Martin WLX/WMX

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   No not asking for the plan 

But, given its based on the WSX we can assume long folded horn, but the reflex part interests me. Stasys X has long port path to give the LF extension, but the WLX and WMX just seem to port straight into the rear chamber with fairly short ports. Are they working on a different principle?

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SteveAATW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 04 September 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1173	Post Options Post Reply Quote SteveAATW Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Martin WLX/WMX Posted: 13 July 2008 at 6:59pm
	No not asking for the plan But, given its based on the WSX we can assume long folded horn, but the reflex part interests me. Stasys X has long port path to give the LF extension, but the WLX and WMX just seem to port straight into the rear chamber with fairly short ports. Are they working on a different principle?

ceharden Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List The 10,000 Points Club Joined: 05 June 2005 Location: Southampton Status: Offline Points: 11851	Post Options Post Reply Quote ceharden Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 July 2008 at 2:14am
	I've had a chance to poke around a WMX. Couldn't take the driver out to see the throat arrangement but it's probably a typical Martin letterbox. Driver faces the corner of the cab but the horn path J shaped. Roughly half the cab is horn, half is reflex rear chamber.

SteveAATW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 04 September 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1173	Post Options Post Reply Quote SteveAATW Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 July 2008 at 2:20am
	Ah, so presume from that it does not have the same number of folds in the horn path as the WSX? More importantly, did you hear it in anger and what was the verdict?

ceharden Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List The 10,000 Points Club Joined: 05 June 2005 Location: Southampton Status: Offline Points: 11851	Post Options Post Reply Quote ceharden Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 July 2008 at 10:02am
	Only one fold, just at the start. The horn length on the WMX is the depth of the box plus the short U-turn. I haven't heard much of them in use, only one per side for a wedding but they seemed to do what they say on the tin! Pretty good for a single box. Oh, and the driver appears to be a B&C, probably an 18PZB100.

SteveAATW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 04 September 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1173	Post Options Post Reply Quote SteveAATW Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 July 2008 at 11:05am
	£3k subs at a wedding Forgive my probable ignorance, didn't much sleep last night, is the U turn also the fold like the first one below (ie effectively a ported band pass horn), or is there another fold before it gets to the bend like the second pic. Also, someone once posted some internal shots of the WLX and it had some small triangular ports on the baffle into the horn throat, did you spot any on the WMX or is it just the ports to the cab front? And Clearly I own at visio Edited by SteveAATW - 14 July 2008 at 11:07am

ceharden Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List The 10,000 Points Club Joined: 05 June 2005 Location: Southampton Status: Offline Points: 11851	Post Options Post Reply Quote ceharden Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 July 2008 at 11:33am
	Ah, actually it wasn't a wedding, it was a band who when I usually see them they're doing Jewish functions. It was actually a corporate do but same setup.... Sorry, I didn't explain well. The driver faces the other corner and is right up to the rear of the cab. Bit like a HD15 but with the baffle at more of an angle.

Deadbeat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 12 March 2008 Location: Singularity Status: Offline Points: 3167	Post Options Post Reply Quote Deadbeat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 July 2008 at 11:36am
	WLX, anybody?
	Away on extended leave.

TDA-Audio Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 11 February 2005 Location: Russian Federation Status: Offline Points: 294	Post Options Post Reply Quote TDA-Audio Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 July 2008 at 12:34pm
	this WLX...
	horns plans http://photofile.ru/users/tda-audio/

SteveAATW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 04 September 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1173	Post Options Post Reply Quote SteveAATW Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 July 2008 at 1:27pm
	Where's the actual driver baffle on those markings?

ceharden Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List The 10,000 Points Club Joined: 05 June 2005 Location: Southampton Status: Offline Points: 11851	Post Options Post Reply Quote ceharden Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 July 2008 at 2:42pm
	It's the thick panel on the lower right hand side. Fires through a letterbox, round and out. Very similar to my ported horns really. Tempted to give an 18" version a go, would be the same size as my twin 18" reflex boxes.

SteveAATW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 04 September 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1173	Post Options Post Reply Quote SteveAATW Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 July 2008 at 2:48pm
	Ah sorry, brain fart - I presume the gap between the baffle and the horn path wall is the port from the chamber into the horn throat, didn't realise it was all the way through though, thought it was a cut out in each corner of the baffle These actually look like a relatively simple build compared to say the WSX, granted not as simple as a reflex but not loads of stupid angle cuts

ceharden Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List The 10,000 Points Club Joined: 05 June 2005 Location: Southampton Status: Offline Points: 11851	Post Options Post Reply Quote ceharden Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 July 2008 at 2:54pm
	That gap is probably just a way of making use of as much space as possible for the rear chamber. Reflex boxes can get pretty complicated when you start refining the design. These would be nice and easy to build as you say.