TL Subwoofers

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steve f

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TL Subwoofers
« on: 10 Aug 2015, 09:34 pm »
Has anyone designed subwoofers using either the GR or Rythmik versions of the 12" drivers in a transmission line enclosure?

Danny Richie

Re: TL Subwoofers
« Reply #1 on: 11 Aug 2015, 03:16 am »
Has anyone designed subwoofers using either the GR or Rythmik versions of the 12" drivers in a transmission line enclosure?

Why?

A transmission line (properly implemented) can increase a woofers output in a lower region where it is typical down in output. But the down side is large un-braced panel areas that resonant and color the music, a non-linear response curve, a boomy peak at the tuning frequency, and some group delay.

The servo subs play flat to 20Hz and -3db down in the teens in a sealed box and without any of those ill effects.   

steve f

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Re: TL Subwoofers
« Reply #2 on: 11 Aug 2015, 03:55 am »
Just curiosity.

Danny Richie

Re: TL Subwoofers
« Reply #3 on: 11 Aug 2015, 04:46 am »
Just curiosity.

No problem. You are not the first guy to ask.

JLM

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Re: TL Subwoofers
« Reply #4 on: 6 Sep 2015, 11:13 am »
I had 8 inch woofers in 6 cu. ft. TL cabinets 30+ years ago and they were too much for any sized room I'll ever afford (rated 114 dB at 17 Hz).  But with a NAD 3020 sounded magnificent in a 20,000 cu. ft. chapel (an audio epiphany for me, that most of us eager audiophiles bass overload our rooms).

I'd think the ideal woofer for residential TL bass would be 5 - 6 inches.  Don't know how to run Martin King's MathCad application.   :?