jbl 2226h - 30 Hz to 220 Hz - can do? max spl?

I am in India. These drivers have become accessible to me again. I have used them before in 4Pis... They were fantastic.

There must be many newer drivers that are better. I myself have a pair of AE TD15Hs, which are probably better. But the AEs are not available here, and by the time I have them shipped and pay the customs levies, it becomes nonviable. Now my cat has chewed the surrounds on my one of my AE and it is going to be too cumbersome to have them serviced to factory spec.

Can the JBL 2226H be used as a woofer in a 3 way system with -3dB points @ 28-33 Hz and 220 Hz (freestanding)? What would be the appropriate box and what is the maximum SPL I can achieve in a studio monitoring situation? I will be using DSP/active crossovers... MiniDSP or Hypex...

I have been playing with the attached .wdr file in WinISD, and coming up with all kinds of confusing plots...

I'd be very grateful if those of you that are used to doing this and understand the balance of compromises necessary, can play around with the wdr file, and suggest box/port/filter combinations which will help me achieve maximum SPL with my response criteria in consideration...

Thank you.
 

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you could say put it in a 100 liter box tuned to ~31-33 Hz and give it some boost at tuning. Maximum excursion above tuning would be around 50Hz.

A 2nd order high pass filter 20-25Hz would help below tuning

with the broader boost, ~116dB is predicted at 33Hz/ half space with 34.64v.

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