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haydenlake
10-11-2005, 03:41 PM
Hello,


Since I don't have enough money to really build my towers yet (when I do it will be a pair of extremis on each with some nice tweets) I need to find a cheap replacement 8" woofers since the old one's are completely done (torn surround).

I checked Madisound and it looks like most are around 70bucks and up. I don't really want to pay that much since this isn't going to be a permenent thing.

Any rec's for cheap 8"s that sound good. I'm not worried about them being able to play a whole lot of bass the room is small.

Volume of sealed cabinet is 1.2cuft, power not more than 60wrms at 8ohms, no I can't go to 4ohm.

I checked parts express but I'm not familiar with what brands are worthwile.

thanks,
b
Robert
10-12-2005, 12:32 AM
Madisound had some really nice Clarion oem 8's, but the sold out :evil:

Look at Dayton Audio subs on Parts Express. From what I hear, most everything they make is decent. IIRC, they had some around 40 bucks and under.
95Honda
10-12-2005, 05:58 AM
The Dayton Classic 8's really aren't that bad for about $20 a pop....
TalNLnky
10-13-2005, 08:22 AM
Madisound had some really nice Clarion oem 8's, but the sold out :evil:

Look at Dayton Audio subs on Parts Express. From what I hear, most everything they make is decent. IIRC, they had some around 40 bucks and under.

yeah that really pisses me off that they sold out of those OEM clarions... those were going to be my weapon of choice for all future installs. nothing like a 8" for $20 after shipping.
haydenlake
10-14-2005, 11:28 AM
thanks guys, I wound up buying a pair of Swan 8a's.

Here are the specs

M8a Bass-Midrange Nominal Impedance (Z)(O) : 8 Resonance Frequency (Fs)(Hz) : 33 Nominal Power Handling (Pnom)(W) : 80 Max Power Handling (Pmax)(W) : 160 Sensitivity (2.83v/1m)(dB) : 88 Weight (M)(Kg) : 2.5 VC Diameter (mm) : 35

they rec a 28L box tuned to 40hz.

I guess I should just build a new box instead of putting nice speakers in a crappy old box with nasty tweets.

Any recs on tweets and making a crossover (are the ones from dayton prefab any good). I've built various boxes and such but I've never designed a crossover (yes i can solder)

any help is appreciated