Pro drivers for bass bins?

[PoorboyMike]

Just curious what peoples thoughts were about using pro drivers as opposed to say some Dayton RS subs in a bass bin. I've been to few concerts lately and I really like the chest thumping bass that you get at some shows.

So lets say a person had 3 NatPs accross the front of his theater and wanted to put dual driver bass bins under each, actively crossed at around 300hz or so. The bass bins would then cross to an IB at 80hz.

Would 12 or 15 in pro drivers (I don't have a specific model picked out) work better than the 12 or 15" RS subs at those frequencies? Cabinet size doesn't really matter, as this would be behind an AT screen.

[Dennis H]

The 'chest thumping' you feel at concerts and clubs is usually a boost in the 80-120 range, not really sub material at all. It's rare for concert subs to play below 40 Hz.

[PoorboyMike]

The 'chest thumping' you feel at concerts and clubs is usually a boost in the 80-120 range.

That would be the range the bass bins would be covering. There will be an IB sub for the lower stuff.

[ThomasW]

If it's in the budget consider the AuraSound 12"s, these are very clean as the frequencies go higher.

[Dennis H]

Oh, sorry Mike. I read too fast and didn't catch that the drivers would only play down to 80 or so. Pro drivers are great for that. I've always liked the midbass slam of the old JBL 15" and there are plenty of less expensive drivers that should be as good or better: B&C, Ciare, BMS, etc.

[CBerg]

Long time Lurker, like so many around here...

Anyhow, this thread got me to thinking. A couple years back I built dual original Maelstrom 18 driver subwoofers in a sealed arangement 120L. I have been using this as my LFE channel but want to do more.

This is really a pro driver but with deeper extension than most.

Thoughts on this as a bass bin? I am moving my Theater into a different room in the basement that has a crawl space for an IB...

Many thanks,

Carl

[Tommythecat]

Check out the Eminence Kappalite 15.

[PoorboyMike]

Check out the Eminence Kappalite 15.

That looks pretty impressive, and the price is reasonable. Have you heard one before?

[Tommythecat]

Yes, my roomate used them in a four-way design. Horn->12->Kappalite 15->mach5 18's. I didn't get to here the setup with the 4 mach5's, but the midbass out of them is quite good. He used them in something like 2-2.5 cubes tuned to 80Hz, 8th order HP at ~80 and 8th order LP at 160-200. He just built his new enclosures so he only did an initial tune, im sure it has some more refinement in it.