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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dlyxover Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 July 2021 at 9:44pm
looking very tidy, keep up the good work.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote kipman725 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 July 2021 at 3:53pm
There looks to be some scope for reducing the depth of the box if you have enough internal volume for the bass drivers?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote doober Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 September 2021 at 8:49pm
This was supposed to be a quick project, but then I had a really busy summer and no spare time.... back on it now though.

I put the drivers in for a test





A quick outdoor measurement





A quite worrying dip around 500Hz. I tried moving the mic around, disconnecting one driver, adding and taking bits of box, and then realised the obvious point that a half wavelength of 500Hz is pretty much the diameter of a 15" driver, which I was listening to from the edge.


I modified the baffles and moved some bits in the box





Another measurement





That's reduced the problem. I need to do more measurements when the weather is good enough, but I think it looks promising.


I did a measurement of the mid section





I'm thinking a 24dB/octave high pass with the -6dB around 600Hz should be okay.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jazomir Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 September 2021 at 9:25pm
Slightly off topic, but I came across this the other day - Bennett Prescott sales manager of B&C with a new 2x15 + horn design. Bit (?!) big for pole mounting but sounds very good via utoob - amazing that that it doesn't have any noticeable horn sound on vocals possibly like the Celestion aperiodic driver that removes any crossover artifacts in most of the vocal range.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote toastyghost Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 September 2021 at 9:36pm
It’s probably more to do with using a bloody massive horn that was explicitly designed around the (very good) driver attached to the end of it, by proper engineers using top-tier tools such as FEA-based optimisation
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jazomir Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 September 2021 at 11:17pm
Still, nicely done and not too dissimilar to the JTR 215RT speakers with the co-axial HF driver.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Keen Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 September 2021 at 12:40am
great to see they made that horn, thanks for sharing
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote doober Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 November 2021 at 7:46pm
More progress. I now have 2 boxes. Both have had 2 coats of paint sprayed on and are awaiting a gentle sand and 2 thick coats of paint. I did a test with pole mounting an empty box





The pole is a K&M adjustable with an M20 screw on the base and the expanding ring lock on the top. There is a bit of sway at full extension, but that is to be expected. A single punisher as a base gets the top box just high enough, I will always be using at least 2 though.

I didn't like the idea of a surface mounted pole socket, so I knocked this up out of 3mm steel





It has an M20 nut welded inside, and fixes with 6 bolts into the horn/driver chamber and 2 through to the exterior with a plate on the outside to spread the load.

I had hoped to have the boxes finished ready to use for a couple of gigs next weekend. Unfortunately I can't get another DCX464 driver in time, there doesn't appear to be any stock in the UK.
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Hello Doober,
Did you finish these boxes by now? I'm very curious to the results of this design Big smile
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They are finished. I've been using them since December for live music, 2-400 capacity events indoors and outdoors.

I like them. The midrange is very clear, the boxes are light enough to get up above head height on a pole.

The coax drivers are very efficient, and could easily keep up with way more than the 15s I am using. I do like headroom in the mid and high though.

The 2 boxes work well with 4-8 punishers, crossing over around 90Hz. If I used some upper bass boxes between them and took the crossover up to around 180Hz I could get a lot more out of the 15s.

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Originally posted by toastyghost toastyghost wrote:

I’d also suggest considering the B&C coaxial compression driver over the BMS if you want to cross that low.

Is there a reason for choosing b&c over bms for crossing that low?  My bms 4592nd loads incredibly well all the way down to the horn cutoff on a massive 225hz multicell.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote MarjanM Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 August 2022 at 10:54am
Why did you chose that specific 15 inch driver? To me its a shame using top of the line compression driver with a budget 15.

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