Classic EV MTL4 with new driver
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Topic: Classic EV MTL4 with new driver
Posted By: geosoft2
Subject: Classic EV MTL4 with new driver
Date Posted: 04 April 2012 at 6:18pm
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Hi al frends. We have a lot of old MT4 system att the firm ( If any need a copple of them they are fore sale here i Europe). The thing is that the old Dl18 element in a copple of them is in need of service. In Europe the re cone kit to this speaker are expencive and I think there is no meaning to pay that amount for the re cone kit if you can by a beter driver for the same money . What do al out there think and have any some experiance of this? Regards |
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Posted By: djeddie
Date Posted: 04 April 2012 at 7:05pm
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The biggest problem with trying to find a replacement for the MTL-4 is the size of the magnet. Check the size of any replacement against the original.
------------- Chas n Dave : it's like Drum and Bass but with beards. E=mc² ±3dB |
Posted By: csg
Date Posted: 04 April 2012 at 7:34pm
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neo........ ------------- “The fact is this is about identifying what we do best and finding more ways of doing less of it better” |
Posted By: djeddie
Date Posted: 05 April 2012 at 12:27am
Oh yeh.  ------------- Chas n Dave : it's like Drum and Bass but with beards. E=mc² ±3dB |
csg wrote:Posted By: shagnasty
Date Posted: 05 April 2012 at 12:34am
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Yeah, look at the Fane/PD offerings, I have never been a big MT4 fan, I've mixed on lot of SSE's rigs and never really found the clarity I was after, but there is no knocking the SPL..
look at the Royal stuff, could unlease hell on a manifold, I know people raved about the MT2 because the drivers ran harder than the MT4 due mag size problems but with Neo you could pack 7k2W into a single box...
and sell off the shagged EV units for more cash....
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Posted By: Father-Francis
Date Posted: 05 April 2012 at 8:07am
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where are you in Sweden ? forstår du dansk ?
------------- Music is the strongest form of magic.(+45 31879997)blakmanpro@gmail.com, foa@sweetboxaudio.dk |
Posted By: geosoft2
Date Posted: 06 April 2012 at 5:46am
| Hej. Yes I can anderstand some "Danska". we are from the norther'n part off Sweden (but no polarbear lives here.. he he). |
Posted By: Earplug
Date Posted: 06 April 2012 at 9:27am
I know someone who stuck RCF´s into his MTL4´s, but not sure which model. This was about 12 years ago and the RCF´s were a 600W model, so shouldn´t be too difficult to work out.  ------------- Earplugs Are For Wimps! |
Posted By: brokenjoe
Date Posted: 13 April 2012 at 8:59am
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i've heard you can use evx180bs if you modify the magnet.. ------------- error 404 |
Posted By: The Builder
Date Posted: 13 April 2012 at 9:40am
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RCF L18s800
Work like crazy in T18, so ya never know ------------- It just is. |
Posted By: mpsound
Date Posted: 29 December 2012 at 1:34am
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I was just starting to be a user of this website, I saw your question. I am an owner of 40 boxes of mt-4 system that compairs of MTL, 20 sub boxes and 20 tops MTH-4A. In the past SSE people told me to rewire the sub for better results 2x16 ohm and then put my Crown MA 5000 to paralell mono and I am using 3 boxes on each amp. I was intrest to put som other driver in my boxes, but buiyng 40. 18" drivers cost lot of money. I talked to http://www.parts-express.com - www.parts-express.com and they told me that the Peavey Low Rider 18" driver fits perfect and they had done lot of exthange in the US using them.
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Posted By: denso
Date Posted: 02 June 2017 at 4:56pm
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B&C 18bx 100-8 speaker fits perfect...expect the box to generate an earthquake of bass...if you wire 2subs @4ohms....using the right amplifier...(Lab gruppens 12K).....pure madness of bass. i use 8 boxes at the club in kenya. |
Posted By: mpsound
Date Posted: 05 June 2017 at 1:17am
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Hi denso. I can't find the B&C 18bx 100-8 speaker. Can you send me the link. All best Marteinn. |
Posted By: denso
Date Posted: 05 June 2017 at 6:23am
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http://www.bcspeakers.com/products/lf-driver/18-0/8/18tbx100 |
Posted By: denso
Date Posted: 05 June 2017 at 6:26am
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http://www.bcspeakers.com/products/lf-driver/18-0/8/18tbx100
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Posted By: Gerber91405
Date Posted: 07 May 2025 at 2:38am
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Can anyone tell me the correct B&C drivers that fit in the EV MT4L. B&C 18bx 100-8 was mentioned. Maybe" denso" can chime in with the full item number. B&C offers in 2025 B&C18TBX100-18 & B&C 18TBW100-18 Any help appreciated. |