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    Posted: 07 June 2019 at 11:48pm
hi all,

New to this forum but not (been a long time since I resides in this forum under another username but couldn’t remember my login)

I am looking for a proper subwoofer driver inwith a diameter of 6” or 6.5”.

I have been looking on blue Aran but to no avail.
Please could anyone here recommend me one? As high sensitivity as possible.

Thank you in advance.

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i Googled a bit for you.  

Hard when you haven't given an application, but take a look at Dayton Audio dcs165-4 for a budget option or peerless by tymphany (several models but their website is rubbish)

Sure you're already aware that if you can go up to a 8 or 10 inch you'll get info the more mainstream pro kit 
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Thank you I will take a look at them both.

I cannot say a lot without asking you to sign an NDA!

I will be pairing it with some B&C drivers that have a 98dB 1w/1m sensitivity. B & C 6MBX44




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Originally posted by Mr_Si Mr_Si wrote:

Thank you I will take a look at them both.

I cannot say a lot without asking you to sign an NDA!

I will be pairing it with some B&C drivers that have a 98dB 1w/1m sensitivity. B & C 6MBX44




There's no such thing as a high sensitivity 6.5" subwoofer driver; you'll need several of them (and a big amplifier) to match the 6MBX44, you'd be better off with a single bigger diameter driver which can shift more air and has higher efficiency.
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Ian,

Thank you for confirming this.
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Originally posted by IanD IanD wrote:

There's no such thing as a high sensitivity 6.5" subwoofer driver; you'll need several of them (and a big amplifier) to match the 6MBX44, you'd be better off with a single bigger diameter driver which can shift more air and has higher efficiency.


+1.

Hoffman's Iron Law - low bass, small size, high efficiency - pick any two.

I have a couple of Tang Band W6-1139 mini-sub drivers. They're around 80dB @1w, so they need a rocket up them to get going. A big cabinet (tapped horn or similar) can help, but by the time you've built one of those you might as well have used a 12" driver in a similar-sized cabinet.

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+2

Methinks you'd need at least 4 - if not 6 or 8 x 6" sub drivers to keep up.
Better, cheaper and more practical to use a 12" or thereabouts. You're not gonna save any volume, weight, money, or amplifier power by using multiple 6" sub drivers.

Only possible reason I can think of is if you want to have a specific overall shape/layout of drivers/enclosures.
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THanks all,

I understand and that's great. It was an idea my boss had of using a sub driver, but I'll explain to him that his idea won't work.

If anyone knew, it'd be you all!

I wish I could use larger drivers, but it's a weight-size-directivity issue.
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Whats the directivity issue? Any driver in bass frequencies would be very omnidirectional.
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