dnewma04
The Healer
My two cents:
The woofer looks like a good value, and could be used with hornloading.
But... IMO, the only kind of bass loading worth doing is the extreme kind, where you supplement the falling response at the low end, rather than just add to the rising response portion... Forget the scoops and A7 clones, and the Tannoy GRF-R is okay but still too small.
In my view, if space and other considerations rule out the giant solution, go with a 5-6 cu ft box, the best woofer you can afford, and the waveguide solution above it. In other words, save money and time on the cabinet construction (over a horn cabinet), put it into something like Lambda TD-15Ms (about twice the price of the Daytons, and worth every penny), and you'll still have tremendous bass, with 98+db efficiency! I'm talking from experience on this one. A very sturdy box is key.
^This.
I pretty well steer away from hornloaded bass altogether unless it's something like tapped horn subbass. For the most part, as soon as you hit 40-50hz in most rooms, there is little horn loading going on, anyway. I don't see any real advantage at that point to take up massive amounts of space for minimal gain. I'd follow Rick's recipe and add some distributed bass. I have no problem with 3 10" woofers getting that last octave out of my system with the TD15Ms falling off around 35-40hz.
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