SubWoofer in Riser (1 Viewer)

[Rob.Bar...]

I am working on my home theater room, and was trying to figure out where to put my subs. I am going to be using adire shiva's, and the best winisd plots all look for > 5 cubic feet. Well, its seems the rear sofa riser is basically a big box right...

So my idea is to build two boxes that are 10" high, 36" wide, and 5' deep. The front would slope out at a 30 degree angle or so to give me enough room to mount the sub. On top of the two boxes build the rest of the stage with a few sheets of ply and you are off to the races.

Are there any glaring problems with a design of this nature, other than you need grills to keep people from kicking your subs in?

-Rob

 

[Greg Monfort]

No, not really, though I would try to configure them as downfiring, slot loading them to gain some more acoustic efficiency. Solves the grill issue too.

GM

 

[Jason Dalton]

After bracing and such those boxes are going to come out to probably around 8 cu.ft. You may want to consider using a pair of Blueprint 1503's instead of four Shiva's (I'm assuming thats what you were planning). The Blueprints will get you some more output in the low 20's and teens.