Do you have the 205mm hole for put it ? If you have it, it is possible, add board to add the 1cm missing. Wood is not the expensive part if you do it yourself, re-make the box. Although Price of wood has risen.
I just checked and my internal dimension is 204 mm of width, so I would have to cut 0.5 mm on each side 🙂 From the looks of SB23 chasis there is a collar on the inside much like in Scan Disco, so routing slightly into side walls shouldn't impede airflow. I planned to add small square steel bars on baffle sides to match the industrial look of my furniture so I have 25 cm of external width, problem is I would have to route into steel (1 mm thick walls) to flash mount the woofer. Mounting this woofer looks possible but would be a major challenge. In fact, SB23 flange is only slightly smaller than WO24 which is 9.5", geez.
On the other hand Scan would drop right in but is a slightly poorer fit for the size. I guess I would correct highish Q with DSP. Also, I could upgrade it in the future as baffle cutout would fit many other woofers...
In the attached picture woofer goes into the lower chamber. 22 cm panel width and two steel bars 1,5 each on the sides, 25 cm front width in total. For now please disregard diffraction problems from missing roundovers, I plan to address it from a different angle.
On the other hand Scan would drop right in but is a slightly poorer fit for the size. I guess I would correct highish Q with DSP. Also, I could upgrade it in the future as baffle cutout would fit many other woofers...
In the attached picture woofer goes into the lower chamber. 22 cm panel width and two steel bars 1,5 each on the sides, 25 cm front width in total. For now please disregard diffraction problems from missing roundovers, I plan to address it from a different angle.
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EDIT front panel width is 226 mm not 220, so internally SB23NRX fits OK buy I still would have to route into steel bars on sides.
Thanks! Yep its a great woofer and models nicely, and future proof too. Its one of the woofers I would definately buy if it showed up second hand. Or I'll complain about SB's large flange for a week more and just buy the Wavecor 🙂 Its actually cheaper than Scan Classic which would also be a good fit.
I re-ran sims. I applied the same XO filters and Linkwitz Transform to 22W4534, SB23NRX and RS225P-4A in my 13 closed box. Dayton required the most voltage, Scan and SB were very close. Even though Scan required the most EQ out of the three as it had the highest f3 initially, it turned out it had the least cone excursion in my worst case scenario of 90db at 3m listening distance.
So I will settle for Scan Disco as it has smaller flange and will take less work to be flush mounted. T/S wise Scan and Sb are quite close in 4 ohm versions so I won't cry after the SB woofer, even though it might be a little cleaner THD wise in 100-200 Hz range. Wavecor W223 would be really nice but its almost exactly 2x the price of Scan Speak. Maybe I'll upgrade in the future but for the time being, and the very narrow range this woofer will play in, Scan should be more than enough.
Thanks everyone for Your input!
So I will settle for Scan Disco as it has smaller flange and will take less work to be flush mounted. T/S wise Scan and Sb are quite close in 4 ohm versions so I won't cry after the SB woofer, even though it might be a little cleaner THD wise in 100-200 Hz range. Wavecor W223 would be really nice but its almost exactly 2x the price of Scan Speak. Maybe I'll upgrade in the future but for the time being, and the very narrow range this woofer will play in, Scan should be more than enough.
Thanks everyone for Your input!