THE DIY SUBWOOFER NETWORK

There are a lot of great subwoofers brands on the market right now.  Most people are familiar with mainstream brands like Alpine , Sony , Polk , Kenwood , Klipsch , Yamaha , Kicker and JL Audio* .  But there are a ton of others that you may not know about, but you SHOULD!  Since this is a DIY page we are going to focus on raw drivers that will work well in both the home and the car.  These are the subwoofers that the insiders and the experts know and love.  So if you know these subs then you are either an insider or an expert.  #1 Dayton Audio  Dayton Audio 10" Ultimax Let's kick off the list with a brand that we have LOT of personal experience with.  Dayton Audio is the house brand for Parts Express, Parts Express specializes in DIY audio and they supply parts to OEM speaker manufactures.   We have personally built several projects using these drivers.     They offer the “classic” line of value priced entry-level subwoofers , these are great subwoofers for an entry leve

If you want to build a subwoofer, here is what you need to know before you start cutting wood. You have the bug!  A friend with a great subwoofer (home or car) has shown you their setup.  You have been browsing various online retailers and you think you can build it better, or cheaper.  Perhaps you have been into audio for years and you are ready to up your game and DIY.  This is a multipart guide on how to get started!  Here is what you need to do before you start ordering parts and cutting wood. 1.  BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND This is an old quote from Steven Covey.  Focus on the result that you want, define the purpose of this project, and clearly understand why you are doing it yourself.  Here are some things to think about. Is this for music or home theater ?  For home theater you need to reproduce bass frequencies that are below the normal human hearing range (20 HZ).  For most types of music you don't need to play as low. Is this for null or home?  Car's have less space