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Originally posted by Sypa Sypa wrote:

I dont think he sounds like a dick , didnt go that far . The man just gave his assesment and experience with the cabs . Yeah the last sentence is a bit harsh but so what , when did we become so sensitive ?
With all the hype around paraflex like its the best thing since sliced bread pretty much guarantees they will fall short a bit in the real world.


It did sound very antagonistic, as if he has a sub he wants to compete in the same category. 
I agree there has been a lot of hype but I think that’s driven from people just being bored of the same old reflex/band pass/folded horn options when it comes to bass and the various paraflex designs provide a decent alternative. Not better or worse necessarily, just an alternative. I and alot of people are very impressed with the sound and performance, and no it’s not because I have only heard a 12” scoop before Big smile

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Sushi, 

In response to your most recent comment I would like to say thanks! 
 I am glad to be here!   Big smile

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Yes,  the Facebook group has been great for building community and making the designs available and also makes for rapid & convenient communication while developing etc, and we are fully grateful for all of it, thank You Facebook!  However that service definitely also has it's drawbacks and things to be concerned about ..... People are wary of Facebook, and or reluctant about it, and that is all for good reason.... Congrats to the people who have freed themselves of it ...

We hope to always have a presence on Facebook but when the time comes we plan to make our primary home on another platform Smile..  

 Now to reach back further, in response to your Original Post I have to say that it isn't an easy question for me to answer because there are several designs in the C-2E series of cabinets which are all a little different but I can speak in generalizations about the series....   The Skram is another matter since I am really not familiar with the Skram other than what a few people in our circles have said to me after listening to them in relation to Paraflex cabinets, so I personally don't feel that I am qualified to speak on the Skram in any detail but I will just say that based upon what I have been told the C-2E subs and the Skram are two very different animals .....    It is an apples to oranges sort of comparison and what is best for someone will depend on what sort of sound they prefer or the characteristics they need for their application.......    In fact one of the guys in Germany who owns both a Skram and some 35hz tuned Paraflex GF C-2E subs has stated that he has an upcoming performance involving deep subbass synth sounds (the sort of stuff that revolves around the vicinity of 30hz) and plans to use the Skram for that because he knows the Skram will really shine in this situation ... 

We do have a 28hz tuned Paraflex C-2E 1x21 subwoofer which has recently been fully updated by one of our very talented digital artists Declan O'Regan (now includes the Damped (stuffed) Angle-Brace feature) .... This cabinet may very well reach deep like the Skram but won't sound the same as a Skram ...  They will each have their own sonic personality ..  

So as promised I will speak generally of the Paraflex C-2E series and say that like most Paraflex subwoofers intended for PA work they do have a rising response as a single and their sound can be described as lively & energetic, exciting, dynamic and detailed, musical and a bunch of other subjective terms but those are just words and none of that really matters as much as what YOU think of their sound, and that means getting out there and hearing some for yourself (as others have suggested) ..  ....  I recommend reaching out to people who own Paraflex cabinets and talk to them about their experiences (especially as compared to other types of subwoofer cabinets) and then make plans to meet up with them for a demonstration if they are close enough, or show up at one of their events to have a listen (even a remote demo is better than nothing) ...   The HOQS folks are typically pleasant, friendly & helpful (we have worked hard every day to nurture that culture in the Facebook group) so please don't be shy, feel free to connect with them ...  


As Jay had pointed out there is something special going on in the way a Paraflex subwoofer reproduces the low frequencies in music and it is appealing to most but it is hard to describe, you just need to hear it for yourself and then you will understand what we are talking about ..... This isn't something a person can so easily assume (at least not correctly) just by looking at our drawings (though people do try, those guys can be disregardedTongue).. .....It must be experienced......   There are some good reasons why the Paraflex cabinets have increasing popularity in recent years, it wasn't just random, and isn't just hype ...

  
As more and more of the HOQS cabinets are being built around the world it will become easier to get out there and hear some, or even measure some, so there is less need to assume anything ..  

 Also important to mention that it the HOQS is a very mixed crowd community but some who are involved with us are highly experienced and have been in the industry for a while, more than long enough to have worked with all sorts of different subwoofers, so to dismiss the entirety of us as a bunch of noobs who don't know any better simply isn't accurate ...      

