THE DIY SUBWOOFER NETWORK

In this post I am going to share with you plans for a home theater subwoofer with some interesting design elements.             Parts Used* Dayton Audio Classic Series 4 Ohm 12" Subwoofer Young 300 W Plate Amplifier B52 3" x 5 " port flares Birch Veneered Plywood Wood Glue Birch Edge Banding Clear Poly Textured Coating Pocket hole screws Cap Head Hex Wood Screws Brad Nails 5 minute epoxy Polly-Fill Quilt Batting Sound Deadener   2 Design Goals    The hardest part of building a speaker is making it look good, especially if it is a budget build.  Wood veneer is a simple solution that that looks great, but it can really run up the cost of a project.  It is no more expensive to use cabinet grade as compared to veneering MDF.  The problem with plywood is the exposed layers on the edges. Some people like the look, I don't.  So, this design is going to make use of overhangs to cover as many edges as possible, and edge banding to cover the rest. As far as the sound goes,

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