In high school I built a subwoofer enclosure out of cherry wood. It's a beautiful piece, but I simply ran out of money after I finished the enclosure. Now I have some extra money and I want to finish it up this summer, when college gets out. It's made for a 12" subwoofer, although it has been too long for me to remember to exact dimensions (I can measure when I get home, I'm at school until next week). I think it's about a 15" by 15" interior, so 1.56ft^2 volume box. Not 100% sure on that though, and I know it is important. It's been too long to remember what driver I was designing it for.
I obviously need to figure out the exact box dimensions before I can finalize a driver for it, but any off the wall recommendations?
I also need a seperate amplifier and some sort of method for a crossover. I don't want to use a plate amp, I'd rather use a seperate. I realize that probably will raise my costs. I was going to use a Crown XLS202 bridged, but there isn't a crossover. The Dayton subwoofer amp is too expensive.
My budget for finishing the sub (I need a driver, an amp, a crossover, box fill, and whatever else I'll need) is going to be about 300.00 USD. I guess 400 if I really need to. I've been putting a lot of money into investments and such, so I don't have a lot of cash laying around. I'll thank myself when I retire though (I'm only 22, haha, never too soon to plan! The retiring baby boomers with no money in the bank scared me into planning ahead!).
Any help would be appreciated. I'm going to measure next week when I get home to find the interior dimensions. I'm very excited about this project, but I need to be careful not to go crazy and spend too much money. I want it to be a subwoofer that I keep though.
Thanks guys!
-Chad