6.5" Tang Band subwoofers (1 Viewer)

[JoeGibs]

Someone suggested to me that I look at these for my choice of subwoofer. I checked out the specs and noticed that the frequency range only goes down to 35hz. Isnt it essential for a subwoofer in a home theater setting to play to/around/below 20hz? (n0ob here ) they can be found here

 

[Eddie Horton]

At the bottom of the description, they call it a "multimedia subwoofer". No sub with a 6.5" driver will do it in a HT application. If you can give a price range that you wanted to spend on a sub, I'm sure the fine folks around here can offer some worthy suggestions.

 

[Jimi C]

your planning on building your own enclosure? All you want to buy is a driver? or do you want a subwoofer that you can use right out of the box without hours of building?

 

[Brian Bunge]

Yeah, if you're wanting to build your own sub this really belongs in the DIY forum. Also, providing us with a budget would be helpful.

 

[JoeGibs]

i'm pretty well decided on what i want to do as far as the sub/amp/box, and yes i'm going for diy. Someone suggested the sub i mentioned, so i checked out the specs, and was wondering why they'd suggest that if the frequency range only reaches down to 35hz. Thanks for the replies.

 

[Jerome Grate]

The only way that I think it will be an effective subwoofer is if you build a bandpass type box with two of the woofers.

 

[Brian Bunge]

Joe,

What did you tell that person to make them suggest that driver to you? In other words, what are your design goals/limitations? Do you need a super small enclosure or something? That's the only reason I'd be looking at this driver for subwoofer use.

Tell us what you're trying to accomplish and we'll make some suggestions.

 

[JoeGibs]

I have had a thread going on the sounddomain forum (car audio) and i've had people giving me suggestions on what to get for a sub and amp, DIY of course. Someone suggested the 6.5 tang band subs, i replied on that thread asking about them and whether or not its important to have a really low frequency range for HT. The thread kind of died, so i assumed no one knew, thats why im asking here. i'm pretty sure that i'm right in saying that you want a the frequency range to play as low as possible, but i'm just asking to make sure.

I've pretty much decided on the Dayton 15" Titanic MKIII with a 500 watt rms plate amp, both from partsexpress.com I designed a 12 cf gross box, tuned to 18 hz. I'm not concerned about the space, i've designed the box around the rest of my entertainment system. Even though its in a dorm room, it will fit quite perfectly.

 

[Jack Gilvey]

These are not HT "subs". They look nice in a small box to give punch to a small system tuned to 40Hz or so. Maybe even a tiny sealed box with one of the bass-boosted cheap plate amps.

 

[Manuel Delaflor]

Maybe this can qualify?

http://www.adireaudio.com/TextPages/...eFrameText.htm