  


Sushi,  about CEA 2010 , there an HOQS member who goes by the name of "Plippie Plop" on Facebook or USRFobiwan on DIYaudio and he has performed the CEA 2010 tests on some Paraflex C-2E 1x15 subwoofer cabinets which he built (he has made many of them and uses them arrayed for festival sound in The Netherlands) .. ..   Like other distortion measurements which he has taken of HOQS Paraflex cabinets he was very happy with the results (and I remember him showing me the charts from it) but if i recall correctly he found the method to be impractical, and so yes, he was not fond of CEA 2010 but he did indeed perform the tests ..... He can explain it all so much better than I can (not my department) so if you want more details he can be contacted on Facebook .......... I do know of the Facebook post which Stef "Smitzke96" is referring to , it is from January 8th,  and for the sake of clearing up any misunderstanding about what happened Plippie Plop actually did take the time to respond to him about it .... 

  Plippie's response is as follows:          

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I did many CEA2010 tests, but the bursts are just too damn loud for any 'realistic scenarios' of PA cabinet performances. With realistic I mean I never let cabinets go to the max and into distortion, I just add more cabinets. It doesn't make any sense.
Also the CEA2010 have an A and B variant, where B got a higher distortion tolerance at the lower scale and adds more frequencies to the type A list (20, 25,
31.5 and 40, 50, 63 Hz frequencies) which to me means the whole method is flawed and try to compensate. Also note that the CEA2010 test was primarily made for "powered subwoofers", read as in Consumer level sub cabinets. Basically it's a marketing tool. It literally says so in the papers...
The CEA2010 measurements I did on the 63hz burst of the tc2e115 alone was over 135db at 4m before any signs of distortion, in fact the mic would distort much sooner than the cabinet itself. Unless you are living in the middle of nowhere and can do tests all day and can setup you mic far enough away so it doesn't distort first, I say go for it.
Here you can find all the info you need to setup a test in REW:
http://www.roomeqwizard.com/betahelp/help_en-GB//siggen.?fbclid=IwAR1sfbpYboghvErEI6o_sqvXj0hqD8edXL-bWSYhIKlV7jdF-sf7mM8QpAU#cea2010 - http://www.roomeqwizard.com/.../help.../html/siggen.html...
And here you can find a extended technical paper:
https://www.klippel.de/admin/klippel/Bilder/Our_Products/R-D_System/PDF/S44_TBM_Tone_Burst_Measurement.pdf?fbclid=IwAR04bUlWYmBmV6T0otCPosp_tpjmMfcAR6Ump4cNgGl0FMt9_aYZL4UY1os - https://www.klippel.de/.../S44_TBM_Tone_Burst_Measurement...
2006 paper (see page 17):
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.x3mhc.no%2Fdokumenter%2Fstarobin_CEA2010.pdf%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2c8EMcof1QAA_Oe2HEAqieyGSn1Msax-ARdGrmfAr0NO9dlyBAWNH25qM&h=AT1OhfyXPL4dvHDBKks7M_F8VhRABGG0Ae1EIFbPzCYDZMOcfFhobAHjhjcMprABLtjyoZuLg3FamD1PxcV3AbrdlEgeJLh5zd2NjVx4unpuvAD0dTTl9Ivtm1iV11GOsuvE&__tn__=R%5d-R&c%5b0%5d=AT284MFcvkwyt01v3UHYSs5xxah_ry9RpOfIZIupnXhYOg3sdSZzW-9R96qnjdWbLxAz3QGiqUEVfeK8YQ5aoKX27ljIsIbIKfF9d4A0eLzpP-1Bt5-yebzR_oo2GBmTubmMUGegdvClY4QCNxRz5VZZ14cx - https://www.x3mhc.no/dokumenter/starobin_CEA2010.pdf
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I hope that helps Smile




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Al_x ,  

Is "T6ss" really Hillbilly from Hillbilly Acoustics?    If so then thank You for figuring that out ...  He is a commercial builder (of other cabinets) in The UK   .. 

I suspected it might be something along those lines..




