Hi,
I am going to be building a subwoofer for house parties in the summer and I am considering building two different designs. Either a WS18X style subwoofer or a W-bin. I’m truly just building it for my own joy but wondering what would be the best result and if a w-bin produces enough low end? Which one would you have built and why?
I am going to be building a subwoofer for house parties in the summer and I am considering building two different designs. Either a WS18X style subwoofer or a W-bin. I’m truly just building it for my own joy but wondering what would be the best result and if a w-bin produces enough low end? Which one would you have built and why?
Depends on your lowend desires, a box like this can produce loads of output but it's mostly 50-120hz. If you want to get down into the 30's a boring bass reflex does a better job and is a fraction of the size.
A W-bin is a very short horn, compared to the wavelengths it's attempting to reproduce. The cabinet linked is acting approximately as a ported box for its bottom-end response, so <60Hz is only going to be as good as that driver in a ported box anyway.
Tapped horns are worth a look.
It's worth starting at the beginning, though:
Chris
Tapped horns are worth a look.
It's worth starting at the beginning, though:
- How big?
- How loud?
- How low?
- How much power and DSP do you have?
- What's your budget?
Chris
I probably wouldn't choose either of them.
As others have mentioned, "W-bins" are better for higher bass frequencies , not subwoofer duty.
And the WS18X uses triangle vents, which are very lossy, and its topology looks like a two-stage stepped end-loaded TL, which may introduce response aberrations at the upper end of its passband.
An offset-TL or MLTL or a TH can get low. THs also tend to be a bit larger, but they can produce more output.
Examples:
Offset TL - http://www.diysubwoofers.org/projects/other/POC7/
Offset MLTL - http://www.diysubwoofers.org/projects/other/POC6/
TH - http://www.diysubwoofers.org/projects/other/POC3/
All built based on the same 12" driver.
Oh, if you're building for parties, consider two, using at least 15" drivers.
As others have mentioned, "W-bins" are better for higher bass frequencies , not subwoofer duty.
And the WS18X uses triangle vents, which are very lossy, and its topology looks like a two-stage stepped end-loaded TL, which may introduce response aberrations at the upper end of its passband.
An offset-TL or MLTL or a TH can get low. THs also tend to be a bit larger, but they can produce more output.
Examples:
Offset TL - http://www.diysubwoofers.org/projects/other/POC7/
Offset MLTL - http://www.diysubwoofers.org/projects/other/POC6/
TH - http://www.diysubwoofers.org/projects/other/POC3/
All built based on the same 12" driver.
Oh, if you're building for parties, consider two, using at least 15" drivers.
