high Qts for 1/4wave pipe??

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i have a 1/4wave pipe with little bass<42hz or so tuned>folded..

without using mathcad ,yet....

could i try a higher Qts speaker on it<ive see 2 designs,one very similar to mine that has a Q such as 0.9!

the existing one on the pipe is Qts=0.3 or Less and has VERY LITTLE bass

OVERDAMPED???

or should i just use mathcad files 😛 ,sometime in a few weeks i mite be able to...........,perhaps!


throat 80cm
mouth 600cm <well actualy just before exit>

aperture exit <180cm>

i cant remember the actual width,i can go check it..

i just want some midbass punch,its not for sound quality,its for music 43-55hz loud boom you know,,to keep the SPL up a little 😛

a guy on t-linespeakres mentions comparing it to the sealed box response equivalent,this is strange,i dont see how its relevant,but he thinks it works...i thought surely the port Q will add at the usable freq range mucking his idea up...
maybe not!

Thanks!

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>i have a 1/4wave pipe with little bass<42hz or so tuned>folded..

the existing one on the pipe is Qts=0.3 or Less and has VERY LITTLE bass

OVERDAMPED???

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Is the Pope Catholic? 😉 What did you expect from such a low Q driver unless it has an Fs <20Hz?

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>or should i just use mathcad files 😛 ,sometime in a few weeks i mite be able to...........,perhaps!

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For folks who don't have a good grasp of the physics, MJK's worksheets can save a bunch of time/materials/etc. wasted on experimentation, especially if squeezing max performance out of a driver.

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>i just want some midbass punch,its not for sound quality,its for music 43-55hz loud boom you know,,to keep the SPL up a little 😛

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What driver, specs?

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>a guy on t-linespeakres mentions comparing it to the sealed box response equivalent,this is strange,i dont see how its relevant,but he thinks it works...i thought surely the port Q will add at the usable freq range mucking his idea up...
maybe not!

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Not sure what either of you mean, but a pipe is just a variant of a vented cab for the most part. A well stuffed pipe is aperiodic, ergo more like sealed.

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>Uhm... isn't that box tapered the wrong way?

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Which way the taper goes for best performance depends on a number of things, though with a low Q driver it should probably be reversed, but without more info......

GM
 
For folks who don't have a good grasp of the physics, MJK's worksheets can save a bunch of time/materials/etc. wasted on experimentation, especially if squeezing max performance out of a driver

il use them,the problem is the pc that can use them,is far away ,moved house.

What driver, specs
if i knew them i wouldve told you 🙂


Not sure what either of you mean, but a pipe is just a variant of a vented cab for the most part. A well stuffed pipe is aperiodic, ergo more like sealed.
check it out at t-linespeakers.org > 'rules of thumb' etc,it didnt make much sense to me !


i COULD measure Fs and Q easily however VAS would require test box which i dont have! doesnt the added mass method require the coins to be STUCK to the cone?

is there any automated way of measuring T/S specs,and impedence plots?

speakerworkshop seems abit spastic,i couldnt get it to work with my loops and stuff,il have to try it again.
thanks
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II didn't realize you had just stuck some no-name driver in a pipe based on Sd or somesuch, so with no info to work with, I can't help you.

You can buy a woofer tester from Parts Express if you don't want to fool with a fancy measuring system. I played with Speakershop some years ago, but couldn't get repeatable results so gave up on it. I understand Eric Wallin's DIY jig allows for more accuracy, but haven't tried it.

WRT adding mass to calc Vas, you're using such a low input signal that it shouldn't matter. Why not just build a test box?

GM
 
Nice to see you here, Bob 😉
Do you have some new projects? I always like to see your stuff (I still can't decide to build your peerless pipes, the low efficiency is the only thing I don't like)



Dave, you said some months ago that you'll write an article, about a speaker based on the Tlb (but with some modifications)
What came about this article?
 
Dave,

Understand. I, however, have only 71 more days and I can sing the Jonny Paycheck song. Don't you hate me?


Bricolo,

I'm working a ML-TL for the Lowther EX2. It promises to be very much better than either the Peerless Pipe or the Foxtex ML-TL. Of course, it cost three times as much!

E-mail me.

Bob
 
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