Lab12 - Tapped Horn

A time ago I did one, but never build it, what do will happen some day, now to much projects and other work.

this speaker did quite well. It was the infinity 1260w woofer.

regards
 

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Greetings,

This my attempt to revive this thread because I'm planning to build this sub with different woofers.
What type of cone is preferred? Paper based or polypropylene? What's the compression ratio of this design and which of these cones are more suitable?

I won't be driving these woofers to the limits since my modified nad 214 is only capable of delivering around 130 Watts @ 4 ohm per channel. Minidsp will provide high pass @ 18hz/48dB and low pass @ 60hz/48dB. In the future some basic eq to optimize response for listening position. If the first tapped horn is a success I will likely build a second one.

Okay since the lab12c (350 euro) and the r2-w12d2 (300 euro) are quite expensive over here I've been messing around with some other drivers:

- gziw 300 (around 120 euro)
- gziw 300x-II (at the moment 95 euro with discount)

Since Sd wasn't specified I choose the same value as the w12d2. I've even used the Sd of the lab12 and made some spl graphs for comparison (not posted). These came within 1 dB difference. The other problem was Xmax value. There are apparently different standards for measuring and on top of that it is not specified in the pdf whether these are linear 1 way, both ways or Xlimit... I've used these values to get to the max input voltage while approaching max diaphragm displacement. Given the large surrounds on these woofers it just might be the desired realistic Xmax....?:

Specs:
gziw 300 (1).png gziw 300 (2).png gziw 300x-II (1).png gziw 300x-II (2).png

Hornresp gziw 300 @ 2,83V and 45V max spl:

gziw 300 hornresp par.png gziw 300 spl@2,83V 2pi bl=12,14 sd=479.png gziw 300 maxspl@45V 2pi bl=12,14 sd=479.png


Hornresp gziw 300x-II @ 2,83V and 32,5V max spl:

gziw 300x-II hornresp par.png gziw 300x-II spl@2,83V 2pi sd=479.png gziw 300x-II maxspl@32,5V 2pi sd=479.png


300:

gziw 300.jpg

300X-II:

gziw 300x-II.jpeg
 
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I had done a tapped horn with the reference 1260W but do not now these are
still available, good woofer for not to much money.

Car subwoofers do work more easel y in tapped horns because of the strong and heavy cone and sometimes long throw.

Also I have upload pics of a dual chamber, one closed other a pipe with slot. do not bad with 1260w.
 

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I have found it, this is the frespons in a lab12 box with a 3 mH coil in series.

removing the 80 hz peak can be done with little damping just above speaker.

good respons then so maybe look at infinity speakers is a good idea.

success,
 

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Given the large surrounds on these woofers it just might be the desired realistic Xmax....?
It doesn't look like a driver with that kind of Xmax nor does it have the price of one. Some other Groundzero drivers have (p2p) mentioned, so it's safe to assume the Xmax is peak-to-peak.

+1 on the Infinity 1260, I couldn't tell the difference with the Lab12 in Cubo Infra, unfortunately discontinued years ago in the Netherlands. With the power and processing you've available, I wouldn't care much for the cone material and compression ratio tbh, it should stay well within its limits