Hi All,
I am going around in circles trying to decide how to proceed on my next build. I have a pair of lovely TAD2001s coupled to a beech plywood tractrix horn that I have made - very happy with the sound at home. Below it I am using a Supravox 285 in a ported enclosure as a 2 way monitor style. They seem to work very well together but the low end is limited in extension and the output of the woofer is slightly limited for high spl fun now and again albeit super detailed and fast in mid bass. The crossover is 2-way 2nd order at 800hz - that suits my horn fc and what TAD recommends. Using active crossover right now.
So I am now thinking how do I take this to the next level to accommodate more output without ruining quality but also being durable. I was considering either going for an alternative single 12” driver or building a new cabinet with MTM design using twin 12s per side OR going for a single 15” like the JBL 2226H. I did loads of Hornresp simulations of different drivers but can’t make up my mind. The 2226H in every sim I did didn’t really get adequately to 800hz. 700hz looked max but I realise many use it above that.
I do want to be able to play this system really loud on occasion so durability of woofers is also important. I am not too fussed about content well below 40Hz as I can augment with sub. Importantly I do want high efficiency.
Any advice much appreciated!
I am going around in circles trying to decide how to proceed on my next build. I have a pair of lovely TAD2001s coupled to a beech plywood tractrix horn that I have made - very happy with the sound at home. Below it I am using a Supravox 285 in a ported enclosure as a 2 way monitor style. They seem to work very well together but the low end is limited in extension and the output of the woofer is slightly limited for high spl fun now and again albeit super detailed and fast in mid bass. The crossover is 2-way 2nd order at 800hz - that suits my horn fc and what TAD recommends. Using active crossover right now.
So I am now thinking how do I take this to the next level to accommodate more output without ruining quality but also being durable. I was considering either going for an alternative single 12” driver or building a new cabinet with MTM design using twin 12s per side OR going for a single 15” like the JBL 2226H. I did loads of Hornresp simulations of different drivers but can’t make up my mind. The 2226H in every sim I did didn’t really get adequately to 800hz. 700hz looked max but I realise many use it above that.
I do want to be able to play this system really loud on occasion so durability of woofers is also important. I am not too fussed about content well below 40Hz as I can augment with sub. Importantly I do want high efficiency.
Any advice much appreciated!
Your tractrix is going to have a specific region where it has the required beamwidth, so your crossover would be relatively fixed and you need to discover what that should be.
Can you show some of the sims including beamwidth, acoustic impedance and group delay, as well as the input screen...
Can you show some of the sims including beamwidth, acoustic impedance and group delay, as well as the input screen...
