32 X 4inch 2way Coaxial Car Speakers

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Edited by Tune In - 23 October 2020 at 12:20pm

you could try a curved CBT array. But I agree 4" is pushing the limits of close spacing for full range drivers. commercially available CBTs seem to use 2.5" drivers. You might just get away with it, or think the compromise on HF response is worth the extra bass extension from a 4" driver.

If I go the 8 in a cab route, what should be the wiring configuration

 4x 4 ohm speakers wired in parallel will come down to 1 ohm. Adding a similar line in series to the first will give 2 ohms.

4" driver is the same size as used in a jbl control 1.

Why not try finding a pair of blown control 1's, and put a pair of your coaxial car speakers into them?

Being coaxial (ie. point source) I think they would sound good close-up as computer monitors etc.

Would give an idea as to how a single driver performs in a small ported box, which may lead to some arraying ideas.

concept-10 wrote: Wire them series parallel and they will be 4ohm, 8 in a box with a curved baffle or a column with the drivers staggered at say 5 degrees left and right and you will be ok ish, chuck some eq at it and you might be surprised, good luck bud and let us know how you get on

That is a good suggestion. You could also configure 8 of them as a "barber pole" or spiral column with each driver offset by 5 to 10 degrees relative to the one below / above. If you get the offset angle right it should give a reasonable match between the HF and mid / low coverage - which will be quite wide, assuming a narrow column.