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    Posted: 20 May 2013 at 11:14am
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im building 2 1850 horn bins and wondering what the best driver is for a really low frequency result, also trying to build these bins on a wee bit of a budget in mind, thanks for the help
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1850 are not capable of very low frequencies.
You need at least 4 of them to have something below 50Hz.

 
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The best drivers for these cabinets are PD-1850 or Void V18.


Bear in mind what Laurin said is true, these bins dont drop very low they are more of an 'all rounder' ,
they drop lower in stacks of 6 coupled, otherwise they dont go very low.
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Well as its called the 1850 horn, I'd put a decent bet on saying the PD1850 would be the best driver for it....
And yeah Laurins absolutely right, If you want a horn loaded speaker that goes really, really low; you want scoops.
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alright nice thanks heaps for the replys, there turning out very helpful.
 
My situation is I want 2 bins for low end bass, im looking at a behringer europower ep2500 amp which is 2 channel, do you think I would be better off building 2 scoops or 2 1850 horn bins, and I realise the 1850 horn bins are intended for 18'' drivers but could I use 15'' drivers or would I be better off building scoops with 15s,
 
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If you want to use a 15" driver, use a box design that is made for a 15".
And if you want low end bass generally you want a larger cone. (There are exceptions, lab horn, punisher etc)

A behringer ep2500 may well struggle with the low stuff on the end of a v18 or an 1850. They're quite hungry drivers. That being said I've never tried it - I'm sure there are people on here who have though.
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I would go with PD.1850 or Void V18-1000, maybe with 18sound 18NLW9600 or PD.1851
Any of these drivers would work in many scoop designs.

Honestly if you are thinking using 15" drivers in 18" designs, I am not that sure you really realize what low bass means...
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Originally posted by pfly pfly wrote:



Honestly if you are thinking using 15" drivers in 18" designs, I am not that sure you really realize what low bass means...



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Also, no point buying premier drivers, and feeding them with low quality sub amps.
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This is a link for a nice 15" sub for a cheap eminence driver.
This is a good starting point "to get your feet wet".
http://www.ich-war-hier.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/kappa15lf_bassreflex_subwoofer.png
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Brotherhood Sound System in Leeds are selling their old scoops £100 each. Contact sonofalesbian on here
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