Thanks for all the information from everyone! Sorry for my
slow response. All great points and I do have another quick question regarding replacement
woofers I’d like to ask
AUXINPUT—You are correct, I did some more research and
contacted other owners, took me a while, but you are right. There was no
stuffing from the manufacturer. GREAT INFO on how to modify the cabinet. I appreciate
it.
ERIKSQUIRES—Excellent point about the heat of the woofers. I
have owned all the infinity intermezzo speakers including the 1.2s subs. They
almost ALL had problems from heat build up exactly as you describe.
KINESIS & GEOFF—I agree with your experience. And you
are right it’s the old “everyone is doing it”
QUESTION—I need a replacement 12” woofer for this large
volume enclosure. I know the T/S parameters of the old driver which is helpful.
I have been shopping and see a huge range of prices from $40-$1000. Seems like
a suitable replacement is $400+ if I were to go with a home audio driver.
What I was wondering is what about CAR stereo woofers? I see
a ton of 12” car stereo woofers that are extremely well built (sometimes better
than home audio), have good parameters, and are at a lower price. The only
downside is that they are DUAL VOICE COILS, DVC. I know a DVC would have to be
wired in series thus taking 2 ohm to 4ohm for example. Is there any downside to
a car audio woofer? Any downside to merely connecting the 2 voice coils?
Thanks for your thoughts!