Towers with side firing woofers

[Rolex]

I'm three sets of speakers in on my DIY audio journey. The first was one I had a local company design the crossover. I'm pretty happy with them. The last two were designs of someone else's that I built.

My next set I'm considering either going with high quality drivers and build a stand mount (thinking Revelator midbass wtih 7100 or 6600 or Seas Millenium tweeter) OR I'm thinking of going with a design similar to the Audio Physic Virgo. Small mid driver, and tweeter and with a 6 1/2 driver on each side of the cabinet. Narrow baffle with a deep cabinet. Has anyone built something similar to what I'm thinking? I'm sure someone has, I just haven't seen a design in the research I've been doing.

Thanks for your help!

[cjd]

Narrow baffle, deep cabinet... high baffle step transition, diffraction is worse... and the ones I've built/heard tend to have a more "boxy" sound.

So, going to the side with a 6.5" driver means it needs superb off-axis response to sum well. Timing is a pain.

Should be a quite challenging project. Have fun with it!

[Evil Twin]

You really like to build them up and them let them down gently, CJ.

[cjd]

Yeah, some days I'm rough on the reviews. Gotta watch that. I really do think it could be a challenging (and to my mind, fun) project to get right.

You should have heard me review a design for an "all weather bicycle" setup - some ID student (industrial design) decided that carbon-fiber rods and light-weight waterproof nylon shell over them (with some form of window, of course) could be used to make an excellent full-bicycle covering such that the person could go in any weather.

Given my passion for kites, and particularly power kites, I immediately saw some significant problems with this setup...

C

[Paul Ebert]

I've been contemplating a side firing subwoofer (RSS315 or TC-1000 12") for my towers. So, it sounds like this might not be the best way to go. Would it be an easier project if I made the baffle wider and had the subwoofer fire out the front? Or would it be better (easier) yet if I put the subwoofers in separate boxes?

[cjd]

If the driver operates entirely in 4pi space it may be ok, subwoofers generally can get away with a side-firing setup if they're crossed low enough.

[Finleyville]

If the driver operates entirely in 4pi space it may be ok, subwoofers generally can get away with a side-firing setup if they're crossed low enough.

How low? Is 80Hz low enough?