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Default 12" passive radiator replacement?

On 29/01/2020 5:24 pm, Trevor wrote:
On 29/01/2020 9:40 am, geoff wrote:
On 29/01/2020 1:52 am, Don Pearce wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 22:40:45 +1300, geoff
wrote:
On 28/01/2020 8:53 pm, Trevor wrote:
On 28/01/2020 7:26 am, geoff wrote:
On 28/01/2020 9:03 am, nickbatz wrote:
At what point does it cease becoming a subwoofer and become a
woofer?

100Hz.

My woofers go down to 18Hz....


Most woofers go down to 18Hz. Now how much SPL that can pump out at
that
frequency is another matter entirely! :-)
That aside, MANY woofers can put out a higher SPL at 30Hz than many
*so
called* sub woofers. Current terminology is to call ANY woofer in a
separate single box, a sub woofer. I've seen 3 inch "sub woofers" that
can't manage 100Hz at any normal SPL let alone real bass! :-(

20Hz-20kHz +/- 2dB. (whole speaker !)
Max SPL 112dB

+/-2dB? I never saw a speaker at any price that could do that. It
isn't even a spec that means anything without some serious
qualification. Is that whole sphere, half sphere, on axis?


Well they sure ain't omnis !Actually the bass end is very omni as it
radiates through a smallish vertically-orientated vent.

The most specific specs I have a
*Frequency response:* 20Hz-20kHz +/- 2dB on reference axis.
*Directional characteristics:* Within 2dB of response on reference
axis up to 15kHz for +/- 10° vertically. Up to 19kHz for +/- 30°
horizontally.

The LF extension is very real - The LF rumble at the start of Sting's
'A Thousand Years' (that most people don't even realise is there at
all) gets the house shaking like a reasonable earthquake.



So do tell us what are these wonder speakers? Assuming the specs are
remotely correct, that's more impressive than just the bass.





Not 'wonder-speakers' at all. Just regular KEF Reference 107 from the
'80s. And no, the KUBE is not applying vast amounts of bass boost
electronically.

https://www.usahifi.com/sites/defaul...Brochu re.pdf

geoff