Use a car woofer for home audio cabinet.. any downside?
QUESTION—I need a replacement 12” woofer for a large volume enclosure. A REL Britannia B1
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!
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