SD 18 EL sounds great with 186

Ordered 4 sd 18 el to replace the T&T in my 186 bins, see the difference



But we need to wash the bins first, a lot of mud



The beast with  beast



Exited how will it be fitted with 186



Luckily bolt hole circle of sd18el is just few mm bigger than the T&T, just modify the holes a bit (drilled the driver's bolt holes with a slot inward. It will gonna a problem if we modify the box.



Finally they are in.



Now on the open field gig 2 days after. The upper 186 was not connected, its was there to elevate the midtop. The bottom ones are the real deal



Around 1000 people were there







It sounds pretty much loud and heavy in these area with four 186-sd18el



Im happy now..

PS.
I was looking for spare  snake cables, well..  I found one, I just dont know if it will work..




Edited by streetsounds - 29 July 2009 at 5:04am

Edward James wrote: How much the snake cable????

I ordered them from  Music Box the official distributor of PAudio in the country through Xstatic their dealer in the South of Manila . I paid P13500 net each.

Welcome in speakerplans. T&T performs good in 186, its only just that these bins need a more powerful driver..to maximize its potential I would say so. For the performance between T&T and SD18EL, its really noticeable (600w vs 1000w) and the draw back is you have to upgrade your amp if your amp is just enough for a 600 watts driver.

I dont know yet how would this driver sounds with WSX and CV boxes. I think some the thread here got a simulation of this SD 18EL with SL 36/ EL 36. I think this will also sound heavy if not heavier in WSX.

For my midtops I used pretty similar to MT 122, a dual 12 (PAudio C12500MB) and P Audio PADE99 driver between mids. Pretty clean and powerful.


Edited by streetsounds - 25 September 2009 at 12:40pm