Help, 8" woofer no idea

bud1451 · 13th October 2005, 02:45 AM

I have a 8" woofer that was in a Mirage M1 speaker from the late 80's, the speaker it's self was quite highly regarded and went quite low. So anyway I don't know a thing about the woofer. The subwoofer would be for music only in a second system upstairs used in conjunction with some bookshelf or small floorstanding speakers. I think a forward or down firing ported sub would be best with this woofer, but I really don't know. Size doesn't really matter within reason 1.5-3ft cubed. Is there any place that will tell me exactly what to build, I need alot of help here please.

mateo88 · 13th October 2005, 03:20 AM

If you know what size the enclosure was that the driver came out of, just make a new one of the same size.

hilbren · 13th October 2005, 05:57 AM

I would build a TL-line from it.... 2meter35

bud1451 · 13th October 2005, 06:25 AM

That is hard to say because the Mirage speaker is a biploar type one woofer facing the front and the other to the back, each in their own chamber and I don't own the speakers anymore. Would it be better to be in a larger enclosure? All the threads on small woofers point toward the smallest enclosure possible, would it work better in a larger box, more reponse and lower frequency?

13th October 2005, 02:45 AM	#1
bud1451 diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2005	Help, 8" woofer no idea I have a 8" woofer that was in a Mirage M1 speaker from the late 80's, the speaker it's self was quite highly regarded and went quite low. So anyway I don't know a thing about the woofer. The subwoofer would be for music only in a second system upstairs used in conjunction with some bookshelf or small floorstanding speakers. I think a forward or down firing ported sub would be best with this woofer, but I really don't know. Size doesn't really matter within reason 1.5-3ft cubed. Is there any place that will tell me exactly what to build, I need alot of help here please.

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13th October 2005, 03:20 AM	#2
mateo88 diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Argyle, Texas	If you know what size the enclosure was that the driver came out of, just make a new one of the same size.

13th October 2005, 05:57 AM	#3
hilbren diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: utrecht	I would build a TL-line from it.... 2meter35

13th October 2005, 06:25 AM	#4
bud1451 diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2005	That is hard to say because the Mirage speaker is a biploar type one woofer facing the front and the other to the back, each in their own chamber and I don't own the speakers anymore. Would it be better to be in a larger enclosure? All the threads on small woofers point toward the smallest enclosure possible, would it work better in a larger box, more reponse and lower frequency?

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