Subwoofer end tables?

sure, you could do that and several folks have.

a dual-opposed design would eliminate resonances.

a bottom firing design might work too if the cabinet was nice and heavy.

it is really up to you to select how you would like the end tables to look and be constructed. if you need help choosing drivers and amplification, you'll get plenty of suggestions.

have you poked around the stickies (index and gallery threads might give you some ideas).

I'm worried about stuff vibrating off tables and shelves in other rooms of the house. If you want your bowl of M&M's to stay in place on your subwoofer end table you have conflicting design goals.

You can make it D/O or down firing. Either should minimize movement. Go a bit overboard on bracing for the table top and extra weight, like a slab of granite for the top, will help too. Having a concrete subfloor will help. If it's in a room w/ a suspended floor then the floor and everything sitting on the floor will resonate.

You typically need 200 to 300lbs to stop a sub from shaking; OR you could do dual-opposed which is basically a two woofer box, one on the front and on the back.

The only downside of dual-opposed is that it costs nearly double, and the box volume is slightly less than double.
Using two 12's you could make the box (probably) 13x13x20 and two 18's the box would probably be 20x20x22.

Two Dayton HO-18's and a nu3000DSP is a common solution.

Ask archaea, the master of the ottoman sub build!

Not at all. Leland Crooks built this combination TableTuba/CD/DVD case, and the stored CDs,DVDs and doors don't even rattle. It doesn't weigh even 100 pounds, as there isn't a piece of wood in it thicker than 1/2 inch.

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1421176/bfm-table-tuba-fully-dressed-dayton-dsc205-4


nuff said.

I went with endtables in my setup. They work great and no one even knows there are subs in them.

http://www.avsforum.com/t/935522/ebony-and-ivory-dual-18-lms-5400-endtables-completed

I orient them so that the grilles face the couch so they are not seen either, but are removable via neo magnets inside the enclosure.
You can't see the wheels in everyday use either, only when using flash photography as they shadows hide everything.

I would recommend it to anyone if you want to be inconspicuous with your setup.
Edited by jpmst3 - 1/23/13 at 2:17pm

Here's one of Bill's designs. It's the Table Tuba.