I have a Sub box with a new (though generic) plate amp and an old used 8" sub driver that at low volume does ok but turn it up and it sounds very bad. Like the cone is hitting the carpet (it's not).  The box and driver are Klipsch, amp is not a high power amp. 40 watt I think. I don't need much, just a little more bass in my Classic Rock and Blues.

I am looking at 8" subwoofer drivers because that's what fits in my box. I notice Decware sells Dayton brand so I assume that's a good name but they sell only the 10".

I would welcome any advice or recommendations of other brands.. Infinity, Polk, JBL, Pyle, Dayton???? Others?

Ported. But I am able to properly seal it if need be

I have and it does help quite a bit more than I expected. Still... I have Decware amp, preamp and Decware ZOB speakers.... and a crappy sub. That's just not right.

I like the look of the flat baffles better and if I build then the driver size can be whatever I want.

But what brand of driver is good? Dayton... Pyle... Polk... JBL.. Infinity?

Since that's what Decware sells I will probably go with it unless some really good opportunity presents itself.

One more time only in english this time

I am hoping that the FRX2's** Will eliminate the need for any subwoofer what so ever, however the DFR8's that I have right now  do need a little help with my kind of music. So right now I'm just looking for Band-Aid fix really, to put in this box I have. I don't want to invest a lot of money or time because hopefully I won't need it soon. We'll see....


**if any ever ship....

The subs (bass modules?) don't need to be the Swarm system and they don't need to be large or expensive.

Sometimes we can end up spending more money trying to make something we have work.

Is diy an option?

..............or find a preamp with a bass control.