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dipole vs. open baffle vs. 'frame'

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Posted by badman on July 28, 2007 at 09:43:36

In Reply to: DUOS with DIY Dipole bass modules posted by Scott W on July 27, 2007 at 18:39:22:

Yours are open baffles, but not really dipoles, as they'll have an asymmetric characteristic due to the arrangement of the frame. You could reduce this (and cavity resonances too) by moving the driver mounting baffle into the box rather than only at the back end.

None of which really matters if you love the sound, but you might find that you were hearing that cavity singing along near the crossover point. Sometimes it's only when we better things that we realize where a problem lay.

I'm not trying to bash your project, indeed, open baffle bass is a very good choice to mate to horns, and they look good, and you chose very good drivers for the task. Just saying- you still have potential to improve it still further :D

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