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Hey all, long time lurker, been using the Skram for about 2 years now and decided it's finally time to post some proper calibrated measurements. I’m an acoustical engineer at QSC, and run my own custom rig as a side hobby. I've only been in acoustics for 2 years, before that I was an amplifier engineer so I'm still learning some of this stuff. Been meaning to get this info for a while and finally had some outdoor measurements to make for work, so while I had things set up, I thought I would go ahead and get some comprehensive measurements for this build. I’m currently running them with the 21SW152-8, but we’ll be getting our hands on the new cost-effective Celestion TSQ2145 for evaluation soon, at which point I’ll get another indoor groundplane & impedance measurement. I haven’t added fiber fill/acoustic foam to mine yet, so that could be another interesting data point. Indoor ground plane measurements are done with our 1/4th space calibrated, scaled, & windowed measurement sequence that we use for all product qualification. Also got some measurements of THD and harmonics at 10v. The one downside is that the signal path has >100ms latency for phase response and there are minor reflections even with the windowing of the impulse response. Unfortunately I can’t post pictures of this setup due to product confidentiality. 1w1m looks to be about 94dB SPL. I am a bit surprised how different the "knee" at 30 hz looks compared to previous measurements in this thread, I'm not sure where that difference is coming from... Earthworks M30 measurement microphone used for all data. ARTA outdoor setup, 22C, 30%humidity: RME Fireface UCX QSC PL-380 Q-SYS Core250i Outline ET series turntable Indoor measurement data: Audio Precision AP2700 for impedance response Lynx Aurora(n) audio interface Grace m801mk2 mic preamp Measured with SoundCheck 15 Outdoor setup has hard walls ~16 meters on either side, so spatial IR responses are windowed to 90mS (2x 16m). Turntable setup to rotate about the physical center of enclosure. Outdoor SPL scaled to match calibrated indoor measurement. I took 2 polar data sets, one with the enclosure vertical, with ports at the bottom, and one on its side, and you can see the slightly asymmetric polar response. I’ve attached a .vacs file with all of the measurements, and I can provide all of the outdoor .pir files if someone was interested. This is an amazing subwoofer, many thanks to @Ricci for his work. Hopefully this information will be useful to you, let me know if there’s anything else you would like to see, or clarification, and I’ll do my best to provide. Skram Data.vacs

I modeled a CNCable version of the SKRAM fit exactly to the detailed plans provided by Ricci in post #1. Feel free to use them as a base. These are meant to be used with Adam Hall 3402 and Neutrik NL4MPRXX, so you might want to adjust the respective pockets and cutouts. I did not yet include pockets/holes for wheels. SKRAM 3D.step Assembled enclosure SKRAM PARALEL CAM.f3d - Fusion 360 File including programmed toolpaths. 12mm Sheet 1.step 12mm Bracings as optimized flatpack 18mm Sheet 1.step18mm Sheet 2.step18mm Sheet 3.step 18mm Parts as optimized flatpacks. SKRAM Individual Parts.zipIndividual Parts

