Was thinking of trying it open baffle 1st but yeah, the design in the youtube vid looks like a good option at this point.
Towards the end of the video posted above there are some measurements that would seem to agree. A link to his enclosure design is listed in the description.
Sounds really good. Especially for a recording out in a room. Maybe with direct comparison to the original track the FR driver seems to miss some bass weight and some vocals lack body. Sounds like <300Hz might be rolled off and it might sound good with a woofer filling in. If a woofer is wanted then OB could be nice. Maybe with a good 15" OB woofer eg https://www.sbaudience.com/index.php/products/various-drivers/bianco-15ob350/ ?
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Oh my god... I mixed up the SB65 thread with this new 8" driver.
Well... the lack of sleep finally caught up with me!
Sorry about that.
But indeed, even a lower Qts 8" driver can be very nice with some help, or just working with its limitations.
As I mentioned, it looks very nice in a MLTL, and if wanting to use in OB, it would need woofer support for sure, which would be great to free it from trying to work hard in the lower frequencies.
300Hz should be ok.
Well... the lack of sleep finally caught up with me!
Sorry about that.
But indeed, even a lower Qts 8" driver can be very nice with some help, or just working with its limitations.
As I mentioned, it looks very nice in a MLTL, and if wanting to use in OB, it would need woofer support for sure, which would be great to free it from trying to work hard in the lower frequencies.
300Hz should be ok.
I believe it was driver Qts, the understanding of many seems to be that high Qts will give better bass.
Most of the time, true. But there's a sacrifice in distortion that I have trouble living with. YMMV.
I'm not the purist who will preach a single driver only is nirvana. more than one way to achieve good sound.
As for the SB65, you should take them out of the drawer. Give it low end support (300-400Hz XO) and it will surprise you. In my case, I used SBA's racetrack woofers which are also very good. The SB65 is insanely good reproducing strings and percussion. Surreal. Reaches high enough that it doesn't need, in many cases, a tweeter. Unless you have the ears of a 14-year-old!
Now, I'd love to get my hands on that new 8" FR, but circumstances being what they are, it won't be this year.
Most of the time, true. But there's a sacrifice in distortion that I have trouble living with. YMMV.
I'm not the purist who will preach a single driver only is nirvana. more than one way to achieve good sound.
As for the SB65, you should take them out of the drawer. Give it low end support (300-400Hz XO) and it will surprise you. In my case, I used SBA's racetrack woofers which are also very good. The SB65 is insanely good reproducing strings and percussion. Surreal. Reaches high enough that it doesn't need, in many cases, a tweeter. Unless you have the ears of a 14-year-old!
Now, I'd love to get my hands on that new 8" FR, but circumstances being what they are, it won't be this year.