I thought the woofer would be too close to the floor but isnt obstucted at all. I used the PE large spikes as legs and the driver is recessed with a 3/4" panel. So thats 2-1/4" from floor to woofer mounting panel. Danny, what happens if its too close to the floor? Air bouces back up and causes feedback to woofer? I may have to add in a spacer between the spike and cabinet.
I used real maple hardwood for the top and side trim. The top is 3/4 maple glued up panel, the trim I was going to use solid hardwood with miter joints but found this nice corner molding at my local lumber store I thought would be much easier and look great too. Its already routed with some type of ogee design.
After listening for a week it is loosening up and sounds awesome. Granted, my tempest did as well. My tempest design actually wasn't an adire standard design. This design isn't on the site but was given to me from Dan Wiggins himself. I wanted a smaller size sub, low tune, and a tight response. So he gave me this tempest design. 6.1 ft^3, 17.5Hz tune, .577 Q. He said I would sacrifice output but that was fine with me as the tempest has more than enough. It hits over 110db easy in my room across all frequencies at tuning point and above.
That being said, comparing the two is tough. The GR sub doesnt go as low and doesn't pressurize the room quite like the tempest does, but I dont expect it to. The tempest will naturally move much more air since its a 15" driver with 6.1 ft^3 to work with and I was giving it nearly 500 Watts. The GR has a musical response unmatched form a sub I've heard yet. Great tone from a PR design. I have heard other say their tempest wasn't nearly the SQ the GR is, perhaps they built the EBS or Adire alignment which may have a higher Q... I will say my tempest sub is a fine sounding sub, neither is leagues above the other in SQ. I do prefer the tone of the GR for music and movies. I also love that this is all done in a 2.4 ft^3 box and at this low price. And as far as comparing my box sub to my tube sub from an asthetics point of view... there is no contest. 1 thing I will miss is showing off my huge, unreal sub that will make you feel nauseous when playing test tones at 17.5 HZ
PS: why do my pictures keep disappearing?