I should have Dune pt1 measured next week. JSS

This is the long delayed single driver sub similar in design to the Skhorn. Overall the performance goals and criteria were quite similar. Big surprise there! The Skhorn works so well at what it does that I didn't feel the need to reinvent the sub for this one. This is primarily designed as a professional sound reinforcement or live sound style subwoofer. Big output and clean sound in very big spaces, while covering the typical bass heavy range of music, has always been the primary mission for this sub. Same as it was with the Othorn and Skhorn. It can and I'm sure WILL be employed for other types of situations, but it's a festival or club sub that just happens to be flexible and neutral enough to work in a variety of scenarios. The main differences between the Skram and the Skhorn are as follows. Optimize it more for the cost effective 21's like the 21DS115 and Lavoce SAN214.50 rather than the Ipal drivers like the Skhorn. The Ipal's still work of course, but I relaxed things a bit for the drivers that are a little easier to afford and power. Increased size: Originally I wanted to basically saw the Skhorn in half and slap a top panel on there with modded bracing. It would be a very compact 21" sub, which is great, but the driver would fire directly into an outer panel and even with bracing this is a lot of energy being beamed on axis into a large outside panel. I've never been a fan of high pressure loadings with big drivers that do this. I always want the direct on axis energy from the cone to act on internal panels that are going to keep this energy inside of the cabinet better. This required a rearrangement of the internals. I also added a bit of size while I was at it. I decided to stop at a size that was significantly smaller than the full Skhorn, but not as small as a true half. If this cab is too big or heavy you could always build the true half Skhorn, which would be 24x32x27.71. Increased vent area and slightly increased vented chamber volume. This should help the noise, compression and output near the vent tuning. Increased vent area and length means that the vent pipe resonance is lower in frequency than the Skhorn. I'm, expecting that the response will be less smooth above 150Hz, but that's the tradeoff made for bigger vents. The Skram has 4 vents instead of 3 like on the Skhorn. I decided to add one more for even more tuning options. Tuning with all vents open is basically the same. Being a single driver design, the Skram does not have the dual opposed drivers for mass induced vibration control like in the Skhorn. Other than these changes I would expect that this design behaves and sounds very similar to the Skhorn. I'd expect that the two could be used together without issue. They are more alike than dissimilar. Skram Dimensions: 24"x32"x36" (609.6mm x 812.8mm x 914.4mm) Weight: Cab=115lbs or 52kg projected (Driver will add another 25 to 55lbs (11 to 25kg) depending on the driver. Vent Tuning: All vents open = 29.5Hz / 3 vents open = 25.5Hz / 2 vents open = 20.5Hz / 1 vent open = 14.5Hz Each vent is greater in area than a 6" pipe. All vents open is equivalent in area to 4x 6" ports. All of the usual pro 21's should be a good match. 18Sound 21ID, 21NLW9601 B&C 21DS115, 21SW152, 21Ipal RCF LF21N551 looks decent Lavoce SAN214.50 Eminence NSW6021-6. NOTE about the prints! These are extremely detailed due to being designed in Solidworks and the plans from which my personal cabs would be built. The simplified layout drawing is really all that should be adhered to to build this sub. The bracing and hatch can be simplified to suite your own ideas or the tools available to build the cabs. Just make sure it is solid! Any or all of the hardware can be deleted or substituted or modified to suite your needs. Even outer dimensions can be adjusted within reason. Think of the plans as a chassis guideline that can be modified to taste. You don't have to put all of those holes in your braces or use the handles, a half inch roundover on the cab edges, add a cutout for a plate amp on the hatch, etc... Skram print.pdf skramcutlist12mm.pdf Skramcutlist18mm.pdf DXF files... Back Brace 1^Skram_TI x2.DXF Back Brace 2 ^Skram_TI x 2.DXF Bottom Braces^Skram_TI.DXF Bottom Brace^Skram_TI x 2.DXF Front Brace^Skram_TI x 2.DXF Mid Brace x 4^Skram_TI.DXF Top Brace^Skram_TI.DXF A^Skram_TI.DXF Back^Skram_TI.DXF Bottom^Skram_TI.DXF B^Skram_TI.DXF C^Skram_TI.DXF D^Skram_TI.DXF E^Skram_TI.DXF Front^Skram_TI.DXF Hatch Brace Small^SKHorn.DXF Hatch Brace^SKHorn.DXF Hatch^SKHorn.DXF MirrorSide^Skram_TI.DXF Double - Middle Two.SLDPRT Double - Middle Two.SLDPRT.DXF dxf_filelist.txt Single - Left or Right.DXF Triple.DXF Back^Skram_TI.DXF Bottom^Skram_TI.DXF E^Skram_TI.DXF Side^Skram_TI.DXF Top^Skram_TI.DXF Side_1^Skram_TI.DXF Top^Skram_TI.DXF

Jami, Thanks for the cnc files and sharing them! I'm sure it will be a huge help to some other builders. I know it probably took some time to put those together.

My first exposure to DataBass and I can honestly tell you this thread is a game changer! Thank you!

JAMI, you rock !! thanks for sharing your CNC work with us! For convenience I packed al your CNC files on a rar archive (for the couch potatoes like me ) SKRAMCNC_JAMIPACK.rar

So.. here are some measurements with front plate installed and up to 3 ports blocked with grain sacks (quite tightly) Measurements were done in an mostly open area, the speaker was sat on a few tonnes mill stone on some paper bags to make it very stabil. The cobble stones were too uneven. there is a highway nearby but during spl calibration the noise of the cars didnt surpasse 68 dB. the microphone was sat 360cm from te center of the cabinet. It was sat close to ten meters away from the building wich is round so we felt that maybe it would be less visible in the measurements. Please comment on the plots so i know what to look at. And thanks again to Josh Ricci for sharing these plans Regards Lex ckram Dec 30 molen meting volledig.mdat

Using economy style plywood and some scraps for the 12mm parts i started construction here are some pictures of the process. First off thank you Josh the drawings are flawless! Sadly upon reaching this point my work shift starts again so will continue with the circular bit once i get back home. sofar everything is up to the millimeter exactly as drawn. Upon completion i would like to submit measurements. I think i have everything (software, calib. mic., mic, stand etc) Could anyone point me in the right directions on a step by step measurement process? I know theres a big chance this thread is dead, no one will be reading this but im trying anyway and like to thank Josh again for the nice drawings. Greetings Lex Breijs.

OK. I'm Now decided to build the amazing SKRAM. Like always you're so helpful Ricci, Many thanks Mr. designer speaker genius. 😉