Allan Clarke DIY Subwoofer

The Allan Clarke DIY Subwoofer

A Subwoofer made from Formatube
and a Peerless 10” Driver

Introduction

I would like to make it quite clear that I didn’t know anything about subwoofers until only recently, when I decided to add a subwoofer to my existing home theatre system. My main speakers are Mission 782s with centre and rear speakers connected to a Yamaha RX-V620 receiver, which I might add are very good.

After looking at various commercial subwoofers and their prices, I decided to browse the Web and came across DIY Subwoofer articles that appealed to me and I thought - I can do that! Of the various articles that impressed me the most were Ron Stimpson’s DIY project #11 and Russ Button’s Subwoofer project. They made it look so simple and the tubular design seemed very practical.

I set my sights on the new range of Xtra Long Stroke (XLS) drivers from Peerless and decided on the 10” SWR 269 Subwoofer driver (order number 830452) and powered it with a Jaycar 240 watts RMS into 8 ohms Amplifier module with remote control.