BMR on OB?

[Studley]

Someone I know has made some Tekton inspired speakers which use a large array of Mark Audio 2” full range drivers just for the mid range. Each driver is barely working resulting in extremely low distortion. The mid range is as clear and transparent as an ESL or ribbon speaker, really quite exceptional for a box speaker.

Inspired by this, I‘m contemplating doing something similar but on an OB (or even no baffle) and I’m considering which reasonably priced drivers might be suitable. I’m considering using BMRs as I note they typically have high QTS. I’d welcome comments on this idea and would also like to hear from anyone who has tried BMRs on OB.

 

[momomo67890]

Have you looked at the rescore 2x7 that dayton sells

 

[Studley]

BMR OB is not going to have much LF response even with high qts as they are only 3" or smaller with low excursion. They would have better LF response in a sealed enclosure.

I have used BMR's before and they produce decent bass in a sealed and or ported enclosure.

Perhaps I didn’t make this sufficiently clear, they would only cover the mid-range. This would be a 3 way design.

 

[Studley]

Have you looked at the rescore 2x7 that dayton sells

Too big. The idea here is to use at least 8, maybe even 12 drivers in an array around a tweeter.

 

[GM]

Which model BMR?

 

[Studley]

Beyond noting that some of them at least have high Qts I’ve not yet gone into which ones would be most suitable. Any advice on that would be welcome !

 

[zmyrna]

I have used 4 BMRs per side as mids on OB. They were some old models taken off a sound bar. 4" models. I couldn't make them work because of ringing. Make sure you test the model before committing to buy multiples.