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Old 12-28-06, 04:26 AM   #7 (Link)
 
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Re: Rear located IB


Keeping the IBs and mains together makes very good sense.

12 x 15"s sounds like a great plan if you have the available volume in the room(s) behind.

Remember that you'll have to multiply Vas (for a single driver) by the number of drivers x a minimum of 4 to maintain sound quality.

(12 x 4) = 48 x Vas. This is a safe minimum and more rear volume is better.

6 drivers could be run in sets of 3 x 4 Ohms in series for 12 Ohms per channel on a dual mono (stereo) amp. A nice safe load for continuous high levels so the amps would be cruising.

Or the 2 sets of 3 could be paralleled for a more normal impedance of 6 Ohms with the amps bridged. This wouldn't make much difference in the real world unless you like claiming impressive numbers of watts driving your IB.

Opposed driver manifolds are a good idea to minimise mechanical vibration.

Though I can't help feeling you are going to sense rather more of the acoustic vibration with that much woofage!


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