Car subs in the house?

packetjones
packetjones Posts: 1,059
edited August 2010 in The Clubhouse
I currently have 2 12" subs in the car that are about 10 years old. They still sound great though and are in very good shape considering. I only listen to sports radio now and was curious if I could move them into the house. i know that the box they are in now would not work but was curious if i could build my own enclosure and buy a plate amp for them. I thought that a dual 12 sealed box would be better than the PSW110 i have now. Any opinions on this?

Just an idea?
Front - RTiA5's
Rear - RTiA3's
Center - CSiA4
Sub - PSW110
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited August 2010
    Will your amp handle the ohm load you can put the subwoofers at?
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  • ShinAce
    ShinAce Posts: 1,194
    edited August 2010
    exalted512 wrote: »
    Will your amp handle the ohm load you can put the subwoofers at?
    -Cody

    If each sub is 4 ohm, you could rewire them in series to get 8 ohms. JL audio has a nice tutorial on wiring subs in series/parallel. At any rate, with two speakers, you have a 99% chance of being able to wire them to a plate amp. Most plate amps will handle a 4 ohm mono load, anyways, so even DVC subs will work.

    Which driver/speaker is it?

    Usually, subs designed exclusively for cau audio don't sound too hot in a house. Once you find out which sub it is, we can have a closer look at it's potential.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited August 2010
    ShinAce wrote: »

    Which driver/speaker is it?

    Usually, subs designed exclusively for cau audio don't sound too hot in a house. Once you find out which sub it is, we can have a closer look at it's potential.

    Also very true. A lot of car audio subs dont do much under 30Hz. But their are some car audio subs that I would rather have than most of the pre-made subwoofer systems out there for home.
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  • Slinger182
    Slinger182 Posts: 512
    edited August 2010
    I think I remember Jstas commenting on this subject a while back that he had success with auto subs in the home. It seemed like a lot of work to me though.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited August 2010
    Also should have probably asked...is this for home theater or is this for music?
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  • packetjones
    packetjones Posts: 1,059
    edited August 2010
    they are Orion subs. I will need to get them out of the trunk to know for sure what model or anything. This would be for HT mainly. I will get them out after work and see what I can find out about them.
    Front - RTiA5's
    Rear - RTiA3's
    Center - CSiA4
    Sub - PSW110
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2010
    I know they work if you put them in a Sonotube for home use. A buddy made a set years ago and still uses them. I believe his subs were made by Rockford Fosgate from back in the day. Not the most amazing specs on the subs themselves but tuned in the right enclosure they definitely shake a floor. I think they are cool sounding and neat cause they are DIY and not just bought.

    Also, He has tried a couple of pre-made subs and still likes the sonosubs better.

    If you look it up on the web you will see a ton a stuff for this.
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  • ShinAce
    ShinAce Posts: 1,194
    edited August 2010
    Orion has a few models of subs. The ones I remember from back in the day are the HCCA series.

    Which model is it?
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  • mole'
    mole' Posts: 3,160
    edited August 2010
    man this gives me some ideas. i have 3 sub boxes with subs just sitting in my garage.
    mole'
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  • packetjones
    packetjones Posts: 1,059
    edited August 2010
    Not sure what model they are. When i get off work i will get the box out of the trunk and take a look at them.
    Front - RTiA5's
    Rear - RTiA3's
    Center - CSiA4
    Sub - PSW110
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited August 2010
    DIY subwoofers using a car sub isn't much more different than building your own sub using a driver from another home subwoofer or a replacement/OEM driver/etc.

    You would need to get the T/S parameters for it, that way you can build the proper enclosure for said-driver.

    Most likely, the sub you're going to use would be better suited for HT-duty rather than music unless of course it were a higher-end+musical subwoofer which normally comes at a higher $$$ anyway just the same way home-audio subwoofers do.

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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited August 2010
    The title caused me to flash back to the day my mom drove her car through a wall and into the dining room, apparently because she was momentarily confused about which pedal was the brake! She had been operating the lawn tractor for an hour or so, and the brake was on the right... Afterward, she went to put her car in the garage and after drifting it in, decided to mash on the brake... which turned out to be the accelerator! :eek:

    She hasn't lived that one down for 20 years. :)
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited August 2010
    A sub is a sub... as long as the impedance is safe for the amplifier, it should work in the house.

    It's like building your own DIY sub with driver and plate amp. Just make sure your box size is calculated correctly, and you should be good to go.
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  • philr168
    philr168 Posts: 91
    edited August 2010
    I did this and it works really well. I put two 15" dvc momo's in series and drive them with a carver pm 350 bridged at 900 watts.
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