's all theory now with all these sub-models thrown into WinISD to see what subs will be most suitable. The volume for a single sub can go up to 250 Litre Max Ported.
My Aim in making this post is just to show, hey a normal 3.5K sub can be models in theory to provide a similar response of a sub more expensive than it.