best high sensitivity woofers?

[Bill poster]

The woofer needs to be around 8-10" - and a sensitivity of around 95 or so.. any ideas?

[doug20]

What price range?

[ttan98]

Look out for semi pro drivers, prices ranges from US$130-250, brands such as Beyma, B&C, PHL are very good obviously some are more suitable depending on your design. I am using PHL drivers now. Sensitivity ranges from 93-98dB.

If you are conscious of the price then the Eminence Alpha 8 is good value at about $80 each.

Cheers.

[RDLewis]

Check out "www.prodance.cz", click on "English" on the left then click "MLSSA Data" at the top. You will see that there is a range of sizes and makes. This provides a good guide of the measured results.

As well as the Alpha 8, you could add the Beta 8 and Alpha 10, the latter is favoured by Wayne Parham of "Pi Speakers". It all depends on how you want to use them.

Roy

[Bill poster]

Thanks! will look at those.

I want to marry a bass reflex with a mid horn- crossover point will be quite high, around 350 hz or so. the mid driver has a low sensitivity, around 85 or so- no idea what boost the horn will give but guestimate would output around 93-95.

[John_E_Janowitz]

The TD10M could work quite well for that application. We'll have a TD8M within a month or so that is actually a little higher efficiency.

TD10M - 8ohm
Fs: 40.5Hz
Qms: 2.7
Vas: 59L
Cms: .35mm/N
Mms: 44g
Rms: 4kg/s
Xmax: 6mm
Sd: 345
Qes: .26
Re: 6.6
Le: .2mH
Z: 8ohm
Bl: 17Tm
Pe: 500W
Qts: .23
1W SPL: 93.9dB

John

[Samuel Jayaraj]

If you can accommodate a 15" driver, Eminence' 3015LF is hard to beat for price and performance.

[AndrewT]

a bass reflex (vented box) with 95dB/W @ 1m from an 8 or 10inch driver is likely to have a high bass roll off frequency. You may have to go to a very big box or to 12 or 15inch to get bass extension and good sensitivity.

[doug20]

Originally Posted by AndrewT

a bass reflex (vented box) with 95dB/W @ 1m from an 8 or 10inch driver is likely to have a high bass roll off frequency. You may have to go to a very big box or to 12 or 15inch to get bass extension and good sensitivity.

I have to believe the OP understands that if he wants sensitivity he has to sacrific low frequency performance.

He should post what he will be using this for, there are different designs out there that have different goals.

[tiefbassuebertr]

Originally Posted by Bill poster

The woofer needs to be around 8-10" - and a sensitivity of around 95 or so.. any ideas?

the selection of this size is very small.
My proposals:
1) Audiom 12AX
Strassacker: Lautsprecher - Boxen - Selbstbau
(see also attachements from one of my projects)
2) TAD TL-1102
TL-1102 Low-Frequency Loudspeaker - Pioneer TAD - Prof. Speakers
3) various models of formerly brand Lambda - check out this thread:
Who has overtaken lambdacoustics - some user tell: "The best bass I have ever heard"
4) Monacor SPH200 (especially recommend for small chambers as closed box)
MONACOR INTERNATIONAL:New products
All transducers have one important feature: low loss suspension (High QMS values)