Infrasonic Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 I'd still like to see a JBL 2226 tested in your 1.5cuft cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricci Posted December 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 I am going to start using my roughly 3.2 cube sealed cab for 15's. I like to use the smaller cabs because everything seems to be trending towards smaller. These are the cabs I would go for. Why use a 15" in a 5 cube cab when I could get 2 12's or an 18 in there? Basically I use a sealed standardized cab for each woofer because that is the easiest test and the closest comparison of how the drivers themselves behave. When I identify a woofer that is good enough to be a default at a certain size then I will test it in the bass reflex cabs. You can compare how the performance changes compared with the sealed and then compare the sealed test of that woofer with the other drivers to get an idea of how they would perform in the bass reflex cabs. It simply takes far too much time to test every woofer in multiple enclosures. Scott I doubt I will test the 2226J I have sealed. I already know it won't do very well. It won't have much output below 50Hz. And will roll off starting really high in frequency. It's a great woofer but definitely no subwoofer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infrasonic Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Oh I know it's no subwoofer. I had just noticed that your small 15 cab was exactly the same size cab I'm using for my mega mains. Would be interesting to see their compression characteristics and such. But... no worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimVG Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 The new sundown Zv4 series (and X series, between Z and SA series as well) is looking very well. The lower FS will be useful for home use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricci Posted December 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I'm already ahead of you there Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimVG Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I'm already ahead of you there Tim. Cool Skar VVX series looks like a very good bang for the buck as well http://www.skaraudio.com/index.php/productscatalog/subwoofers/item/iwx-subwoofer.html?category_id=8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robocam Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Why use a 15" in a 5 cube cab when I could get 2 12's or an 18 in there? What's the theory behind this? Is it the more motor force per surface area the better? The more voice coils the better? Are we trying to achieve greater power handling? Or are you simply saying that those configurations have more cone area? Maybe one reason to use larger drivers is that they tend to have greater excursion capabilities. I have an old 15" JBL car subwoofer (Qts 0.393, Fs 24Hz, Vas 319L) that sounds really good in a 5 cu ft ported enclosure but in a 4 cu ft ported enclosure, it sounds noticably worse in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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