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Exocer wrote:
 Island, Wow.... I may never model again using published T/S parameters!
So far I've either been really lucky or haven't noticed how off spec the drivers in my DIY projects are.. |
Hey Exocer
take heart ,
All speakers make some kind of noise when they are hooked up to an amp. They even sound better when you put them in a box whether or not the box is the best size or right design. And then how good are our ears? Can we really identify the difference between speaker box combinations when one unit is down 3db @ 20Hz vs another speaker box that is down 6db @ 20Hz?
We HAVE to measure and model using whatever specs we can find. We HAVE to build according to the software program's results. What else IS there for us DIYers?
I know myself I've come a long way from using cardboard boxes and 5 inch paper coned 5 watt radio speakers through building Karlson enclosures and huge bass reflex boxes and more recently accoustic suspension boxes (stuffed closed boxes) with 10, 12, 15, and 18" speakers all in an attempt to get to that "right" sound of the percusive bass drum, the string bass, the bass guitar, the sound of slamming doors, explosions, pounding whirling helicopter blades, an F-14 Tomcat fighter, the deep dull thud of dinosaurs walking (we've all experienced a real dinosaur in our lives so we KNOW what that sound is like), our mother-in law passing gas during her first use of the bathroom in the morning, and on and on and on.
With todays 2500 watt capable speakers and amps that can deliver twice or even three times that much power, we're sure to find subsonic, super low Hz nirvana soon. Keep reading these forums, the know-how the answer the solutions, they could be in the next thread. LOL
Phil