Next week I want to create a box for my subs that have been sitting in my closet for about 7 months. They are Diamond Audio M610D4. The pic is the specs the enclosure should have. It is direct from the manual that came with the woofer.

Now, I am a complete noob when it comes to building a box. I have never done it before. I have no idea what these numbers mean nor do I know what type of wood to use and how to properly seal it. Any insight will be real helpful. Thank you!

EDIT: I should specify that I want to make a sealed enclosure.

 

are you gonna build a sealed box or a vented one?

 

how many subs do you have? one or two?

 

JEEZ IDIOT I SAID I WAS GONNA BUILD A SEALED BOX!! GOD. j/k

i think a vented one would be way out of my league man

its two subs, does that matter? can i just make 2 boxes with a common center piece? make sense??

 

im not an expert, so im not sure if u can build to boxes and have separate chambers for each, or just build one box w/two holes. Hopefully someone with more experience in the matter can chime in.

 

"Vb is the volume trapped by the speaker and box"

So

Cubic feet = Length x Width x Height in inches divided by 1728

The primary concern is with the internal dimensions of the box, don't count the thickness of the top, bottom, sides, center panel (if any).

JL has a tutorial site on just this: http://mobile.jlaudio.com/support_pages.php?page_id=141

 

so since the box i want has a Cubic feet of .75

.75x1728 = L x W x H or 1296 = L x W x H

so i could make a box that is 12 x 12 x 9 and it would be ideal??

 

Don't forget to add additional into the box volume the speaker volume and port volume.

 

hmm, i have no idea what that means.


if i buy the materials, is anyone willing to make it for me within a week?

 

You can measure the volume of the driver by

1. wrapping it in plastic
2. dunk it in a bucket full to the brim of water until the mounting flange is level with the brim of the bucket
3. removing the driver from the bucket and
4. using a measuring cup to refill the bucket.

VB is in "Liters"

You can also contact Diamond & ask them for box diagrams. I know Image Dynamics does. As a matter of fact they might do it for you even though you dont have one of their subs....really nice guys.

 

thats real cool. would ID diagrams be the same as Diamond diagrams?!

 

No, they would need the "teil parameters" from the Diamond to plug into their software. Diamond should have the same thing to.

 

Thanks alot for the information guys. I sent diamond a email requesting diagrams

 

so diamond was no help. they basically sent me to the12volt.com for enclosure help but i have no idea what anything means on there. so i guess ill just get a pre-fabricated box for now and then one day get sum1 to make me one

 

Theres a guy out there that makes them, but I cant find the link. I would go to elitecaraudio & post a request on there.

 

cant you get a custom box made from like edesignaudio.com?