3 to 4 inch full range recommendation

[gooki]

Hey, does anyone, have some recommendations on a 3 or 4 inch driver that would fulfill the following criteria.

- Smooth response on axis and to 30 degrees off axis (100% fat not necessary as I have about 3 bands of peq)
- Work well in 2.5 liters sealed.
- Potential for extended bass response with EQ, -12db at 30hz or better would be great, but I understand this may be asking to much.
- 4 or 8ohm

I have a few ideas, but am not sure if i'd be expecting to much from them. So if any particular driver jumps out to you as a must try, let me know.


Thanks.

 

[el`Ol]

This comes close:
Audience A3 3" Full Range Driver | Parts-Express.com
I think you understand that these are no requirements for a budget driver.

 

[picowallspeaker]

This comes close:
Audience A3 3" Full Range Driver | Parts-Express.com
I think you understand that these are no requirements for a budget driver.

It is 16 Ohm , so to get the desired 8 Ohm you should use two

 

[audi0]

Tangbands? Tangband Speakers

 

[gooki]

Yeah a couple of Tangbands are high on my list of drivers to try.

The Audience looks nice, I can live with 16 ohm and the price if I have to, but would prefer a circular basket.

 

[kristleifur]

The Mark Audio Alpair 5 was used like that I think - small sealed box, digital EQ to give output of -0dB at down to 30Hz: Alpair 5 Review by LeanAudio of Japan | Markaudio ... I'm pretty confident the Alpair 6 could perform here too.

I'd have a look at the Omnes BB 3.01 too. This is basically an upscale 3" Tang-Band.

 

[ttan98]

TRy this:

HiEND 4inch full range fullrange defy lowther &forster on eBay (end time 07-Nov-10 15:37:33 GMT)

I bought a pair have to admit they sound really good at about AUD$100/pair including shipping is a bargain. I am thinking of getting another pair.

I use it a sealed enclosure about 5 litre, x-over around 70-80 Hz to a sub woofer. The combo sounds very open for such a small enclosure. I want to use them as my laptop speakers, however they sound so good that I use them in the lounge room for long term testing, you see I have other speakers as well.

 

[thoriated]

This comes close:
Audience A3 3" Full Range Driver | Parts-Express.com
I think you understand that these are no requirements for a budget driver.

Heckuva driver, no question, but for about the same cash outlay it would take to do two of these a side, I went for 80+ PE 289-106 3.5" drivers which I am using to build a 9.1 - 9.4 channel HT surround sound system (prototype photos in the picture forum). I even found an easy way to get the Fs down to the 60hz range on these which is about the lowest I've seen for any speaker under 4" diameter.

 

[gooki]

Thanks for the rest of the suggestions.