Here’s the deal.
Currently I have a pair of passive 12” Shivas, each in a 2.5 cubic ft. sealed box. The boxes are old tower speakers that I drafted for the job because they were laying around, and they’re stacked on their sides in a corner. Yes, it looks pretty pitiful.
I have a chance to get from a friend a passive sub in a nice-looking 3.5 cubic ft. box. It has a 15” driver in it. However, I’ve never been particularly impressed with the way this thing performed at his place, so I’d probably like to replace the driver with something more capable.
I love the two Shivas, but they struggle in my huge room on the most demanding action flicks, since I‘ve had to equalize them pretty drastically to get solid extension down to 25Hz. So it would be nice if I could not only make a visual improvement, but also a performance improvement. I don’t think the latter would have to be drastic – probably a 15-20% improvement would be more than adequate.
The first thing that came to mind was a 15” Tempest, but I’m not sure only one of those in that box would do better than the two 12’s (it’s a little small, I think). Comments?
If not the Tempest, what driver would you recommend?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt
Currently I have a pair of passive 12” Shivas, each in a 2.5 cubic ft. sealed box. The boxes are old tower speakers that I drafted for the job because they were laying around, and they’re stacked on their sides in a corner. Yes, it looks pretty pitiful.
I have a chance to get from a friend a passive sub in a nice-looking 3.5 cubic ft. box. It has a 15” driver in it. However, I’ve never been particularly impressed with the way this thing performed at his place, so I’d probably like to replace the driver with something more capable.
I love the two Shivas, but they struggle in my huge room on the most demanding action flicks, since I‘ve had to equalize them pretty drastically to get solid extension down to 25Hz. So it would be nice if I could not only make a visual improvement, but also a performance improvement. I don’t think the latter would have to be drastic – probably a 15-20% improvement would be more than adequate.
The first thing that came to mind was a 15” Tempest, but I’m not sure only one of those in that box would do better than the two 12’s (it’s a little small, I think). Comments?
If not the Tempest, what driver would you recommend?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt