[fredk]

'Cuz we smushed it into folded horn crumbs?

Looney. You are one of the few here with experience with a folded horn. I'm looking forward to your thoughts on your new sub vs the old folded horn. Do you have any plans of running them side by side for a day or two for comparison?

 

[sub_junkie]

Hmm. How big would a horn have to be to house a Mal-X?

 

[myn]

The Mal-X's cone would be torn apart in a horn. It's not strong enough. Not to mention the displacement and depth of the Mal-X would hinder in the design working around the oversized rear cavity to house it.

The Mal-x is a great driver for traditional alignments but for a horn there are a lot better drivers available.

 

[sub_junkie]

Why would the cone be torn apart?

 

[myn]

Why would the cone be torn apart?

BIG 18" drivers are bad in horns because they can not deal with a very long horn throat with strong compression. Why? Because the compression in the throat becomes to great, and tears the woofer cone to shreds. Smaller drivers are inherently more rigid.

 

[Ryan Anderson]

I've heard the finished sub was supposed to have a 3rd option for mouth location...but I assume with the mouth dimensions vs the sub's depth, it can't be located at the end, only on 1 of the large faces?