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Sub 15 Building Instruction

Cabinet Assembly

The Sub 15 consists of 4 side and bottom panels, 5 front and rear panels, of which 2 are for internal bracing as well as 12 small supporting boards.

The baffle consists of one panel with 16 mm and one with 22 mm thickness. The 16 mm gauge panel needs a cut-out of 195 mm, the 22 mm panel needs a cut-out of 174 mm. Afterwards, these panels are glued together. There are two more panels of the same size in the centre of the cabinet for reinforcement. These panels have a cut-out of 174 mm to ensure free airflow. The rear panel has to be cut-out to accommodate the subwoofer module. Please check the correct cut-out size beforehand. The DT 500 is somewhat bigger. Two holes of 138 mm have to be cut-out in the bottom panel for the bass reflex tubes.

All panels are going to be screwed together (and glued, if required).
Newtronics Sub 15
Afterwards, the amplifier module and the drivers are going to be fitted.

Finally, the feet are going to be mounted. The distance to the floor determines the tuning of the subwoofer, since this is an extension to the bass reflex tubes. Should you want to place the subwoofer close to a corner, then the distance to the floor may be reduced by 5 mm.

Bass reflex tuning

The bottom panel of the sub should be lined with nap foam.

What remains to be done is relatively simple: the subwoofer module needs to be fitted. Then the driver should be connected by squeezing the plug at the red / black cable of the DT 300 or it should be cut off.

Finally, the driver should be fitted.

The low frequency characteristics of the DT300 is adjustable. We recommend, however, to try the neutral factory setting first. To us this seems to be the best compromise between low bass and volume.

Connecting the subwoofer

Connect the subwoofer to your amplifier (by either using the RCA plug to be connected to the pre-out of your amp, or by connecting the loudspeaker cable to the satellites) and plug the mains cable into the wall socket...

We are sure you will enjoy this great subwoofer. - Should have further questions please give us a call at +49-721-9703724.

Possible modification:
If required the cabinet may designed with 10 cm more depth. The bass reflex tubes remain the same. This results in 2-3 Hz more bass.

Sub 15 Description
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