diy cabinet ideas for a dayton dvc 12 (1 Viewer)

[fred garvin]

i built a 142.5L box for my shiva mark 4 as my first foray into DIY. sounds great with the 500W Parts Express Plate amp, and will pull duty in my home theater for years to come, but i have an extra Dayton DVC 12 driver and a 250W plate amp that i need ideas for a cabinet. I am thinking of using it in my video game rig, which consists of an Onkyo pre, Rotel RB 960 BX amp, and a vintage pair of Coral BX 1200 speaks as mains. would like a sub to give the system a little more rumble for games. any ideas for a cabinet design? i can barely build a cabinet (still a rookie) much less design from scratch.

any help would be sweet. thanx

 

[ThomasW]

You don't need to design anything, just copy any of the designs for the Shiva, The DVC 12 will drop right in.

 

[fred garvin]

sounds like a plan, thanx for your help.

 

[KyleGS]

Hey Fred-

I've played around with the DVC a little and found it likes a little smaller box than the Shiva. I squeezed two DVC's in about 5cf (with light stuffing) and tuned to 16,20, and 25hz and it really sounds very good.

Here's a few pics.
pics

However I am a big fan of sealed designs.
You may want to try 1.3-1.5cf sealed (with stuffing) and pour on the power.
That would be hard to beat.

Hope this helps.

Kyle

 

[Kyle Richardson]

It typically likes a slightly smaller enclosure than a Shiva, but it is close enough that I would just follow Thomas' advice and just use the designs for the Shiva.

 

[Jack Gilvey]

I've done a few boxes for the Dayton 12" DVC. It's currently serving a friend well in a 142L ported box tuned to 18Hz originally built as an EBS alignment for a Shiva. I've also done a ~1 ft^3 sealed box for it as well as the 64L/23Hz PR sub pictured below.

 

[fred garvin]

hey jack, you got any plans for that 64L box, as well as what passive radiator you used?. i'm intrigued by the passive radiator design and might give it a spin. how do you think it would perform musically compared to the sealed Shiva designs out of curiosity?

 

[Jack Gilvey]

Fred, the details of the sub are on this page . Compared to the sealed Shivas I've used, it's quite musicalish.