small (cheap) sub idea...

[wesw]

I was looking at the 8" and 10" dayton DVC. hmmm... at $20-$30 each, why not get two and run them with the 240W @8ohms (each voice coil in series, subs in parallel)? You could do two separate boxes and have one under each L&R main. Heck, you could pole mount the mains onto the subs... Small box, cheap...

How much output do you think these things would put out? Comparable to a single 12" or 15"?

[scottanderson]

Around 112db at 100hz with peak power with 2 the 10" at 1m. At 40hz your probly looking at 106db. So yeah about the same as a 15" maybe a little less. A 15" in larger box would probly sound better though and have much lower distortion.

[mikebw]

Don't forget the 240W amp is rated at 240 watts @ 4 ohms. Run it into 8 ohms and it gives you something around 170 watts.

> I was looking at the 8" and 10"
> dayton DVC. hmmm... at $20-$30 each, why not
> get two and run them with the 240W @8ohms
> (each voice coil in series, subs in
> parallel)? You could do two separate boxes
> and have one under each L&R main. Heck, you
> could pole mount the mains onto the subs...
> Small box, cheap...

> How much output do you think these things
> would put out? Comparable to a single
> 12" or 15"?

[kduggan]

> I built a set of tower speakers with 2 x8" Sealed DVC in each cabinet running off one 240 Watt plate amp and I loved it. Wish I had kept them instead of the single 12" Sheilded DVC sub I have now. 2x8" in a 2.2 cuft box ported to 28Hz had great spl output sounded much better with music than the single 12".
and I was looking at the 8" and 10"
> dayton DVC. hmmm... at $20-$30 each, why not
> get two and run them with the 240W @8ohms
> (each voice coil in series, subs in
> parallel)? You could do two separate boxes
> and have one under each L&R main. Heck, you
> could pole mount the mains onto the subs...
> Small box, cheap...

> How much output do you think these things
> would put out? Comparable to a single
> 12" or 15"?

[wesw]

Yeah, but the subs are only rated for 80W RMS each, which would make the 240W perfect for 2 of them @ 8 ohms. ;)

> Don't forget the 240W amp is rated at 240
> watts @ 4 ohms. Run it into 8 ohms and it
> gives you something around 170 watts.