tuning Faital Pro M5N8-80

[lesionaire]

Hey guys
I'm gonna use Faital Pro M5N8-80 from ~500hz up to ~4500hz as a midrange in a three way speaker. I want your opinion about how to tune it. in a sealed box? or ported? or what

t/s here:
FaitalPRO | LF Loudspeakers | M5N8-80

 

[POOH]

Sealed box, big baffle

 

[GM]

......or TL.

GM

 

[Charles Darwin]

......or TL.

GM

For a midrange?


With 4-500Hz lower cut off sealed is the only way to go IMO.

 

[GDO]

Imho, anything behind the cone will be good enough and the exact tuning of the load not a matter of concern.

Would choose a closed box as small a possible and fully stuffed to avoid cabinet resonances and colorations.

 

[GM]

For a midrange?

IME, TLs are best suited for mids-up loading. Well stuffed sealed gives some of the benefits, but not its impedance damping, though if an all digital XO, then it's moot.

GM

 

[GDO]

A suitable TL for such a driver would not necessarily be monstruous...🙄

An old design based on a similar midranger, infrench...

Enceinte mdium-aigu Mahul

 

[Charles Darwin]

IME, TLs are best suited for mids-up loading. Well stuffed sealed gives some of the benefits, but not its impedance damping, though if an all digital XO, then it's moot.

GM

Forgot about the sealed ones.

Still with that high a crossover freq it is hard to think past a tiny sealed enclosure. Probably equally hard to justify the complication and space other designs would need.

 

[GM]

Meh, a ~driver effective diameter tube straight through and out the back if need be. Regardless, it's all about what sort of performance one wants Vs can 'afford' in space/whatever.

GM