14" is a good compromise. It has almost 15" sound and has better high frequency extension. The problem is there's only a few choices.
Some opinions worth pondering over at TalkBass ( re; woofer HF extension ).
Read this thread on the Kappa Lite 3015 vs FaitalPro 15PR400.
Jazzbass riffing through the Emi 3015 .mp3
Jazzbass through the FaitalPro 15PR400 .mp3
Make sure to listen through a good fullrange system.
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Read this thread on the Kappa Lite 3015 vs FaitalPro 15PR400.
Jazzbass riffing through the Emi 3015 .mp3
Jazzbass through the FaitalPro 15PR400 .mp3
Make sure to listen through a good fullrange system.
🙂
Ok, to bring up the elephant in the room, that a few folks have already mentioned, albeit more kindly....
None.... no 15" is good to 2.5kHz....period.
Pattern matters.
heck, they don't even work well going to 1kHz...
None.... no 15" is good to 2.5kHz....period.
Pattern matters.
heck, they don't even work well going to 1kHz...
I have the Kappalite 15s in both my Ampeg B15N portaflex and Mark bass combo. They are excellent drivers but they have a hard to correct peak at the top so I regard them as a dedicated pro driver. I've never measured or listened to them in a test enclosure, but they may be surprising. Just hearing what they do for electric and upright bass is pretty amazing, so maybe its worth giving them a chance... hmm...
Keeping the moving mass on the light side is the key and makes for a snappy sounding driver that works in a larger box as long as Qts is in the sweet spot ie. .40 - .50 ish range and Fs isn't too high. The Vas on this type of driver is typically high so it wont be ideal in a reasonably sized enclosure. Someone else recommended aperiodic dampening which I'm in fact a fan of.
Does anyone know of a decent waveguide that will work with the larger 1.5 or 2 inch drivers?
They do fine to 1khz Mark. The slight dip off axis (maybe a couple db) is an overblown issue IMO.
The right 15 and a 1" compression driver will "work", but to me the vocals are never very good. Use a 1.4" CD and a bigger horn and things come together. If using a 1" CD and small horn then an 8-10" midrange fills in nicely between horn and woofer. FOr PA use that midrange can be in a waveguide or shallow horn.
If those are true I suggest the eminence delta-pro 15A. MMS 61 g vs kappalite 3015 82 g. Qt .4 instead of .34. Infinite baffle frequency response extends to 3 khz. Bit of a rise above 1000 hz. However they suggest it only for a sealed box.
SB Audience :: ROSSO-15W400
..it still has off-axis issues, but not as bad as most.
Good price too!
SB Audience Rosso-15W400 15" Woofer
..it still has off-axis issues, but not as bad as most.
Good price too!
SB Audience Rosso-15W400 15" Woofer
And that ain't some kind of manipulated chart. I don't know where I saved my measures, but it really is that good (and in my system currently). If you can find a pair wholeheartedly recommended.