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Please advice, JL Audio W7 for home-HiFi use??

giboja

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Hi all

Would you recommend and what results to expect if I use my car subwoofer CLS110RG-W7AE for home use as HiFi stereo and HT subwoofer??
I need only a little help for my KEF R3 for stereo and aiming for bass quality, not high SPL.

It is original sealed JLAudio enclosure, I think 36 l volume but not sure

CLS110RG-W7AE - Car Audio - Subwoofer Systems - ProWedge™ - JL Audio


I was thinking of using Hypex 251 amp in a separate small enclosure to drive it.
Joint room volume is 1525 cubic feet or 43cubic meters.


Driver specification:


SPL Effective Piston Area (Sd) 59.8 sq in / 0.0386 sq m
DC Resistance (Re)2.75 Ω
Free Air Resonance (Fs): 30.6 Hz
Electrical “Q” (Qes): 0.578
Mechanical “Q” (Qms): 7.647
Total Speaker “Q” (Qts): 0.537
Equivalent Compliance (Vas): 1.28 cu. ft. (36.1 ltrs)
One-Way, Linear Excursion (Xmax)*: 0.9 in. (23 mm)
Thermal Power Handling (Pt): 750 Watts Continuous
Reference Efficiency (no): 0.171 %

Eficiency (SPL @ 1W/1m): 84.3 dB
DC Resistance (Re): 2.75Ω
Effective Piston Area (Sd): 59.8 sq. in. (0.0386 sq. m)
Nominal Impedance (Znom): 3Ω

Enclosure:
External Width (W) 17.75 in / 451 mm
External Height (H) 14.625 in / 371 mm
External Depth (D1) 16.625 in / 422 mm
External Top Surface Depth (D2) 11.50 in / 292 mm
Net Weight 61.2 lb / 27.77 kg
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Katji

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You need to try it. Quite usual for car subwoofer drivers to be used in DIY subs, so...
 
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giboja

giboja

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Just brought complete subwoofer from my car, orderd Hypex FA251, made small hausing for plate amp, did some measurements with REW, made filter in Hypex software...., after that I let Dirac do its job and.... amazing bass came out.
I like the sound more than my old DIY sub as it sounds more controled, meatier... tighter.
It scales better with volume change as well.
 
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