Sub in a cabinet

[Tom Adams]

Can anyone give me some advice about putting a sub inside of a cabinet? I'm in the process of designing a custom A/V cabinet and was wondering how the performance of my sub (KSW-15) would be affected if I located it inside the base cabinet. The reason I'm considering this is in an effort to get the sub on the same wall/plane as the front mains. It's certainly not to hide it for I like it's big black menacing look. Gives the room a manly-man feel and harkens back to my days as a bachelor. Anyhow, I digress....

If someone has some input (Tom Vodhannel - are you listening?), I'd appreciate it.

Tom Adams

[Ray Garrison]

Hi.

This is probably stating the obvious, but be awful darn toot'n sure that you've got a SOLIDLY constructed cabinet. The acoustic power the KSW-15 is going to be pumping to the thing over a period of hundreds of hours is going to really stress the joints at each shelf - side interface and at the back - side interface. Also, use the heaviest material possible for the construction. 3/4 " MDF or plywood would be about the lightest, I'd think. Any bass energy that gets expended flexing the cabinet walls or shelves will reduce the acoustic output in the bass.

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[Tom Adams]

Thanks Ray. That's something I hadn't considered - the acoustic energy - and it makes sense. And now that I've thought about it more, I'll probably not do it. Besides, it'll leave more room in the cabinet for the new 5ch. ATI amp.

WHAP!

Ouch...that hurt honey. I didn't know you were listening.

:-)

Tom Adams