What Is The Best Scoop ?

oooo all hail the might Dubpass, 

lets have a look at her then....

jsg mashed wrote:   I will design you a scoop-killing bandpass subwoofer. I will design this cabinet and supply the designs unto you here, in this forum. I will name my creation the MIGHTY DUB PASS.

Excellent.

If  4x of these single driver cabs in a stackwhen driven with 1k each, sound deeper, have flatter response and higher SPL @ 25, 50 and 100 metres than

a)4x 1850 loaded RX18's,
b)4x V18-1000 loaded Supers or
c)4x Turbomax loaded Shortman scoops

When driven with 1k per cab, Inside and outside, I will have no problem accepting it is indeed a scoop killer.

When will it be ready ? (Date Now 14:57, 22 october, 2007)

Regards.



Edited by levyte357 - 22 October 2007 at 3:02pm

jsg mashed wrote: What you say here will indeed come to pass, and more, when the MIGHTY DUB PASS is tested.   Can't give you a date though - it's ready when it's ready. After all, MIGHTY DUB PASS must cactch up with and surpass 40 years of designing, building and operating SCOOPs...

Understand that mate, but we're gonna neeed some kind of date for the prototype, otherwise it would open the gates on the forum to people saying they're gonna design all sorts of stuff and nothing ever materialising.

So how about a prototype/proof of concept in 30 days?

jsg mashed wrote: levyte357 wrote: So how about a prototype/proof of concept in 30 days?   Your concern is unjustified. There are not enough designers on this forum for these "flood gates" of which you speak to pass more than a small trickle.   I shall provide the MIGHTY DUB PASS DESIGN when it is ready. I shall provide a design, not a prototype, though I am willing to assist anyone who wants to build some.   I shall not accept further attempts to add extra rules. You seem to try this with everyone. It is a bad habit, built upon prejudice and fear.

On the contrary, there are many here who put forward design ideas/suggestions. However , the more worthy contributors, usually have the good taste to allow others to comment on the merits of their design.







Edited by levyte357 - 22 October 2007 at 4:41pm

levyte357 wrote:

This is all well and good jsg. What you're forgetting is that scoops are used in the reggae scene because of the quirks in their character; the distortion and the far from flat response. This is the sound people come to associate with dub and reggae.

Granted your as yet unseen bandpass design may surpass many scoops on paper, but will it sound right in context? More importantly, will it catch on?

Also , scoops are an anomaly. They seem to defy the maths usually applied to building horns and go against much that makes a good speaker (e.g. inherant phase cancellation) and yet, they will knock you over if you're not careful. There's a certain mystic 'something' that makes scoops more than the result of the maths you put in.

Besides, King Earthquake used to use Bps, and ditched them for custion 1850 horns