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Turning a B&W center speaker (2 x drivers) into a small sub?

post #1 of 7
9/3/11 at 5:05am
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i have an old, but pretty much unused b&w center spear that has two drivers and a tweeter in a cabinet that is just the right size for my needs.

Its passive - would it work as a reasonable sub, if i changed the passive bit for a sub-active powered crossover?

Khushy
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post #2 of 7
9/3/11 at 9:06am

I really doubt that the full-range drivers are going to be able to perform as sub drivers, it's going to sound like crap.

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post #3 of 7
9/3/11 at 3:17pm

I wouldn't try that, the woofers arn't big enough to make big soundwaves and its more of a tweeter sound. You wont get a good, deep, rumble like you should get with a good woofer.

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post #4 of 7
9/3/11 at 3:18pm
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Connected it up to a GE today = FAIL

JUST DOESNT MOVE ENOUGH AIR LOL
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post #5 of 7
9/4/11 at 2:07am

Er, you need specifically designed drivers for a sub and the cabinet needs to match those drivers.  Modding it would involve buying different drivers and building a new cabinet.

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post #6 of 7
9/4/11 at 8:32am

Steps to turning this center channel speaker into a sub:

 

1) Plug center channel speaker into receiver and use as center channel

2) Buy subwoofer enclosure

3) Buy separate amplifier for subwoofer

4) Buy subwoofer driver

5) Assemble subwoofer

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post #7 of 7
9/5/11 at 12:56pm

swap or sell it

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