I'm really really out of touch with the audio world, I used to have a lot of amazing equipment but as I started listening to less music I traded it all in and got a pair of KRK RP5s powered studio monitors for the computer and a pair of the KRK RP8s for movies and home theater. I would like to add a subwoofer to the RP8s and for ease of use I purchased this amp due to the XLR in/out/.
https://www.parts-express.com/Dayto...W-Subwoofer-Plate-Amplifier-with-DSP-300-8010
I'm going to make a sealed enclosure, I would like the speaker to be physically protected but I don't think a 4th order box makes sense. Outside of that I think a down firing sealed enclosure would work best if I'm not going to have the woofer physically protected inside of the box. This way I can make it an end table or something as well. Any thoughts on a woofer that would be a good compliment for the KRKs?
I was initially thinking a 10" but I want more base so then I thought 12" would work. Then I figured I would just go for it with a 15" until seeing this:
https://www.amazon.com/Rockville-RVP18W4-Replacement-Subwoofer-Woofer/dp/B00MP5J7PM/
And this
https://www.amazon.com/Skar-Audio-SDR-18-D4-Subwoofer/dp/B07J4WCL3W/
Which both seem like my kind of absurd. I would be open to some isobaric designs as well as I've found some pretty good deals on 2x8ohm 12" so I can run them at 4ohms for that amp.
Anyway, please just help, I'm not set on anything other than that amp and down firing and keeping the budget around $125 for the woofer.
Thanks in advance for any input, I just don't have the brain power to spare to research this enough to make an informed decision. I think those KRK Rokit 8s have a frequancy response of 45hz to 20khz.
https://www.parts-express.com/Dayto...W-Subwoofer-Plate-Amplifier-with-DSP-300-8010
I'm going to make a sealed enclosure, I would like the speaker to be physically protected but I don't think a 4th order box makes sense. Outside of that I think a down firing sealed enclosure would work best if I'm not going to have the woofer physically protected inside of the box. This way I can make it an end table or something as well. Any thoughts on a woofer that would be a good compliment for the KRKs?
I was initially thinking a 10" but I want more base so then I thought 12" would work. Then I figured I would just go for it with a 15" until seeing this:
https://www.amazon.com/Rockville-RVP18W4-Replacement-Subwoofer-Woofer/dp/B00MP5J7PM/
And this
https://www.amazon.com/Skar-Audio-SDR-18-D4-Subwoofer/dp/B07J4WCL3W/
Which both seem like my kind of absurd. I would be open to some isobaric designs as well as I've found some pretty good deals on 2x8ohm 12" so I can run them at 4ohms for that amp.
Anyway, please just help, I'm not set on anything other than that amp and down firing and keeping the budget around $125 for the woofer.
Thanks in advance for any input, I just don't have the brain power to spare to research this enough to make an informed decision. I think those KRK Rokit 8s have a frequancy response of 45hz to 20khz.
I'm going to be putting 2 SDR18's in a BP4 in my son's 2010 Mercury Grand Marquis.
How big can the enclosure be and how low do you want it to go?
How big can the enclosure be and how low do you want it to go?
Yes, a BP4 is a 4th order.
I haven't built the enclosure yet. I haven't started installing the system yet. I'm still gathering parts.
A sealed enclosure is not hard to do. Just build the recommended enclosure from the manufacturer.
Actually, you do not want a car audio enclosure for home theater. Vehicles benefit from cabin gain or transfer function. An enclosure with a F3 of 50hz at ground plane (2pi) could have a F3 of 20hz in a car (0.5pi). The same enclosure in a room might get you a F3 of 30-40hz.
I haven't built the enclosure yet. I haven't started installing the system yet. I'm still gathering parts.
A sealed enclosure is not hard to do. Just build the recommended enclosure from the manufacturer.
Actually, you do not want a car audio enclosure for home theater. Vehicles benefit from cabin gain or transfer function. An enclosure with a F3 of 50hz at ground plane (2pi) could have a F3 of 20hz in a car (0.5pi). The same enclosure in a room might get you a F3 of 30-40hz.