So these were my first speakers I ever built and they have done excellent duty as party boxes for a long time, over 20 years now but the foam surrounds on the drivers are starting to go and I need a cheap but effective Australian replacement driver.
The original are some Tandy drivers I got on clearance, sold [ mislabeled] as subwoofers but with an decent enough sound that The Boss still thinks they are one of the better efforts on my part. 32mm Voice coils and 6mm X-Max P2P
So around 200mm cutout and usable to 3k with the XO I have already which is first on the mids and a second on the tweeter.
I need a quad of them in 8R [ 7.6DCR] or close
The Faital Pro 8FE would work if I could afford them and there were enough available but a bit above my budget; ditto the locally made Lorantz Audio and the Eminence so I'm hoping somebody has something my Google-Fu hasn't found and the cheaper the better at this point
The original are some Tandy drivers I got on clearance, sold [ mislabeled] as subwoofers but with an decent enough sound that The Boss still thinks they are one of the better efforts on my part. 32mm Voice coils and 6mm X-Max P2P
So around 200mm cutout and usable to 3k with the XO I have already which is first on the mids and a second on the tweeter.
I need a quad of them in 8R [ 7.6DCR] or close
The Faital Pro 8FE would work if I could afford them and there were enough available but a bit above my budget; ditto the locally made Lorantz Audio and the Eminence so I'm hoping somebody has something my Google-Fu hasn't found and the cheaper the better at this point
Currently looking at these while still available at the right price
https://sbacoustics.com/product/8-sb20pfc30-8-paper/
https://sbacoustics.com/product/8-sb20pfc30-8-paper/
I'm taking a chance and just bought a quad of them.
I may need to remove or change a resistor on the tweeter
I may need to remove or change a resistor on the tweeter
Wow Ted! They must be pretty good if Springsteen likes them!
I think you did good there. You have to grab stuff quickly nowadays as prices are only going one way...
The costs involved with refoaming 4 drivers is about 50% of the cost of these new drivers.
I think they have been discounted by about half
I think they have been discounted by about half
https://www.theloudspeakerkit.com/sb20pfc30-8-sb-acoustics-8-woofer-pfc
Not exactly cheap but good value for me and if I have to build new boxes and a new XO then that's OK if the new box is smaller and lighter.
Not exactly cheap but good value for me and if I have to build new boxes and a new XO then that's OK if the new box is smaller and lighter.
Usual great build quality. Great with rock&roll and guitar, not so great with jazz and especially with the female voice.
Will need to cross a bit lower that the old ones, so new XO needed
Luckily I have a robust 32mm horn loaded tweeter that I was experimenting with last year to go with some 10" drivers and I'll use those with these woofers. Party speakers so a crossover won't be much removed from book calculated values
Will need to cross a bit lower that the old ones, so new XO needed
Luckily I have a robust 32mm horn loaded tweeter that I was experimenting with last year to go with some 10" drivers and I'll use those with these woofers. Party speakers so a crossover won't be much removed from book calculated values