~30 hz Folded horn
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Topic: ~30 hz Folded horn
Posted By: polomex
Subject: ~30 hz Folded horn
Date Posted: 26 July 2013 at 9:28pm
| Hi guys! I'm quite new to all that DIY game so I come here to ask some help. So me and a friend plan to build folded horn subs to throw some raves here in Montreal. Most of the time, we'll play some heavy dark techno and also drum and bass so we need something that can go in the 30 hz flat. Quality is more important to us than power and i'm not scared to try new things! I see alots of 12" drivers of 2000W+ rms made for cars. I don't know if it's possible, but can we build a folded horn with 2 of theses in it, so we can have a sub of like 4000w+ on its own? |
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Posted By: colint
Date Posted: 26 July 2013 at 9:39pm
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If that were possible everyone would be doing it forget car speakers unless your putting them in a car. spend some time and have a read through the various forum posts to get some idea of which direction you want to go and see what drivers are available to you over there. Edit: Oh by the way welcome to the forum!
 ------------- Never criticise another man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Once you have, call him what you like, you're a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: polomex
Date Posted: 26 July 2013 at 10:23pm
| Thanks! :) All-right I'll forget it then. lol I was looking at something like the Super Bass Horn, but it doesn't go low enough. Do you have any recommendations on a plan that go lower? or maybe an extension would do it too? |
Posted By: djeddie
Date Posted: 26 July 2013 at 10:55pm
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To get 30Hz you'll either need a very, very large cabinet with a very decent driver or use several horn cabinets together. How many people are you planning on playing to? What's your budget as well? Does it have to be folded horn? And if so, why? ------------- Chas n Dave : it's like Drum and Bass but with beards. E=mc² ±3dB |
Posted By: MarjanM
Date Posted: 26 July 2013 at 11:50pm
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A stack od 6 Labsubs can go to 28Hz. ------------- Marjan Milosevic MM-Acoustics www.mm-acoustics.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/MM-Acoustics/608901282527713 |
Posted By: all bass
Date Posted: 27 July 2013 at 12:42am
| Tuba 60 can go to 25hz, not flat though... But being 30x30x60 inch with the mouth on 30x30 side might be impractical in smaller venues. |
Posted By: RealitySound
Date Posted: 27 July 2013 at 2:58am
I don't think you need a horn to go down to 30hz for what you want to do. You will be surprised how low 40hz sounds, when you know what you are listening to. Listen to some 'low bass tracks' that you would normally play at these raves while looking at an RTA so you can actually see what frequency these notes are. You probably won't find much under 40hz. ------------- When you gonna send me some $$ mate ? |
polomex wrote:Posted By: jeff generik
Date Posted: 27 July 2013 at 4:26am
What he said! |
Posted By: polomex
Date Posted: 27 July 2013 at 5:05am
yes theses look great! Except for the little lost of 3db at 40hz :/ but they are very interesting!
About 200 to 1000 people. Money isn't going to influence greatly here and well i really like the feeling from a folded horn vs a front loaded. So it's just a preferance.
Ya thoses are HUGE haha! maybe too much but thanks for the share!
mmh i agree for dnb we don't need that low, but for techno (even more with dark techno) there's definitely some tracks that go down to 30hz.
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Posted By: RealitySound
Date Posted: 27 July 2013 at 12:17pm
Please post (via youtube links) a couple of these dark techno tracks for me so I can see what you are talking about...... ------------- When you gonna send me some $$ mate ? |
Posted By: VECTORDJ
Date Posted: 29 July 2013 at 9:05pm
| Bertha(EAW880/882) with the add on flare. Any horn that goes to 30 Hz flat is going to be HUGE. I am still trying to sell my Bertha (one only) . VECTORSONICS |
Posted By: lgosdset
Date Posted: 30 July 2013 at 12:39am
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You want a few of these. http://forum.speakerplans.com/ex-mos-rig-restoration-project_topic74926_page2.html" rel="nofollow - http://forum.speakerplans.com/ex-mos-rig-restoration-project_topic74926_page2.html |
Posted By: Sypa
Date Posted: 30 July 2013 at 2:58am
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[/QUOTE] mmh i agree for dnb we don't need that low, but for techno (even more with dark techno) there's definitely some tracks that go down to 30hz.
[/QUOTE]You mean the other way around,techno is kicky above all.Also i realized that lots of new drum&bass production lacks the "real" sub like more oldschool stuff.But its all really relative and quite complicated actually,the actual frequencies of the sub that is. Build 12 es18bphs lol. |
Posted By: michaelb
Date Posted: 19 January 2014 at 4:19am
| i'll buy ya bertha...email me |
Posted By: michaelb
Date Posted: 19 January 2014 at 4:20am
email me
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Posted By: KidCreole
Date Posted: 19 January 2014 at 10:14am
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Posted By: Geigertron
Date Posted: 29 January 2014 at 10:25pm
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Something like the jth-18 might work ok I'm quite into tapped horns atm |
Posted By: Geigertron
Date Posted: 29 January 2014 at 10:26pm
| Or maybe the tham15 |
Posted By: VECTORDJ
Date Posted: 06 March 2026 at 6:52pm
| BERTHA I HAD IS SOLD.... |