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If you want to go all out there's the LaVoce SAF184.03. 13mm xmax allows it to take 1,000w.

6mm xmax isn't very good. It limits you to 350w.

The preferred T/S spec range for the driver is Fs 28 to 38Hz, Qts .28 to .40, Vas 200 to 400L, xmax 8mm or more. Recommended drivers are the Dayton Audio Pro Odeum 18F, PRV Audio 18SW2200v2, Eminence Kappa Pro 18LF, LaVoce SAF184.02 and Celestion TSQ 1845.

Good thing it's not a snake. viewforum.php?f=10

I noticed Eminence prices going up four years ago, as part of my yearly review of recommended drivers in all the plans. At about the same time new players with better prices, like LaVoce and PRV, were entering the marketplace. As part of my bang for the buck rule many of these new offerings were giv...

Yep. Subs are like real estate. What matters most is location, location and location.

Cabinet lining damps internal reflections of midrange and high frequencies that otherwise will meet the cone, causing response zits. It doesn't make the cabinet equivalent to a larger box. Stuffing a sealed cab does something similar in that it lowers the system Q, which can tame a midbass response ...

That can be front mounted.

What driver is that? Pretty much every driver made today will mount from the front or back. Drivers don't rely on pressure of the frame against the baffle to hold the cone in place, that's accomplished by the surround and spider.

Output is more or less linear with respect to Xmax. But those 'monsters' have high Qes as well as Fs and the surrounds are silly. If you want maximum output use a twelve. The PRV 12W1600 will beat two eights. As to no door that's a no-no.

The best place for a plate amp is in a box placed as close as possible to your AVR. Long interconnect wires are prone to ground loop noise, long speaker wires are not. If by 'the opening' you mean the horn mouth don't put anything in there.

They're not supposed to. DR200 is intended for small to medium venues, where wide dispersion is more important than long throw. Horses for courses.

It wouldn't be impossible, but it wouldn't be easy either. I wouldn't consider it.

They should work well with anything, due to the very low THD. Direct radiating subs can produce a lot of harmonics that don't play nice with mains, as well as making them directionally locatable.

No worries, it's too slight to have much effect.