DIY replacement for Sunfire True Subwoofer MkII

The Paulinator · 5th April 2005, 08:09 AM

I have the above mentioned subwoofer and am happy with it, but I would prefer to have something I made myself, like every other speaker I have ever owned. The only reason I have the Sunfire is that I sort of "inherited" it. I would prefer to sell it, and use some of that money to make a good replacement. Are there anygood DIY drivers that will go in this small or almost this small of an enclosure and get me decent output for the size? I am not expecting the output I can get from the Sunfire, but I don't NEED that much output because I hardly push the Sunfire at all in my little living room. Any suggestions?

ejn327 · 5th April 2005, 03:46 PM

Not sure what kind of output you are looking for, but to get decent output at low levels you will most likely need a linkwitz transform to boost the low end.
To do this you will need a fairly high excursion driver with a decent amount of power.
Check out www.acoustic-visions.com . I think I saw in another post that they can add a linkwitz transform to some of their amps.
This might work good with one of the drivers from Acendent. ( www.ascendentaudio.com)

ejn327 · 5th April 2005, 03:58 PM

I think acoustic elegance is going to have some AV12's and AV15's soon. (www.aespeakers.com)
A sweet set-up would be an AV15 in a 16" cube box with the 500 watt PE plate amp with a linkwitz transform.

bwbass · 5th April 2005, 04:34 PM

Ascendant's Avalanche 12 and Adire's Tumult 12 (both due out in a couple of months) should both be great candidates for a small sealed/high powered/LT box. 27 and 34mm Xmax w/ XBL^2, respectively.

5th April 2005, 08:09 AM	#1
The Paulinator diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Spfld, OR	DIY replacement for Sunfire True Subwoofer MkII I have the above mentioned subwoofer and am happy with it, but I would prefer to have something I made myself, like every other speaker I have ever owned. The only reason I have the Sunfire is that I sort of "inherited" it. I would prefer to sell it, and use some of that money to make a good replacement. Are there anygood DIY drivers that will go in this small or almost this small of an enclosure and get me decent output for the size? I am not expecting the output I can get from the Sunfire, but I don't NEED that much output because I hardly push the Sunfire at all in my little living room. Any suggestions?

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5th April 2005, 03:46 PM	#2
ejn327 diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: West MI	Not sure what kind of output you are looking for, but to get decent output at low levels you will most likely need a linkwitz transform to boost the low end. To do this you will need a fairly high excursion driver with a decent amount of power. Check out www.acoustic-visions.com . I think I saw in another post that they can add a linkwitz transform to some of their amps. This might work good with one of the drivers from Acendent. ( www.ascendentaudio.com)

5th April 2005, 03:58 PM	#3
ejn327 diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: West MI	I think acoustic elegance is going to have some AV12's and AV15's soon. (www.aespeakers.com) A sweet set-up would be an AV15 in a 16" cube box with the 500 watt PE plate amp with a linkwitz transform.

5th April 2005, 04:34 PM	#4
bwbass diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004	Ascendant's Avalanche 12 and Adire's Tumult 12 (both due out in a couple of months) should both be great candidates for a small sealed/high powered/LT box. 27 and 34mm Xmax w/ XBL^2, respectively.

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