Tuba 18, David, Table Tuba 8" subwoofers. Best choice?

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Re: Tuba 18, David, Table Tuba 8" subwoofers. Best choice?

#16 Post by Grant Bunter »

Krillin wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 9:59 pm The guy at speakerhardware did state he had a lot of orders which is fine.
Leland is the owner of speakerhardware. Leland is a forum member, authorised builder par excellance and helps a lot of us out with some harder to source bits and pieces.
He won't be fibbing if he says he's busy.
Krillin wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 9:59 pm What would be the impact of enlarging the baffle by an inch and using a single AE TD6M-4 with my Transducer Lab N26MGR-G? Is the MTM crossover compatible with a TM?
Bill will need to answer, but that would require a redraw of the design as well.

My thought is that modifying the/any part of Bill's design(s), which is based on TS parameters of the recommended drivers, immediately makes cabs a lottery. Crossover points may need redefining, meaning changes in the filters themselves.
Performance then becomes an unknown quantity.

The age old adage here, is follow the plans to get expected results.
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Re: Tuba 18, David, Table Tuba 8" subwoofers. Best choice?

#17 Post by Bill Fitzmaurice »

Rule #1: Follow the plans.
Rule #2: Never break rule #1.

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Re: Tuba 18, David, Table Tuba 8" subwoofers. Best choice?

#18 Post by Krillin »

Well good news Leland has started my flatpacks :)

Bill, is there a published impedance/phase graph for the David with the recommended drivers? Also, the plans state that the mid-bass driver crosses at 3khz and needs to be 8-ohm 90db+. Assuming that there is no breakup how much of a rise is allowed above the crossover point? I am looking at a 8-ohm drivers with a FR like below:
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Re: Tuba 18, David, Table Tuba 8" subwoofers. Best choice?

#19 Post by Bill Fitzmaurice »

I don't have graphs. Those drivers don't have a severe enough break up to be a concern, but crossing over low enough to avoid the break up mode is only half the reason for where the crossover point is. The other is off-axis response, which at even 3.5kHz is much better with a tweeter than with a four inch midbass.

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Re: Tuba 18, David, Table Tuba 8" subwoofers. Best choice?

#20 Post by Krillin »

I was asking impedance questions only because I have both solid state and tube amplifiers. And more importantly I intend to add a SE tube amplifier to the mix. Thanks Bill

There is one last question. There is a 95db tweeter I am looking at with a stated 6-ohm impedance but on the graph drops down to 5 ohm then above 10khz starts rising to 6 ohm. Will this be a deal breaker?
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#21 Post by Bill Fitzmaurice »

Impedance is not a set figure, it's an approximation based on the minimum impedance, which equals DCR, which may be as low as the 0.7 times the impedance. A six ohm driver may have as low as 4.2 ohms DCR.

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