will car subs run fine in the 186 horn??
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Topic: will car subs run fine in the 186 horn??
Posted By: kundi13
Subject: will car subs run fine in the 186 horn??
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 7:06pm
| i have a 15" mutant x car sub. 1200watt max...600rms watts. will that be compatible with the 186 horn box or will i need a different type of sub? |
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Posted By: Mark James
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 7:11pm
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hahaha! the 186 needs an18" driver and only pro audio subs will do [of particular specification] maybey design a reflex cab for it and use it either in a car in your house or as a sub for a monitoring set up! [seriusly wont work mate sory nice one for trying though fair play] hope you do find a good use for it though! ------------- insert silly sentence here |
sory that was clasic!
Posted By: kundi13
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 7:12pm
| how much are pro audio subs? |
Posted By: Mark James
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 7:18pm
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i take it by this you mean ones suitable for the 186horn? in pounds sterlin the pd186 [which is about average price wise but specs wise is pretty much optimum for this horn] is around £160<170 [which is about 400 euros i think. have alook on http://www.speakerstore.nl - www.speakerstore.nl and pro audio parts for the precesion devices pd186 [click on the link at the bottom of the page for pro audio parts web site] and remember you need at least four of these horns to get the best out of them! if you cant afford this and need a large soundsystem im afraid your going to have to go band pass/reflex bass bins, which will cost between 70<100 pounds per driver, depending on exactly which design you go for. ------------- insert silly sentence here |
Posted By: kundi13
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 7:22pm
| well i only wont to make one box for my home so u recommend bandpass/reflex bass bins right??? will the 15" mutantX sub be compatible with the bandpass/reflex bass bins?? |
Posted By: Mark James
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 7:23pm
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is it me or have i just noticed that in europe the cost difference btween the pd186 and pd1850 is only about 100euros [dont know the exchange rate] but here the difference is more like 130 quid [nearly half as much again] or did i misread pd186 438 euros +vat pd1850 525 euros +vat, seems like the price difference between the two drivers on the main land seems to be smaller than the price gap in the uk? maybey my maths/knowledge of exchange rate is crap! ------------- insert silly sentence here |
Posted By: Mark James
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 7:26pm
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im presuming that it was originaly designed with a reflex design in mind [i think i used to have a mutant 15" in a car box, no idea wot model it was, i got it when i was realy young and we used it for beach partys with about 100w going into it but thats another matter] ill see if i can find out if there were plans for that particular driver. ------------- insert silly sentence here |
Posted By: kundi13
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 7:27pm
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thanks mate i appreciate that.
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Posted By: kundi13
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 7:37pm
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i need to make a big box for my home. and it should be compatible with a car sub 15" mutantX 600rms..1200watt max...at 4ohm impendance...... anyone got suggestions? |
Posted By: Mark James
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 7:44pm
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http://www.alphacaraudio.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=89_34 - http://www.alphacaraudio.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index& ;cPath=89_34 they sell the 15" mutant subs there so im guesing itd work in these boxes if not [ie, you want to build it your self] do you have a link for the t/s parameters and specifications for this driver? ------------- insert silly sentence here |
Posted By: Mark James
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 7:58pm
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wow no one on the car audio section has ever put up a post with the word mutant in it [according to the search function] i find that a little hard t obelieve! anyway you best bet is to put up a post in the car ausio forum asking someone to help you find an enclosure suitable for this driver [preferably with a link to this model on the mutant website, if they have one, i couldnt find it but......] maybey if you got your hands on another one you could build a 15" version of the decware wicked one [but i dont know if this would work or not] put up a post in the car audio forum mate. someone should be able to help. ------------- insert silly sentence here |
Posted By: kundi13
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 8:21pm
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http://www.alphacaraudio.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=24_81&products_id=1585 - http://www.alphacaraudio.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_i nfo&cPath=24_81&products_id=1585
is my sub. |
Posted By: kundi13
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 8:25pm
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can u suggest me any of the plans then at least??? i really want to make a big box for this mutant X sub for indoor use only. |
Posted By: gingerbiscuit69
Date Posted: 11 May 2006 at 6:44pm
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make a reflex that works out around the 1.75Cu Ft, maybe stick a port in too.
for a driver like that, i doubt the cab matters much, big box, 15" hole, screw it in and let rip for distorted carsub fun! |
Posted By: Mark James
Date Posted: 11 May 2006 at 6:53pm
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il have a look for something realy generic and realy easy, somewhere there must be a general "thing" 15" bass box, it aint gonna sound amazing [if your used to pro audio] but if your going to compare it to your average sterio itl rip your head off in terms of "my dvd sounds bassier than yours" kind of way, wel at least on effort and dosh terms, which sounds like is what you are after. ------------- insert silly sentence here |
Posted By: Mark James
Date Posted: 11 May 2006 at 7:05pm
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http://www.selenium.com.br/site2004/downloads/projetos/MB115%20BASS_p.pdf - http://www.selenium.com.br/site2004/downloads/projetos/MB115 %20BASS_p.pdf that looks easy enough, its tuned a bit heigh to get low enough though, but im presuming to alter this you adjust the port length a little [some one will tell you how its done] ------------- insert silly sentence here |
Posted By: bartsegers
Date Posted: 18 June 2006 at 2:57pm
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if you want a big box. try a folde horn. http://www.speakerstore.nl/index.php?l=nl&pg=11&c=10 - http://www.speakerstore.nl/index.php?l=nl&pg=11&c=10 sometimes works outstanding with long xmax woofers |
Posted By: Captain Caveman
Date Posted: 01 July 2006 at 8:07am
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im pretty sure when i went to spain a few weeks back 350euros cost me 250 pounds i maybe remembering wrong though. ------------- Isn't that james guy just such a lovely character. |