JBL smallish PA-sub with a car-woofer

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Hi.

I got this old second-hand JBL car-sub that I'm trying to squeeze into a rather small active BR cabinet. ("JBL GTX 450w")

I cant find any data on the www, but I measured this with LIMP:

Parameter, Value, Dim
Fs, 33.46, Hz
Re, 3.40, ohms[dc]
Qt, 0.42, -
Qes, 0.45, -
Qms, 6.79, -
Mms, 128.65, grams
Rms, 3.995752, kg/s
Cms, 0.000177, m/N
Vas, 59.81, liters
Sd, 490.87, cm^2
Bl, 14.366629, Tm
ETA, 0.48, %
Lp(2.83V/1m), 92.64, dB
, ,
Le, 470.76, uH
L2, 783.46, uH
R2, 18.81, ohms
L3, 0, uH
R3, 0, ohms

I have little experience with this, but the data looks OK to me. its a 4Ohm driver so real Lp would be more like 89,6dB.

An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.


Cabinet will be in the order of 40-45Liter and port may en up a bit long and with a approx 100cm2 area giving port-speeds up around 25-30m/S for 110dB in 2Pi with 20-30Vrms (according to hornresp, if I'm doing this correctly).

I'm going for triangular vents because of size and to try something new. in the picture you can see the vent with a 90deg bend. That´s some strange angles to cut ( and fail at cutting correctly for the first try). in the end I'll probably move the port and avoid the bend.

I'm aiming at 3dBknee around 45Hz to get the most bottom of standard pop-dance-rock. No EDM-30Hz-sinus-bottom!

Inputs are welcome. Please dont bash the driver for being a car-sub. it was dirt-cheap and the wood was free.
 
Inputs are welcome. Please dont bash the driver for being a car-sub. it was dirt-cheap and the wood was free.

I remember the GTX drivers. Pretty decent for their time, with good excursion capability. Still, if I was you I'd take a closer look at it to ensure no "gotchas" are awaiting you. Check to see if the surround isn't coming unglued anywhere, for example. Ditto for the spider.

Your idea seems sound, though I'd still worry about output capability. I'd have probably gone for simpler slot venting instead. My carpentry sucks :)

Peak output capability of 110dB for "PA" use seems a bit low however. According to HornResp, my POC #3 (12" driver in a ~126 L TH) should do just over 115dB across its passband, and while that was apparently enough to have someone call the police on us the last time it was used at a beach party, I still think it's just "adequate", and I'm working on another design that uses a better driver that will provide 5dB more output.
 
The driver looks to be in good shape, but I'll check for any damage.

I though about slot loading, but apparently the narrow slot have problems of their own with airflow. Also I like the looks of the triangular :)

"PA" is my way of saying that the design-goals are rugged before pretty, and no need for 25Hz as for HT-use. Party-style and cheap is another way of saying it.

Kind regards TroelsM
 
Probably would have been good in a tapped horn(if you modelled it first of course).

Would have given significantly more output within 40-120hz where you need it for PA within a box not much bigger. Something like the THAM12 may have been suitable and some have run car subs with great results.
 
When I Googled for the specs on that model I got:

Freq response: 30Hz-500Hz
Amp. Power Range: 20W-500W
Continious Power Handling: 250W
Peak Power Handling: 450W
Voice Coil dia: 2,0" (51mm)
Nominal Impedance: 4 Ohms
Sensitivity@2.83V RMS@1M: 87dB
Driver Displacement: 0,09 cu.ft. (2,55l)

Thiele-Small Parameters:
Fs = 31Hz
Vas = 1,85 ft² (52,4l)
Qts = 0,43
Qes = 0,45
Qms = 7,55
Re = 3,3Ohms
Le = 0,6mH
Xmax = 0,480 in. (12,2mm)
Xpk = 0,866 in. (22mm)
Sd = 0,3724 Sq. Ft. (0,0346 Sq.M.)
Vd-linear = 0,000422 Cu. M.
Vd-peak = 0,000761 Cu. M.
 
May I ask where you found that data? - I googled some time without finding anything. That value for Sd looks like a 10". I have the 12" version.

I would really like to know if Xmax is peak-peak or one-way peak-value. From pushing it with my fingers I would guess that its approx 12mm peak-peak.
 
First test with sub and sat and full volume.


Overall SUPER pleased with the result. - especially considering the dirtcheap drivers.

Plenty of power in the sub to keep up with the top. Thats predicted by the HR-simulation, but still nice to verify.

Hope I can squeeze a few more dB out of the tops. - and need to make a new amp for the sub with proper limiter and temp-protection.

Kind regards TroelsM
 
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