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Grant Bunter wrote:Hi jakeobr,
Welcome to the forum

Lets take this one step at a time.

Why did you choose a T60?
Is it because of the content you think it needs to reproduce, or, because of the genre you usually play, you have measured the content and know you need a T60.

In other words, tell us the genre(s) you usually play.
By far and away, the cab most often not needed to be built is a T60.

>Me and my friends play a lot of rap and edm with low extension. in audacity's analyzer some songs go below 35hz, hence the T60. I also forgot to mention that this is not for gigs or anything, just for parties, and i want it low and loud. as a bunch of university kids, seeing a sub that is almost as big as a person it impressive, and worth the size or weight i think.

I see you understand you need DSP, so, the inuke DSP, even though you think it is expensive, actually helps you out in that it has the amp and DSP combined. Do some sums on an adequate amp + say a DBX driverack and you will understand the excellent comparitive value.
Honestly, if you're going to load a cab with a Lab 12, what's the point in skimping on an amp that won't drive it to maximum output?

>You are definitely right.

T60's, in fact any horn subs, are not usually best as singles. Horn cabs like to run in herds, because placing them all together, thus increasing mouth area, aids in lowering extension.

>only building one is possible right now, but maybe ill build another one down the line.

You're right to look at adding subs though, adding subs takes away the heavy duty on the bottom end of your SP2's and will give them a relative new lease of life.

I'll just put it out there for you though, that wanting to step into tops and subs is basically wanting to step into pro audio, and once you do that, you basically need to spend money.
You can save some $ building cabs yourself, but eventually being really tight on the $ will come back and bite you in the ass when your gear fails mid gig. So don't scrimp tooooo hard.
We have a saying often used here; Buy once, cry once...

>after university or during summer when i'm working for extra money i will definitely be able to spend more on my hobbies like this. but i understand the buy once cry one saying.

67baja wrote:"...seeing a sub that is almost as big as a person it impressive, and worth the size or weight i think."
Close, but not accurate. More like a sub the size of a refrigerator. Seriously, build a cardboard box the size of a t60 and make sure you can live with losing that much space. You can probably get by with a couple Table Tubas. They are a 30 Hz horn. Build them as wide as you can and load them with 10"s.

88h88 wrote:Build the cab as wide as you possibly can (up to the full 27") to wring every single bit of SPL you can out of it if you can only make one of them right now. And the T60 is hilariously huge but using a sack truck and rolling it around with the mouth up (so the majority of the weight is at the bottom) is pretty easily done, annoying through tight buildings though.

67baja wrote:"...seeing a sub that is almost as big as a person it impressive, and worth the size or weight i think."
Close, but not accurate. More like a sub the size of a refrigerator. Seriously, build a cardboard box the size of a t60 and make sure you can live with losing that much space. You can probably get by with a couple Table Tubas. They are a 30 Hz horn. Build them as wide as you can and load them with 10"s.

jakeobr wrote:I'm using the Lab12 so I think the widest I could go would be 20", I went 19" though because it was the most efficient use of ply.