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I will be making sawdust very soon now that the weather is warmer up here in Minnesota, so I have to solidify which horn I will be going with. I'll be making just one at first, with the plans to add more once we loft the ceiling in the living room and can place multiples in the attic. I love the lilwrecker design, and will probably end up going with it, though I don't have room in the attic for more than 4, since the mouth exits out the long side instead of the bottom (low pitch of roof dictates that I can't stack them
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Stipulations are
1. Must be able to service the woofer from the horn mouth, so that I can service the woofers without getting into the attic.
2. Must extend to at least 20hertz (LOWER PREFFERED)
3.Must be able to use an Inuke 6000DSP (so no multiple ported designs, or multiple sealed designs that require more amp power than the Inuke 6000dsp)
4. Budget is ~$2,500 (a little flexible on this number if the proposed design didn't require as many subs to be built) which includes the woofers and wood, I already have the amplifier.
I could easily place 8 lilwreckers in the attic if the horn mouth exited out the bottom, but that would require an entire refold and I have no idea how to fold or refold a horn.
I really want to maximize the amplifier I have, which using the 4 lilwreckers just isn't doing (I'm told that the inuke 6000dsp can handle 8 lilwreckers with the Alpine type S woofer.)
My house is a split level with an open floor plan on the main level that is about 30 X 50 feet, that then opens up to the basement that is another open 30 X 50 feet. The Tuba HT that I currently have hits its voltage limits quite fast with this large air space to pressurize, I love the sub, but it just isn't made to work in this large of an air space.
My plan is to create two groups of subwoofers firing from the attic in to the living room, installing each group as far apart as possible so that I can smooth room modes.
I really want to do this right, have a ton of LFE headroom, and then never have to worry about these large subwoofers in the attic again, because once they're up there they are never coming back out. You guys are the experts, so I will hear any ideas no matter how crazy. I am not an expert, but you can understand how I want to go BIG with my subwoofer solution so that I don't regret not going bigger down the road when I have no way of changing out the attic located subs.
Stipulations are
1. Must be able to service the woofer from the horn mouth, so that I can service the woofers without getting into the attic.
2. Must extend to at least 20hertz (LOWER PREFFERED)
3.Must be able to use an Inuke 6000DSP (so no multiple ported designs, or multiple sealed designs that require more amp power than the Inuke 6000dsp)
4. Budget is ~$2,500 (a little flexible on this number if the proposed design didn't require as many subs to be built) which includes the woofers and wood, I already have the amplifier.
I could easily place 8 lilwreckers in the attic if the horn mouth exited out the bottom, but that would require an entire refold and I have no idea how to fold or refold a horn.
I really want to maximize the amplifier I have, which using the 4 lilwreckers just isn't doing (I'm told that the inuke 6000dsp can handle 8 lilwreckers with the Alpine type S woofer.)
My house is a split level with an open floor plan on the main level that is about 30 X 50 feet, that then opens up to the basement that is another open 30 X 50 feet. The Tuba HT that I currently have hits its voltage limits quite fast with this large air space to pressurize, I love the sub, but it just isn't made to work in this large of an air space.
My plan is to create two groups of subwoofers firing from the attic in to the living room, installing each group as far apart as possible so that I can smooth room modes.
I really want to do this right, have a ton of LFE headroom, and then never have to worry about these large subwoofers in the attic again, because once they're up there they are never coming back out. You guys are the experts, so I will hear any ideas no matter how crazy. I am not an expert, but you can understand how I want to go BIG with my subwoofer solution so that I don't regret not going bigger down the road when I have no way of changing out the attic located subs.