b&c drivers for staiper microscoop

twosteps wrote: howdy all. planning on building a little pile of microscoops to replace my reflex subs to cover ~35-110hz and im curious about modern driver options (b&c as im located in the US)

Seriously think Staiper MS18 would be far more efficient, at reaching down to 35hz.

There would also be a large number of 18" drivers available to you, suitable for this cab,

B&C 18TBX100

B&C 18DS115 (maybe)

Void V18-1000

heyo, appreciate the response. i currently have eaw sb180s with the original rcf drivers which are pretty solid 30-100. play mostly dnb/jungle/dubstep/breaks/ukg and a little psy/tekno. 

and ye minis would def be "better". but im thinking micros might be better for my use case. before i started throwin little renegades the plan was building ms18's, but i found that often times im loading in/out of storage by myself, and lifting micros is a lot more attractive/doable than lifting minis by myself lol. also, would prefer to keep it 3-way. from what i understand the minis would really want to be run with kicks, whereas the micros can meet my tops better. maybe running minis 35-100 to meet my tops would be an option though. 

but no complaints with the reflexes honestly, just that nagging feeling that it could be better lol. and attracted to horn loaded bass since we set up outdoors and transport/power is limited. figured 4 micros mouth to mouth would hit pretty decent down to 35hz with the right drivers. 

and not for nothing, theyre just way cooler than reflexes =]

right on thanks for the insight, was planning before on mk3 miniscoops cus i cant get void/pd drivers and ive read that tbx's (and other budget-ish drivers) can get torn up in those big chambers in mk1's. id love mk1's with drivers that'd do better in a big chamber but theyre hella expensive. maybe ill build mk1's and throw some 18nw100's in there to save some weight and just take it easy with power lol. 

and my tops are 15+8+comps so maybe theyll even keep up with 4 mini's crossed at 100 lol. 

oh right on good to know. honestly hadnt ever considered mk2, theyre not mentioned often. its always mk1 vs mk3 i come across.

do you use dampening in yours?

yeah i hear ya. if i had money for big boy drivers id be stoked to do that. those 18sound 9601's or bnc ds115's or something im sure would pound. 

but i can drop about half that per driver haha, which may work in the uk with pd/void available, but here in the US thatll get me 18tbx, 18tbw or 18nw100s at best haha.