S15_Silvia

Your heatsink shouldn't be turned like that...its sides should be parallel to their respective sides of the case. Especially with the CM V8, which is a little heavier than most. If I were you I'd check the mounts just to be safe. Other than that it's bitchin. (I dig the Velociraptor ) Oh wait...just read that you have a P55 board with both sets of mounts. Nevermind, keep it comin!

Sent off emails to Ascendant, RE, DC, and even Fixmyspeaker.com. Basically asked to see if any of them are willing to sell me a motor....we'll see what happens come Monday I guess.

Bump I'm really hoping somebody on here has a good motor they'd be willing to part with.

I know...the plan did change a little bit. I was originally going to buy the soft parts one at a time, but I don't trust myself with assembling them all and still having it all be centered, etc. So for this woofer at least, it looks like I'll be buying a recone assembly, basket, and motor. Then I'll do all the adhesive work and soldering, and work on an enclosure.

Been looking...eBay as a whole is useless and Craigslist (at least locally) hasn't been any better. I really hope someone on here has one of the above motors lying around...

No problem. I'll put up some pics of the build process too and try to make it interesting haha

Well, because I'm basing this sub off a Fi recone kit, I'm kinda limited when it comes to motor choice. I have the option of an RE XXX (2003-2005 w/12 spoke basket), MT, SE or SX. I could also use an Adire Brahma or Ascendant Avalanche motor, but those are harder to come by I assume. Thanks for the offer though man, I do appreciate it. This here is what I'm going by: Fi Audio Non-Fi sub recone kits read the titles under the kits backward...the website is messed right now for some reason

Yeah, I definitely plan on bumping this sub. Fixmyspeaker.com looks like a pretty legit place...they don't have any new or used motors though.

Got an email from DD...basically, because I don't have a sub they can't sell me any parts or recones. It's all good though, I mean I have a chrome 12-spoke basket coming soon, and hopefully somebody will sell me an RE SE or SX motor. After that I'll be getting a Fi recone kit and an amp. " Hi Brian, We do not sell any parts by themselves. All parts are only used to build complete woofers. Good luck with you project. Thanks, Brad Firgard Tech Dept. Digital Designs 405-239-2800 www.ddaudio.com"

All I can say is...Sir Mix-a-Lot comes to mind when I see that woofer. Puts the Kicker CVR8s I have to filthy shame.

Informative vid about runaway diesels...plus a pretty good story about one haha

I appreciate the offer, but I'm really looking for just a motor assembly. I already have a 12-spoke chrome basket on the way. Probably should've stated this in the title, but I'm leaning more toward an SE or SX motor...but I will look into an MT or XXX motor if those two are unavailable. **Now looking for an Fi, RE, Adire or Ascendant motor for a 12-spoke basket.** See 1st post for more info.

I'm looking to buy an RE motor for a woofer building project of mine. I need one that works with a standard 12-spoke basket, which is basically all of the models listed. If anyone has one of these motors in good shape at a reasonable price, I'd be willing to buy. **change of plans...let me know if you have any RE, Fi, Adire or Ascendant motors for sale** Preferably these... Fi: Q or SSD RE: SE, SX Adire: Brahma Ascendant: Avalanche

Yeah...I emailed them about it over the weekend and we'll see what they say tomorrow. By now I'm expecting a solid "sorry but no."

Hopefully it'll be a success...I'm looking to get a Fi recone kit for the basket/motor assembly of an RE SE/SX/MT, Adire Brahma, or Ascendant Avalanche. The latter two are pretty hard to come by, though...

It's a college project...choose something (challenging) to do and then report back on every step of the process. Plus I've really always wanted to build a woofer.

Oh, DD does require you to own one of their subs first? That's a shame...their composite cones are so nice looking. I did send Forevrbumpin a PM, so we'll see what happens I guess. I've seen all kinds of hybrid woofers made before, some with three different brands for their soft parts/baskets/magnets. I'm trying to do something like that, and have the real challenge be assembling it all myself.

This is my first post here, but I've been looking around for a while and there are some pretty awesome people posting here. I decided to post because I definitely need help with this project I'm doing, and I'm sure there are people here with the knowledge I need. What I want to do is create my own 12" woofer, and I will be basing it off of either a Digital Designs composite cone/surround/dustcap/spider or a Fi Q recone kit (which hopefully includes all of that). Obviously I'll be making my own basket, magnet assembly, etc. I don't know if I'll be making my own voice coil, because a) that'll be a huge challenge, with getting the impedance correct etc. and b.) the recone kits may have a voice coil already installed on the former. If anyone has knowledge or experience with assembling woofers, let me know! CHECK PAGE 2 FOR PICS...