fostex 8" in Bose 301 cabs

[Cal Weldon]

The only set of 301's I had were a well built box.

Now that was hard to say. True, but still hard to say

Don't know if there were different generations of them. These had a couple goofy little cone tweeters mounted at strange angles in the top, angled portion.

EDIT: Kinda like these only the port was round, not a slot

http://www.randallareed.com/photogallery/Bose_301_1.JPG

EDIT2: I see there are many variations of these. Who knew?

[3-LockBox]

Originally posted by brsanko
I'm not looking for low bass 100hz is fine I just want flat response I'll most likely add a subwoofer. BTW it looks like it already has poly caps in it. I think Bose actually cared a little about quality back in the '70 when these boxes were made. Actually what you suggested is what I'm Doing right now. Once again these are for recording so flat ferequency response is crucial.

If you're capable of building a cabinet that's more suited to the driver you own or the driver you want, then that'd be the best thing, especially if a "flat response is crucial". If you're not sure you could do better than that cabinet, then go ahead and use it, but double check the seams, make sure they are secure, make sure there's no moisture damage, etc.

Is the crossover just the cap for the tweeter? Can you see the entire crossover circuit? I'm actually surprised its a poly cap...

What series is this 301 anyway? What wrong with the tweeters? (besides being Bose of course)

You'll have to take the anti-Bose commentary with a grain of salt. It is unavoidable on the web. I'm not a Bose fan either as I never could understand how they charged as much money as they did, let alone why people would pay that much for them (retail). Usually, the terms "crucial listening" and "Bose" do not go hand in hand.

[brsanko]

the cabinets look to be decently built. The tag on the back says they were built in 1977. I don't actually have the tweeters for the speakers I'm using some cheap 3" fullranges for tweeters now and they sound bad. I would just be using these cabs until I could get some better ones built. I've come up with a plan it doesn't involve the fostex anymore so it sould probably go on a different forum but I'm already here so let me run it by you. I looked through the parts express web site and the 8" woofer I found with the flatest response and most suitable specs was the HI VI f8, and I like what I read about the HI VI RT2C planar tweeter. These speakers should work ok in the Bose cabs if I seal up the port and should give me bass down to about 60Hz. Now the cabinets I want to build would be 16"wx10"dx24"h outside dementions. Giving me an internal volume of 1.64 cu ft, and bass down to 32Hz so I wouldn't even need a sub. These sould fit nicely on my studio table and just by coincidence fit the golden ratio almost perfectly. I would need some help designing the crossovers but I think I want to do first order around 2000hz. please let me know what you think.

[brsanko]

oh and I forgot to mention the boxes will have a slot port on the bottom of the side 8.5"x12.825"x1.5".