Tapped Horn TH-SPUD clone build

pugboy · Last edited by pugboy on Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:13 am; edited 1 time in total

This year's sub build is a clone of a commercial tapped horn TH-SPUD
made by Danley Sound labs.

Tapped Horns are the latest and greatest sub technology on the market.
Made commercially popular by Tom Danley, inventor of the DIY Labhorn.

This is a large box, 48x45x11 meant for home theater
using a pair of Tang-Band 8" W8-740's.

Claims are impressive for a pair of 8's, flat down to 17hz, shaking walls.

Click for full-size.

More pics as built.

The plans somehow were leaked so a few people have built them.

http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49678&page=6
http://www.hometheatershack...d-horn-build-th-spud.html
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=134369

SmokeyGTi · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:15 pm Post subject:

nice!!

southside connections · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:49 pm Post subject:

can i have the plans pleaase?

GVTrini07 · Street 2NR Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Tech posts: 93 My 2NRide:

Me too

pugboy · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:21 pm Post subject:

check the links, there is an image of the plans there

madman.devin · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:56 pm Post subject:

Sounds intresting !! Wink

De Hero · Street 2NR Joined: 10 May 2006 Tech posts: 32 My 2NRide:

Hope you keep us updated!

Anton · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:03 am Post subject:

Danley Subs are freaking legendary!! Looking foward to the review of this build

pugboy · Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:56 am Post subject:

Click for full-size.

Soundstream_626 · Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:12 am Post subject:

whoa!!! ... mutha fricking excellent as usual pugboy

two thumbs up

snouter · Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:03 am Post subject:

vey interesting awaits review..

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:36 am Post subject:

I would like to hear the performance of this!!!!!!!!

southside connections · Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:57 am Post subject:

looking pretty good

silent_riot · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:31 am Post subject:

Lovely build man

pugboy · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:49 pm Post subject:

been playing this thing last couple days,
real tight, fast, deep bass
none of that lingering boominess you hear from a mile away of poorly designed boxes

more importantly the bass is there on an is required basis
absolutely no need for it to be cranked up to know that it is there

i need to get a proper setup, I am running a split off my tube preamp
into a car eq to get the sub line out and using a single channel off it
looking to get a summed output mono plate amp

my other speakers are large fullrange horns which themselves project a large soundfront and require something efficient to keep up with them.

one thing i have discovered with this is that my pc soundcard is rolling off the lowend bigtime

most people would have heard a harley motorbike by now
try playing this recording from the danley site
burn it on a cd, there is a train file there also which can give the feeling of an airplane flying over

http://www.danleysoundlabs.com/Donny's%20Harley.wav

snouter · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:16 pm Post subject:

^^ what speakers did you use for the full range horn?

silent_riot · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:39 pm Post subject:

Fostex it look like. They are popular full range driver manufacturers.

pugboy · Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:37 am Post subject:

Fostex 206e
http://www.frugal-horn.com/