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Originally posted by MMJ of HOQS MMJ of HOQS wrote:

<span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;">Sushi, </span>

<span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;">In response to your most recent comment I would like to say thanks! </span>
<span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;"> I am glad to be here!   </span>Big smile

Beer<span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;"> </span>

<span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;">Yes,  the Facebook group has been great for building community and making the designs available and also makes for rapid & convenient communication while developing etc, and we are fully grateful for all of it, thank You Facebook!  However that service definitely also has it's drawbacks and things to be concerned about ..... People are wary of Facebook, and or reluctant about it, and that is all for good reason.... Congrats to the people who have freed themselves of it ...</span>

<span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;">We hope to always have a presence on Facebook but when the time comes we plan to make our primary home on another platform </span>Smile<span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;">..  

</span><span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;"> Now to reach back further, in response to your Original Post I have to say that it isn't an easy question for me to answer because there are several designs in the C-2E series of cabinets which are all a little different but I can speak in generalizations about the series....   The Skram is another matter since I am really not familiar with the Skram other than what a few people in our circles have said to me after listening to them in relation to Paraflex cabinets, so I personally don't feel that I am qualified to speak on the Skram in any detail but I will just say that based upon what I have been told the C-2E subs and the Skram are two very different animals .....    It is an apples to oranges sort of comparison and what is best for someone will depend on what sort of sound they prefer or the characteristics they need for their application.......    In fact one of the guys in Germany who owns both a Skram and some 35hz tuned Paraflex GF C-2E subs has stated that he has an upcoming performance involving deep subbass synth sounds (the sort of stuff that revolves around the vicinity of 30hz) and plans to use the Skram for that because he knows the Skram will really shine in this situation ... 

We do have a 28hz tuned Paraflex C-2E 1x21 subwoofer which has recently been fully updated by one of our very talented digital artists Declan O'Regan (now includes the Damped (stuffed) Angle-Brace feature) .... This cabinet may very well reach deep like the Skram but won't sound the same as a Skram ...  They will each have their own sonic personality ..  

So as promised I will speak generally of the Paraflex C-2E series and say that like most Paraflex subwoofers intended for PA work they do have a rising response as a single and their sound can be described as lively & energetic, exciting, dynamic and detailed, musical and a bunch of other subjective terms but those are just words and none of that really matters as much as what YOU think of their sound, and that means getting out there and hearing some for yourself (as others have suggested) ..  ....  I recommend reaching out to people who own Paraflex cabinets and talk to them about their experiences (especially as compared to other types of subwoofer cabinets) and then make plans to meet up with them for a demonstration if they are close enough, or show up at one of their events to have a listen (even a remote demo is better than nothing) ...   The HOQS folks are typically pleasant, friendly & helpful (we have worked hard every day to nurture that culture in the Facebook group) so please don't be shy, feel free to connect with them ...  


As Jay had pointed out there is something special going on in the way a Paraflex subwoofer reproduces the low frequencies in music and it is appealing to most but it is hard to describe, you just need to hear it for yourself and then you will understand what we are talking about ..... This isn't something a person can so easily assume (at least not correctly) just by looking at our drawings (though people do try, those guys can be disregardedTongue).. .....It must be experienced......   There are some good reasons why the Paraflex cabinets have increasing popularity in recent years, it wasn't just random, and isn't just hype
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I'm quite on your side on fb pros and cons. Hype is the term i did use and i believe in this case it is totally depended on algorithms matters. You clearly didn't want some sort of fame, but just to design loudspeaker cabs, as we all would love to i guess.. I trust that you and the other developers are skilled techs with some serious background, and besides putting out good plans for the DIYers you are also quite helpful on the page when people need it.
I actually did asked for paraflex owners around me and i found out a guy is building a 12" type A less than 100km from me, we'll meet right after he complete his work. It's a 50hz tuned cab (not exactly what i was looking for) but it's a start and i would manage to hear a Paraflex myself.. Unluckily, in my country the last two years have been almost dead for a lot of public events organizers, show companies and indipendent crews.. many are selling used but valuable stuff to stay above water, so i guess less people is now willing to spend time and money building new cabs instead of buying a cheaper branded pa. I'm probably the only fool looking for new subs to build
Skrams and Paraflex subs are clearly different beasts, it was just my personal taste and interest in these different designs that drove me here asking for opinions and data, and you kindly gave me both.
Is the C2A (which i didn't really see when i first watched the plans in the guides) any better than the C2E for what regards deep sub performance?

