reynolr Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 So the lfe input on my sub 12 went out and klipsch sent me a replacement amp. I Jus installed it last night and now have the old amp. Which works if you use a y adaptor on the rca so u can plug into both the red and white (doesn't work as good as new but still it works). I also have an old 12 inch car subwoofer laying around. I was wondering if it would be worth making a box and trying to assemble a DIY ht sub out of this stuff? Any ideas or suggestions would be great. And if it would be a waste of time that will also be helpful. Thanks for any input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psg Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 You'd need the full specs of the driver to do anything decent with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeFord Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Car subs can be tuned really high to match the rising response of a car below about 70 hz, so knowing the parms of the driver a pretty good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 I misread the original post. I was thinking you were making an auto sub. Hook the amp up to the sub, and see how it works. What were you gonna do with the old thing anyway??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reynolr Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 That is kind of what I was thinking, but again I didn't want to waste my time if it was going to for sure sound horrible. I mean I already have the powered amp (klipsch sub 12 BASH amp) and a 12 inch pioneer premier gold coned car sub. Should I just make a perfectly square box? Ported? Sealed? Also when I replaced my amp in the sub 12 it had a little 3 wire set with a cap plug thing connecting the 3 wires. Then the single red and single black. I know what the red and black are for, but where would I connect the 3 little blue wires connected by the plug in thing? The replacement amp came with the 3 wires tied into the connector and plugged into the amp on the one end of the wire, then at the other they were just all 3 glued together? I wasnt sure what to do with it so I just spliced the new and existing wires together (rather than figure out where to put the 3 glued end on the speaker. This was the first time I have ever opened up a HT sub. I know in a car set-up there is a single blue wire that connects to the deck and the amp, telling the amp when to power on. Is this the same thing for the HT sub 12? What do I do with this wire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted September 2, 2011 Moderators Share Posted September 2, 2011 Should I just make a perfectly square box? Ported? Sealed? That's where the problem is, you would need to know the spec's on the driver to decide on what design and size for that driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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