![]() 09/14/2015 at 14:51 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
Subwoofer box that I got second hand loaded with a 15” mtx dvc sub. Decided to see why it rattled and sounded like ass. This is what I found. Staples were used instead of screws, and the glue was long gone if there ever was any. As a result I was able to pull the carpet off with my hands and then just grab and pull the panels right off. No tools required, and now I have a shitty pile of precut particleboard to make into a slightly better sub enclosure. Yay!
![]() 09/14/2015 at 15:02 |
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Why not just kill the particleboard and go to birch ply now? It will sound better.
![]() 09/14/2015 at 15:29 |
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“Please don’t do this”:
1.) Obtain subwoofer
Roger that; thanks for the tip. I’ll have no trouble complying.
![]() 09/14/2015 at 15:30 |
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Because I’m poor. I’ve got a box of wood screws. I don’t have birch ply and a jigsaw
![]() 09/14/2015 at 15:43 |
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Predrill for your wood screws and apply wood glue after roughing the surfaces slightly and put it back together, cheap subwoofer! The youtube pro’s nail-gun their boxes too, because once the glue binds you shouldn’t need the screws to hold it together.
![]() 09/14/2015 at 15:53 |
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Yep. This would be the second box I “built”. I quickly found the necessity of predrilling holes
![]() 09/14/2015 at 16:51 |
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It seems that the previous owner was very meticulous in his work.
![]() 09/14/2015 at 18:29 |
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This is very probably a store bought $50 piece of crap. Good for a couple years, till the glue cracks. Dunno why you’d get a $400 sub and out it in such a shit box
![]() 09/15/2015 at 09:03 |
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I’ve done 4 total by now. For the 3rd one for myself i switched to bit under 1” plywood because i haaaate working MDF...