Subwoofer Kits In Australia

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Just wondering if there are other stores simlar to Parts Express that will ship to Australia but provide a cheaper shipping option?

All of the local options to me such as Jaycar, Advance AE etc all seem to be fairly expensive in comparison.

I am looking for a decent 12" woofer such as a Shiva or Dayton along with a decent plate amp.

Anyone have any suggestions?

[Collo]

Hi,
I'm also in Newcastle and have built a few DIY subs using the Jaycar gear. Give me a yell if you want to hook up....
Collo

[rick57]

Toys4Boys.com.au seem good for subwoofer amps
http://stores.ebay.com.au/toys4boys-...toreviewQQtZkm

shame there isn't an equivalent for drivers

Helpful Melbourne diyaudio-er Paul Spencer may know - please post here if you find one

[fury]

There's also the Loud Speaker Kit who have sub kits.

[wintermute]

have a look at WES ---> http://www.wagner.net.au/pae/Ventura/XLS1000.htm

you will need to ring them for pricing though. Note I haven't seen or heard one of these.

and the drivers http://www.wagner.net.au/pae/Data.htm

Tony.

[rick57]

Loud Speaker Kit, aka:
www.essentialaudio.com.au/

. . have almost no info on driver quality.

Amongst WES’s Peerless range ~
www.wagner.net.au/pae/Ventura/Peerless.htm

the XLS are best for deep bass in small boxes.

Otherwise the CSX is very good in a 45 odd litre box, for less money.

[f4ier]

By kit I'm assuming you'd like a ready-to-assemble sub, complete with pre-cut MDF, which is heavy and expensive to ship.

All you'll really need to have shipped is the driver unit. Acoustic Concepts (in Melbourne) will ship you a Shiva for only AU$17 last I checked. AC might even have kits or completed subs at a reasonable shipping price. AC also sells Redgum and Hypex plate amps.

JE's 12" CS2228 driver unit isn't bad at all especially at its current sale price and they've got a Newcastle branch. (Published specs are all wrong though). JE's plate amps are the same ones PE sells.

A decent jigsaw is absolute minimum must-have for a sub project and they're quite affordable. If carpentry is the problem, well... Surely someone can help out with the cutting part. (Collo seems to be interested in helping you out).

Good luck

[rick57]

f4ier

> JE's 12" CS2228 driver unit isn't bad at all especially at its current sale price . Published specs are all wrong though.

Is JE = Jaycar?

Where can we get the right specs – have you tested some?

Cheers

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Thanks will contact Accoustic Concepts to see how I go.
A kit would be nice but given the price of the LSK or other kits the full DIY (or DIY with some help from others) sounds like the way to go.

I am happy to just buy precut MDF from Bunnings etc I just want to make sure I end up with a decent sounding product.

That Jaycar driver sounds interesting. Will performance be similar to say the Adire Shiva? I after something thats going to be used for both music and HT.

[f4ier]

Perhaps at least one has measured his/her CS2228, but we'd just have to wait for the owner to post the data.

I have one, and its 15" version, which is the best sub JE ever sold (which is also discontinued and no longer available). Should've bought 3 more when they were on sale and being sold out.

Anyway, I haven't felt the need to measure either driver because I'm very happy with my Shiva. The only place I've heard the CS2228 is in a car (so naturally it sounded bassy). The 15" version sounds close to a Shiva, but the latter goes deeper and cleaner.

The 15" sub was in a smaller vented-box at Fb=30Hz (shop demo sub) whereas my Shiva is in an EBS alignment at Fb=16Hz... Quite a difference that's why. Having heard both at equal high excursions I can say the Shiva goes cleaner indeed.

Short of requesting JE send one for Dumax testing, which is pointless now anyway, we can only go by pole plate thickness. CS2228 has a thicker pole plate compared to the 15" version, so I'd say the former goes cleaner, but the latter would go louder.

In terms of raw driver performance -- no EQ, enclosure etc. -- the Shiva goes deeper and cleaner simply because it is made for home subwoofer duty. Both JE subs were made for the car audio market, which would explain their relatively higher cutoff frequency (and unconfirmed linear Xmax).

Bottom line... Go for a Shiva -- tried and tested by many.

Regardless of which driver you'll go for, make sure your listening room is nice and solid. Concrete or brick walls compared to something of less rigid and dense material makes a night and day difference in bass reproduction. And hope that you've got good room acoustics.

Cheers

Isaac