Planning stages

[Risingjay]

Want to start my first DIY sub and see a lot of awesome jobs here. Upon looking at the different designs, if you were to do it agian useing these drivers, what would you pick?

1. Soundsplinter RL-p15

2. TC Sounds TC-3000

3. TC Sounds TC-2000

Great work everyone!

Jason

[m1ke323]

I have not yet built my sub, but am in the planning stages. I have gathered a decent amount of information in my research on those subs.

1. Soundsplinter RL-p15 - possibly the most popular and is a great sub, but the TC-2000 has the upperhand in a comparison. The RL-p15 is cheaper and close though.

2. TC-3000 - a high output driver geared more towards car audio, where as the TC-2000 is a lower distortion driver geared more towards Home Audio. The TC-3000 being a car audio geared sub is best suited in a sealed enclosure. Despite all this, it can be used with GREAT results for home audio, the TC-2000 just has the upper hand in lowest distortion.

3. TC-2000 - I pretty much explained this by comparing it to the other drivers. It has very low distortion and when ported is a great bang for your buck. This is the driver I plan on using.

I don't have any personal experience with these drivers, but have been doing a lot of research. I am pretty confident I am accurate but feel free to correct me if I'm not.

[Risingjay]

That's exactly what I wanted to hear!

Thanks Mike.

I just stummbled upon this site yesterday and am blown away. There's a lot of good people in hear. I've been stuck in the Klipsch forums for a while. Time to venture out.

[m1ke323]

Why type of sub do you plan on building? Ported/Sealed Box/Sonotube Single/Dual

[jonathanb3478]

I will venture a guess that he wants one that kicks @$$. I bet he is pretty open as to its other features.

I will recommend a large (~335 liters/11.7 cuft, net) sonotube based 15" TC-2000 ported sub tuned to ~15.5 Hz. I will eventually build several of these for me and my friends.

Good luck with whatever you decide!

:T

[Risingjay]

Looking at TC Sounds TC-2000, Up to 382.3 liters, Sonotube ported. I already have a QSC-3402 (monster) to power it.

I'm playing with the numbers and am not sure if I doing this right. I'm useing the WinISD beta program to calculate.

I want to use 20" sonotube. I figured on it to be tuned to 16hz, but I am open to suggestions.

Thanks.

My system

Mains - Klipsch Chorus II's
Pre- Juicymusic Blueberry Xtreme (tube)
Amps - Dynaco Mark III's (tube), Carver TFM-42, QSC 3402
Bass Management - Outlaw audio
Buying - Outlaw audio Model 990 soon!
CD Player - AH! 4000 (tube)

No sub yet, I want to get it right the first time.

[Inu_Yasha]

RL-p15 is an awesome sub; you will see that many people use this sub! I personally have one and I love it. If you can use a bigger enclosure, I would definately suggest doing so and going ported.

[ThomasW]

I'm useing the WinISD beta program to calculate.

Get WinISD Pro alpha. it's fairly accurate, what you're using isn't

[Risingjay]

Get WinISD Pro alpha. it's fairly accurate, what you're using isn't

No, I'm using WinISD beta. Thanks for the heads up.

[derekbannatyne]

No, I'm using WinISD beta. Thanks for the heads up.

There isn't a beta version for WinISD Pro out, the regular WinISD is the only one with a beta version.

[kramskoi]

I have not yet built my sub, but am in the planning stages. I have gathered a decent amount of information in my research on those subs.

1. Soundsplinter RL-p15 - possibly the most popular and is a great sub, but the TC-2000 has the upperhand in a comparison. The RL-p15 is cheaper and close though.

2. TC-3000 - a high output driver geared more towards car audio, where as the TC-2000 is a lower distortion driver geared more towards Home Audio. The TC-3000 being a car audio geared sub is best suited in a sealed enclosure. Despite all this, it can be used with GREAT results for home audio, the TC-2000 just has the upper hand in lowest distortion.

3. TC-2000 - I pretty much explained this by comparing it to the other drivers. It has very low distortion and when ported is a great bang for your buck. This is the driver I plan on using.

I don't have any personal experience with these drivers, but have been doing a lot of research. I am pretty confident I am accurate but feel free to correct me if I'm not.

i wonder how many individuals have "actually tested" (Klippel or otherwise) distortion vs. all of these drivers...i'd love to see the results... :roll: