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Identify 18" PD driver from Axys B-89

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Originally posted by serioussound serioussound wrote:

So you men actually B&C De-250 is an ok drop in?

To bad I have many JBL 2426H and Beyma Cp380m laying around šŸ™ˆ

There is little info on this system on the web now days thats why I ask here.

Im I right that the whole crossover section is in the midtops? So running the subs alone they have no crossover built in?


DE-250/25/24 are very ok drop ins.
DE-500 too, but there’s no need to use a more beefy driver than DE-250/25/24.

There’s indeed little info on the web. Back in those days everything was on paper only and these systems were not so widespread in use outside Holland and Belgium. I have my info from the original designers/manufacturers with whom I worked close with right after the split to Duran/Axys and Soundprojects/Master Blaster. Lots of paperwork/info got ā€œlostā€ during that time ( it wasn’t an amicabel split to say the least...). All this is another story for another time maybe, but I’m mentioning it now, because it has to do with all alterations that exist of that Source Set (B89/T86) you have and also a number of other types that existed back than and were in some form or another produced and marketed different by both companies for some time just before, during and after that troubled split.
Depending on manufacturing date of your cabs, you can have products of either company and that means also possibly different electronics. Not entirely different, but things like crossover sits in what cab to name one thing. I kinda forgot about it, because Soundprojects always had all dedicated crossover/processing in each cab and xlr in/out was simple hardwired, but your question jolted my memory back. Full Axys versions had indeed possibilities to couple thing around in a few ways and there was something like one xlr input and two or three xlr outputs. One hardwired in to out, another with low out or something. There was also this thing with symmetrical and electronically buffered asymmetrical outs, that was a pain sometimes to get buzz free. The notorious DO-3 power connectors were also part of that problem by the way. So you might be right that your set has crossover for the B89 in the T86 only and nothing crossover sits in the B89. The 300Hz crosspoint is the only certain thing than ;-).
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Hello, I worked for Duran Audio - AXYS in the years 1988 up to 1998 and also in 2009-2011. 
The B89 is having an internal crossover section , T86 also. This is all integrated at the inputcard. 
Very first Master Blaster set were the Impact (sub) and Supercompact (top) models with RCF L18/851 at sub. Later on, when the name was already changed to AXYS the subs B89 were loaded with 18GT200DA (almost same as standard Beyma 18GT200) Many older subs were modified then from RCF to Beyma, more output and lower frequency. At many cabinets, serviced or updated by Duran Audio, the Master Blaster frontpanels were also changed for an AXYS frontpanel. 
Later on they were equiped with 18PD184, again an improvement.
Mids in the T86 model were always RCF L10/581 (special coated) and TAD2001 high driver.



Edited by MarcelvK - 23 February 2026 at 10:13am
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