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MMJ,

Let's just say that I disagree completely about CEA-2010's usefulness. (1/3rd octave, shaped burst, distortion limited, output testing). Is it perfect? No. Is it the entire picture when objectively evaluating the performance of a bass system? No. As a yardstick for comparing headroom, extension and distortion and evaluating what might be enough rig for the gig, it does pretty well. Especially when so much of bass bins comparisons are subjective opinions of how hard they hit, how low they drop, or how clean they sound, often in entirely different environments with different gear and processing. 

It honestly baffles me that a lot of home audio companies are putting out more hard data such as internal CEA2010 and spinorama results than pro audio outfits. 

If you could pick one PF cab/driver combo to get a full measurement workup which one would it be?
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Would Discord be a better option than FB MMJ?

Also I may have missed these since the FB group is quite fast paced but by chance are there any calculated excursion plots with filters applied? I’m assuming this would likely depend a lot on the driver used?


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Originally posted by KaphaSound KaphaSound wrote:


Also I may have missed these since the FB group is quite fast paced but by chance are there any calculated excursion plots with filters applied? I’m assuming this would likely depend a lot on the driver used?


When using one of the recommended drivers, this will never be of concern. Thermal limits will be reached long before the mechanical limits due to the cone control exhibited in these enclosures.
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Hello Josh! Smile 

 CEA-2010 isn't my topic,  I was just attempting to clear something up about a post in the Facebook group from earlier this year and CEA-2010 happens to be the subject of that post .. .
I was quoting a response from one of our developers in the Facebook group who had responded to that post  ....  

Personally I have no thoughts on CEA-2010 itself since I never gave it a try, but I do know Plippie Plop well and if he said that it is unrealistic or inconvenient then I believe him ......  
I have worked with Plippie (USRFobiwan on DIYaudio) for many years now, he is one of our most prolific & helpful developers.. He can be very direct and I appreciate that about him ......  If anyone wants to reach out to Plippie for a friendly discussion about CEA-2010 then please feel free to do so, he is signed up in the group as a mentor and he is available for chat  ........  It is not my debate . . 

 Next, about the last part of your reply;   If i could pick one PF cab/driver combo to get a full measurement workup ... Hmmmm.... That is a really good question! .... I would have to think about that .....     Are you offering?  That would be an honor!   Beer




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Kapha,

  I don't really know, I am not familiar with Discord yet .... 

We have a few HOQS friends who are very talented when it comes to coding things for the internet (it is what they do when they aren't working with speakers) and they have volunteered to put something together for us ... The project is already underway .. 

Kapha,  I model excursion plots in Hornresp and then utilize it's Filter Wizard utility so I can determine where a High-Pass filter should be set in order to protect a driver from mechanical damage .. A BW24 filter works well for this purpose (I find it to be a good compromise).....   This Filter Wizard method may not be perfect but it gives me an approximation which I can recommend, and it gives people a good place to start with their filter setting (some like to go a few hertz higher with it, and others don't, a few have gone lower like Mr T Willy)    ... 

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Does anyone in the UK use skrams? I'd love to hear some in person!
Currently trying to decide between more paraflex type Cs or a set of skrams...
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I'm actually in the same situation! Type C is nearly the size of a Skram and could use the same 21' suitable drivers. Could also have more output, but probably less low freq extension.. I would like to build both and give them a listen, nobody built them in italy so far. I think Skrams are more like what i need for now, but i still have time to decide: i'm not buying 4 drivers any soon, i fear.. B&C 21" woofers prices rised a lot in one year! Probably i'd manage to purchase a pair, but will wait for the next year to buy more..
Anyone has any feedback on LaVoce San214.50? Designed in italy and made in china, this explains the lower price (almost half of B&C's ones) but in the end.. are these good drivers?
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Is the "Ben" mentioned earlier on here, referring to Mr Weston, Illustraitor??
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