Augmenting the bass range of my speakers (inc. bi-amping)

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Drivers measured straight out of the box:
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		Fs	VAS	Qts	Qms	Qes	Re	Sd
Driver A	54.9	13.28	0.442	3.827	0.499	3.2	131.8
Driver B	45.2	17.68	0.393	3.566	0.441	3.2	131.8

Not very consistent, but not out of the ordinary either.

Attached is the FR measurement in a sealed 240mm cubed enclosure (13.82 litres) using Driver A. The FR is quite well behaved and extends to 4k before a smooth drop off. I've also shown the modelled response based on the measured T/S to compare.

The drivers are being run-in now and I will measure again after a couple of days.
 

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Hi Vikash,

Great work! It's nice to see such an ideal frequency response. I'll have to try them as mid/basses in a 2-way or 2.5-way speaker project.

Your table is puzzling because of the offset headings :D

But from memory I think your FS (on one of them at least), VAS and QTS are actually not too far from what I measured! This is splendid because I obviously didn't put too much faith in my first speaker measurements.
 
SimontY said:
Your table is puzzling because of the offset headings :D
Displays fine in FF and IE :xeye:

The smooth rolloff could make for an easy tweeter integration in a 2-way. Infact I have some tweeters lying around which might work here...

FYI Unibox reckons 88.4db efficiency 1W 1m, and models well in a ported enclosure of 18 litres tuned to 56Hz. F3 of 50Hz.
 

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There will be a slight difference after run in for sure. How much I don't know, but more importantly since the run changes compliment each other (Fs and Qts go down, VAS goes up) the modelled response is not usually that different anyway. I just like to be thorough ;)

Also I used a cubed enclosure that was lying around to take the FR . I'm not sure how measursable the effects of standing waves are, but the FR might be smoother once run in (skeptical) and in a proper enclosure ;)
 
T/S after 48 hours break-in:
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Description	Fs	VAS	Qts	Qms	Qes	Re	Sd
Driver A Pre	54.9	13.28	0.442	3.827	0.499	3.2	131.8
Driver A Post	50.8	14.94	0.411	3.815	0.461	3.2	131.8

Driver B Pre	45.2	17.68	0.393	3.566	0.441	3.2	131.8
Driver B Post	43.2	19.39	0.376	3.657	0.419	3.2	131.8

The drivers show little relative T/S changes between pre/post break in. Certainly less than the consistency between drivers.

Attached is the FR of both drivers (measured at the same distance!).
 

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