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Originally Posted by MrBottomTooth
Id love to do a diy sub. You pretty much cant get anything premade that's good in Canada for less than 2k.
I got a quote from hsu for their top of the line 15 inch sub and they wanted about $450 us for shipping/border fees.
Svs also raised their canadian price to $2200 because of the exchange rates, but at least they offer free shipping now.
Could probably build something comparable for less than $1000.
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Absolutely, maybe even less.
The thing to consider though is that you don't actually need a huge ass long-throw subwoofer. A pair of well designed 15"s in a properly designed band-pas box or Transmission line (preferred) will still give you the high DB and probably go even lower while remaining distortion-free.
Perfect example:
Dayton Audio PA385S-8 15" Pro Subwoofer 4" VC 8 Ohm
Dayton Audio PA385S-8 15" Pro Subwoofer 4" VC 8 Ohm
11mm of xmax (both ways), that's a lot considering a 15" but can still tune down to around 25-27hz
95 dB 2.83V/1m (for an 8ohm speaker, 1w/1m is the same as 2.83v/1m.) so with two of them, that'd be a good 98db (you gain 3db per addition of same driver at 1w load. Plus each doubling of wattage increases roughly a db. 2kw rms = 63db gain atop the measures 1w measurement = potential for 163db before distortion if the box is properly vented not to bottom out the cone.
Those drivers are only 199.60 USD. Order one at a time per day to avoid duty charges. Should only cost about 70 bux to ship it plus converseion... its very affordable.
Mock the drivers up in winisd and see what happens
