Subwoofer Enclosure

2009-07-21 20:48:03

#1

aimless: Member; +166|6580|Texas

I have a small Creative Inspire T2900 2.1 desktop speaker set. They sound ok, as good as you can get from a $50 set. The subwoofer on it, I think, measures about 5.25". The enclosure for it sounds like it's too small and the port on it rattles with a lot of bass.

Could I custom build a sub box to get a little more power out of it? (inb4 speaker sucks, buy a new one. I'm planning on building a full size custom sub enclosure later and I figured here would be the best place to start).

Last edited by aimless (2009-07-24 11:38:55)

2009-07-22 01:13:29

#2

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6908|The Twilight Zone

You won't get more power out of it. With a bigger/smaller enclosure you will get a different bass, not necessarily a good thing. Imo not worth it. But if you wanna go ahead anyway- I used high density MDF board

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2009-07-22 04:22:22

#3

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6652|Winland

The only way you can get more "power" out of it is by replacing the driver with a bigger one with higher SPL/1Wm. Given how cheap Creative stuff is, you could probably get away with the cheapest 8" car woofer you can find and build a large enclosure for it. This is a nice, basic port calculator to help you get the port right. You probably want a target frequency of 30-50Hz.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-07-22 16:00:03

#4

aimless: Member; +166|6580|Texas

How do I get it less boomy and hollow sounding? And what does putting dampening material in the enclosure do?

Last edited by aimless (2009-07-22 16:00:19)

2009-07-22 16:09:07

#5

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6908|The Twilight Zone

aimless wrote:
How do I get it less boomy and hollow sounding? And what does putting dampening material in the enclosure do?

You could put some foam inside, will make the bass less boomy and softer

2009-07-23 05:09:25

#6

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6652|Winland

I think there already is foam in there, at least there has been in all Creative systems I've stuck my nose into.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-07-23 06:24:42

#7

Swan: The town bike; +54|5902

.Sup wrote:
aimless wrote:
How do I get it less boomy and hollow sounding? And what does putting dampening material in the enclosure do?
You could put some latex foam inside, will make the bass less boomy and softer

fixed

2009-07-23 10:19:09

#8

aimless: Member; +166|6580|Texas

Freezer7Pro wrote:
I think there already is foam in there, at least there has been in all Creative systems I've stuck my nose into.

There's none, I've looked.

Where can this latex foam stuff be bought? Google keeps giving me matresses.

2009-07-23 13:10:49

#9

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6908|The Twilight Zone

Swan wrote:
.Sup wrote:
aimless wrote:
How do I get it less boomy and hollow sounding? And what does putting dampening material in the enclosure do?
You could put some latex foam inside, will make the bass less boomy and softer
fixed

don't fix what ain't broken

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