Trapezoidal HD 15s

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   I am toying with the idea of making 8 HD 15's but was wondering if it would make any major difference to the sound if I made them with angled backs.
I plan to make 4 per side and have them facing slightly outwards, with the bottom two laid left to right and the next two upright (as the design intends)
I have calculated the volumes of the cabs so they are technicaly the same but allowing for a 10 degree slant on the sides (Or top and bottom for the lower cabs)
Would this make any difference to the sound in any way ? I plan to use these for live band work so dont realy need the trancy, deep, sub bass that most seem to require, I am looking for a punchy, tight bass that is easy to stack and transport.
Many thanks for any input on this.
Lastly, I plan to use Peavey black widow drivers in these (Because I have 8 of them laying around and no money for new cones) any ideas on what they will sound like or even a straight "NO it wont work" or "Are you mad" will do fine.

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BORIS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 23 April 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote BORIS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Trapezoidal HD 15s Posted: 23 April 2005 at 6:48am
	I am toying with the idea of making 8 HD 15's but was wondering if it would make any major difference to the sound if I made them with angled backs. I plan to make 4 per side and have them facing slightly outwards, with the bottom two laid left to right and the next two upright (as the design intends) I have calculated the volumes of the cabs so they are technicaly the same but allowing for a 10 degree slant on the sides (Or top and bottom for the lower cabs) Would this make any difference to the sound in any way ? I plan to use these for live band work so dont realy need the trancy, deep, sub bass that most seem to require, I am looking for a punchy, tight bass that is easy to stack and transport. Many thanks for any input on this. Lastly, I plan to use Peavey black widow drivers in these (Because I have 8 of them laying around and no money for new cones) any ideas on what they will sound like or even a straight "NO it wont work" or "Are you mad" will do fine. Edited by BORIS
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JD01 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 23 August 2004 Status: Offline Points: 819	Post Options Post Reply Quote JD01 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 April 2005 at 9:08am
	It would work if you got all the horns crosssections right in your 'conversion'. They need to have the same area! Especially the punch/kick is the part that gets lost if the horn is done wrong. The deeper bass is something you can squeeze out anyways (if your stack is big enough, otherwise there will be no deep bass from the HD15...).