Suggestions for these cheap 15"? Frisbee?

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I measured one of my old 40-9000 driver from RadioShack / Realistic.
3 out of 4 are still good, 1 has a voice coil that measures way off.
What can I do with these besides using them as a salad bowl?
Measurement was done on only one of them with the added mass method and yes, I thing the result is correct.
Measuring other drivers gave very good results, so these really must be the worst drivers I've ever seen...
 

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Looks a lot better but still needs a box of 8000l or 280ft³ for a Qtc of 0.8 :eek:
With 176l or 6.265ft³, the Qtc is at 1.5 and the response doesn't look half bad now.
-3dB at 32hz and a bump of 4dB at 52hz

Still, suggestions are welcome of course.
Would isobaric turn out well? The efficiency is a bit low for that, I guess. :(
 

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Lol, good one :D

First measurement was a B&W 200/4 (8" driver)
Second Visaton FRS8
This 15" was the 'turd' one. haha :D

Now I'm going to measure the other 15" woofers.
Yes, also the one that has the bad voice coil, could be educational to me.

PR, OB, IB are attractive, I which I had the possibility for IB.
For PR, these drivers aren't worth the extra money.

Thanks.
 
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