For my second subwoofer, I wanted a smaller box with no port noise, a higher output, a lower cutoff frequency and a better standard of finish. Switching to the Jaycar driver with a lower Vas and fs, cut the box size from 90 litres to 65 litres. The enclosure was veneered in blackwood with redwood top and bottom
- Single 10 inch Jaycar CS-2274 Driver .
- 150W Jaycar AMP
- 65 Litre 2.3 cu.ft enclosure - 32kg - 70lb
- 650H * 440W * 640D
- Tuning Frequency 26 Hz
- Three 90mm external ports
- WinISD Calculated Peak Output 106 dB
- Measured Avg Output (Complex Sound) before distortion 93db
- Estimated cost $650 Aus. incl Active Filter
The 150W amplifier is the only one in the Jaycar range without boost, which gives a flatter response. This gives a slightly higher Peak SPL of 106db, but more significantly, gives a better output in the 25-30hz range
Originally this speaker had three 50mm internal ports and the noise was atrocious. By this time, a later version of WinISD was available, which graphs vent air velocity and recommends that the peak not exceed 17 m/sec.
Blanking of the original ports and moving up to three 90mm ports gets this figure to below 10 m/sec.
The ends of the ports were hand sanded for a flare of approximately 5mm. Unfortunately some "chuffing" is still heard on louder content. This Flare-it screenshot shows why
A minimum of 16mm flares would have solved the problem. This would have been a good candidate for 20mm heat molded flares
Cone excursion was going to be excessive below the vent's resonant frequency and so a separate Active filter was used.
The Blue line is with the filter and the Brown line is without. Xmax is the Red line
There are some more pictures in the Sidewinder Gallery
The next speaker delivers another 7dB
