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DaveGreasley
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Posted: 03 September 2015 at 12:00am |
I am thinking of building a pair of 184 subs loaded with the recommended PD 184 drivers.
Out of interest I have been trying to model the 184 sub in WinISD to help me compare the drivers. I have added a new driver to WinISD using the T/S parameters from http://www.precision-devices.com/Product-Details/PD184 - http://www.precision-devices.com/Product-Details/PD184 and created a 6th order bandpass project using the new driver. I have set the rear chamber volume to 165L and the front chamber volume to 57.75L. I have then adjusted the tuning frequencies of each chamber so that the resulting vent length matches what's on the design (rear: 27.95Hz, front: 75.91Hz). The resulting SPL plot (1w / 1m) looks quite different to the one on the design though ( http://i.imgur.com/td9dXEd.png - http://i.imgur.com/td9dXEd.png). This seems to show that the PD 184 in this box design has less SPL output than in a simple sealed box! This surely can't be right and I'm assuming I have done something wrong somewhere! Does anyone have any ideas as to where I may have gone wrong? Here is a link to the WinISD project file I have created (http://www.filedropper.com/184sub-pd184). Any help at all would be appreciated!
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boots-hifi
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Are PD'S published data figures the same as when the box was originally designed? They may of changed by now?
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DaveGreasley
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Thanks for the reply. That is a good point. I'll see if I can get an answer out of PD.
Any other ideas still welcome :)
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sammmy
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Any idea, if Void v18-1000 driver will work well in "184 sub"?
I have a chance to buy such driver cheap, and plan is to build some pretty compact box for it. This box seems to be perfect for my purposes by specs. |
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Meat
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V18-1000 is amongst the top rated drivers for the X1 bandpass. I'd probably build that one instead if I had that driver.
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Don't test the champignon sound
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sammmy
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Meat: Yes I know , I have thought that too. It would be the best option, but X1's box is too big(deep) for my installation.
Now I want to know if Void-driver will work in 184-sub, it is also bandpass anyway, and 184-box will fit that place I planned... |
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Meat
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Did you see the 'Letterbox X1'? The box is slightly reconfigured and that might suit you better although I think it might be just as deep (not sure from the top of my head).
Sure, it'll work it's a brute and you won't kill it. They are quite different drivers though. Probably won't sound as clean as the intended driver as the cone is much heavier. I gather one of the good things about the 184 sub is that it's actually quite 'fast' for a BP6 sub. Part of that comes from the fact that PD184 has a relatively light cone. |
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Don't test the champignon sound
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cravings
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there's some letterbox X1s on ebay. i think it's a forum member, twiggy, selling them. if you search ebay for turbosound, you'll find them..
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sammmy
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I also have done some tests with WinISD...
If I managed to put everythin right, with current parameters given for PD drivers (184 and 186/2), the PD 186/2 driver shows better values in WinISD than 184. Lower response / higher spl... Could this be correct? btw: DaveGreasley did you get any response from PD, as commented earlier this topic? |
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Andy Kos
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The PD.184 is being phased out and replaced with the new PD.184C01
I would recommend basing any future design plans around the new driver, as there is no guarantee the PD.184 will be available much longer (in fact technically it's already discontinued) |
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just a guy with a warehouse and a few speakers... www.bluearan.co.uk
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bruce@bluff
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I built a pair and loaded them with P-Audio IMF series 18. Sold them to a club the owner was happy then again it was a small club only 60 peeps max
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DaveGreasley
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@sammmy I didn't get any response from PD regarding a change in spec.
In many ways though I would have thought that any major changes in the driver's design would result in a new product code (as with PD.184C01). I'd be interested to try older versions of WinISD and see if they produce different results to the latest version...
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