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Betsy-K: Big & Sealed

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After emailing Douglas regarding cabs for a pair, he recommended two cubic foot sealed boxes. I prefer a sealed alignment. I have dimensions for such boxes. Has anyone tried this? If so, what about off-setting the driver? If so, how much? BSC correction? How wide the baffle?

I’ve built several pairs of speakers, but this is a new one to me in that it’s a “large” single driver in a large sealed box. I have also never dealt with BSC.

Regards,

Karl
 
here's a simple sim of Betsy K in a sealed box of 2 cubic feet

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Big sealed boxes were the first thing I tried with the speakers that later became the BetsyK. (To be honest, the first cabs for them were an old pair of CL Sansuis with the drivers pulled out and a piece of MDF screwed right over the top of the original baffle.) If you don't want to use BSC, you definitely want something like that Altec box placed close to boundaries.

If you can tolerate some size and width but want something simple, GM posted a big triangular TL for them quite a long time ago. I'm not sure anyone has ever built it, but it promises more bass than a sealed box.

Paul
 
hornresp only considers power response - not what can happen with narrowing dispersion or breakup region. On, axis the published graph is pretty much what I saw my Betsy-k mounted in a 28 inch tall by 12 inch wide Karlson - box - imo, BetsyK has a nice sound on vocals in general.

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David - how does one select that option to show the axial frequency response?

Hi freddi,

Calculate the standard power response then select Tools > Directivity > Response, and specify the desired off-axis angle. The default value is zero, which gives the on-axis pressure response. There are five directivity tools that you can play with - have fun :).

Kind regards,

David
 

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