Q12 12" Sub

Really nice finish, it bloody tiny!

Edited by Jake_Fielder - 23 July 2009 at 6:00pm

bit of topic but what paint did u use on them is it aldcroft

I traveled up from Kent to meet up with Tony on Saturday afternoon (going to a party in Chesterfield that evening) to have a listen to this speaker (and a few others) in the cabs.

I was simply gob smacked by the output of bass and sub bass this 12" driver was putting out. Played a few tracks that I would use for mobile dj use and it played very well.

Hit the sub with some dubstep and boy did it sound nice. .

The single 12" sounded deeper than the two single 15" Tony was using. After to talking to Tony more about this, the single 12" goes around 5hz deeper than the single 15" h was using I believe?


Just thought I would share this.

I've been successfully using a cab almost identical to Tony's. I know that many here aren't happy unless their internal organs are being damaged by the bass, but for most low volume situations I am using just a single cabinet. I have also tried the drive unit in a 6th order bandpass which worked well too. The original ports (some plastic tubing I had lying around) were too small and I damaged the box trying to modify it, hence the bass reflex.

I've got a measured response plot around somewhere and I'll upload it if I get the chance. As Tony said it needs very little eq to get a flat response.

I originally built the cabinet to compliment a couple of bms 8" coax units but have since used them with my other mid-top cabinets. At the levels I am running at power has never been an issue but for those interested I've either used one side of a RMX1450 or Yamaha P7000.



a bit blurred but the amp gives an idea of the size.



The bandpass was slightly smaller than the reflex.

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Hey Tony, I loved it. Not so much of my fiancée but hey ho. lol.

We did go the way you said. WOW.

Still surprised by the power that little beast can chuck out. Can't wait to get three cabs made up now. lol.

Really like your tops. Looks like I have found a new whole system for me which is smaller and just as loud as what I am using now. lol
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Tom you should have seen the faces of the blues band that turned up for the gig that evening, the keyboard player was especially distressed.

The bass player was a guy I knew from another band and said it looked like I had bought my little home hi-fi to use, cheeky bastard!!!!

Smiles all round when they had done the sound check, we had only 100 in the audience but the quality of vocals on those little twin 8" ers was simply amazing and even with DI'ed keys etc the system still had about 6db headroom available.

Tony

Been lurking here for a while - just wanted to post a massive thanks and respect:

A lot of people, including myself, end up with the idea that for good fun you need insanely large boxes - but you cant get these in your car, cant take them round a mates house on a whim on a saturday evening, cant turn up in the middle of the estate with them, cant offer their use or happily lend them out, etc.

With the police cutting so hard especially around london on proper parties, smaller gigs are the way to go, so smaller kit that properly cuts it is very cool.

Getting a fit for the purpose sound from a tiny system has to be the holy grail. This sub of yours is a spectacularly saleable piece, and you have done an amazing build and finish ( i know its an easy cab but i still see the details :-) ).

are you going to produce and sell these i wonder? an active version might be interesting......

Im looking at mini-tapped-horns / advanced reflex loading at the moment, but perhaps its not worth it and I should try to copy what you have done here... what do you think?