What cabinet design would you recommend for the PAS CXL-2580C - It's a beast of a driver. The biggest motor single driver I have ever seen.
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Surely I could put it in a bass reflex, but I'm looking for a design that will take better care of the back wave to reinforce the bass. Size is an issue, I really don't want to go over 24" wide but it can be tall and deep. I don't want to use baffle step correction, I'd rather build the right cabinet to use the back wave energy. I have had BIG back loaded horns and find the delay off the back side mating with the radiation off the front presents problems mucking up the upper bass. This is unacceptable to me. I want the bass to be tight, strong and linear.
What do you think about a tuned quarter wave pipe for a driver like this? Compared to a back horn? What is the least compromise? Why? What other cabinet will be the best compromise?
The cabinet will be 6' from the front wall so it will be pretty much on it's own. What do you do about floor bounce reflections with single drivers? Don't you get a horrific dip?
They only need to go down to 50 cycles strong, I have an appropriate sub. If the bottom end gets too strong, I have a front horn for the 15 to even it out.
It seems you guys are good at getting the best ot of the little 8" 'full range' drivers, so please advise what you'd do with this.
Thanks
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Surely I could put it in a bass reflex, but I'm looking for a design that will take better care of the back wave to reinforce the bass. Size is an issue, I really don't want to go over 24" wide but it can be tall and deep. I don't want to use baffle step correction, I'd rather build the right cabinet to use the back wave energy. I have had BIG back loaded horns and find the delay off the back side mating with the radiation off the front presents problems mucking up the upper bass. This is unacceptable to me. I want the bass to be tight, strong and linear.
What do you think about a tuned quarter wave pipe for a driver like this? Compared to a back horn? What is the least compromise? Why? What other cabinet will be the best compromise?
The cabinet will be 6' from the front wall so it will be pretty much on it's own. What do you do about floor bounce reflections with single drivers? Don't you get a horrific dip?
They only need to go down to 50 cycles strong, I have an appropriate sub. If the bottom end gets too strong, I have a front horn for the 15 to even it out.
It seems you guys are good at getting the best ot of the little 8" 'full range' drivers, so please advise what you'd do with this.
Thanks