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Bassmaxx ZR18 driver enclosure

2154 Views 2 Replies 2 Participants Last post by stormgreggan, May 14, 2007

stormgreggan

Discussion Starter · May 13, 2007

Has anyone tried to build an enclosure out of 24" SCH40 PVC? The stuff weighs 33 pounds per foot and has over 1/2" thick wall! SCH80 has over 1" thick wall and weighs 55 pounds per foot!

It would definitely make a sturdy enclosure for a long throw driver such as this one. I'd even be willing to bet a coupled cavity design using two woofers with a tee in the middle would work well. Ugly? But we don't see with our ears.

Any thoughts? I don't have TS parameters for this driver other than it has lots of excursion, goes real low, and is tough.

A pvc "box" would be durable enough to handle the road too.

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jpmst3

· #2 · May 14, 2007

I doubt anyone has ever used it. Other than the obvious, mainly because a cylindrical design is physically already the one of the stongest possible enclosures with the weakness being the attached endcaps. It really only takes 1/4"-3/8" of even reasonably stiff material to make a good subwoofer enclosure, hence the use of sonotubes.

A PVC box would make a neat enclosure though.

BTW, you may want to post these types of questions in the DIY section...

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stormgreggan

Discussion Starter · #3 · May 14, 2007

Oops just noticed that.

My apologies. Perhaps the forum admin could move it to the DIY forum.

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