Hi all,
I need help to setting up a subwoofer for home theater using speakers designed for cars
Motivator
High importation taxes in Brazil makes subwoofers price increase 3-5 times, a model that costs $ 800 in US can easily exceed $ 3,000 in Brazil.
But in Brazil we have local factories for car audio, which reduces the price of some speakers to something fair to pay.
Project
Given this scenario, I'm thinking in mounting a subwoofer for my home theater using speakers originally designed for cars.
Questions
I have many questions on how to do this, especially considering the power supply, however, to structure thinking, I am seeking answer to the most basic question, which depending on the response can take my interest off the project.
What I'm going to tell is difficult to explain in Portuguese, and for me, even harder in English, but the cars subwoofers that I known seem "dry", with "quick and superficial beats" and I do not like it.
Follow examples of what I dislike http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7pbfpBqyW4
Moreover, subwoofers designed for home theaters (mostly from good brands) have a deeper bass, it appears to involve the whole environment
Here's an example of what I like : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFHxTKNKaK0
It is not just a frequency vs SPL, given that there are subwoofer with the characteristics that I dislike that are capable of playing 20 to 200 hz with a very flat SPL.
Also, it doesn't look to be the small space of the cars, considering that I saw some projects where people used car speakers for HT and had the same dry and quick beats in there big rooms.
I wonder what creates this difference, and whether it would be possible to build a subwoofer for HT with the characteristics that I like using car audio speakers.
Tks in advance.
I need help to setting up a subwoofer for home theater using speakers designed for cars
Motivator
High importation taxes in Brazil makes subwoofers price increase 3-5 times, a model that costs $ 800 in US can easily exceed $ 3,000 in Brazil.
But in Brazil we have local factories for car audio, which reduces the price of some speakers to something fair to pay.
Project
Given this scenario, I'm thinking in mounting a subwoofer for my home theater using speakers originally designed for cars.
Questions
I have many questions on how to do this, especially considering the power supply, however, to structure thinking, I am seeking answer to the most basic question, which depending on the response can take my interest off the project.
What I'm going to tell is difficult to explain in Portuguese, and for me, even harder in English, but the cars subwoofers that I known seem "dry", with "quick and superficial beats" and I do not like it.
Follow examples of what I dislike http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7pbfpBqyW4
Moreover, subwoofers designed for home theaters (mostly from good brands) have a deeper bass, it appears to involve the whole environment
Here's an example of what I like : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFHxTKNKaK0
It is not just a frequency vs SPL, given that there are subwoofer with the characteristics that I dislike that are capable of playing 20 to 200 hz with a very flat SPL.
Also, it doesn't look to be the small space of the cars, considering that I saw some projects where people used car speakers for HT and had the same dry and quick beats in there big rooms.
I wonder what creates this difference, and whether it would be possible to build a subwoofer for HT with the characteristics that I like using car audio speakers.
Tks in advance.
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