GOODMANS AUDIOM 12 p

Went out to the local tip today and picked a pair of these up for £10.

Goodmans Audiom 12 p
Goodmans Hifax 750p

Well made cabinets and nice looking speakers, I was going to use one of them for a Subwoofer would it be ok?

Any info on them would be great, may sell as I don't have much space.

ciaoflyer said:

Well made cabinets and nice looking speakers, I was going to use one of them for a Subwoofer would it be ok?

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NO. They aren't designed for subwoofer duty, and they are darned good full range speakers. Do some googling on Goodmans speakers, and don't hurt' em, they look nice and new :thmbsp:

Thespeakerdude8 said:

NO. They aren't designed for subwoofer duty, and they are darned good full range speakers. Do some googling on Goodmans speakers, and don't hurt' em, they look nice and new :thmbsp:

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Goodmans did make some very good full range drivers, but this is not one of them. The full range ones are the Axiom and Axiette series - the Audioms were a dedicated woofer, not designed to be run full range.

The Audiom 12 was the most widely used driver, being rebadged by Lafayette for use over in the US and fitted to many guitar amps. Your speaker ends in a P, which means it has the high power voice coil, a stiffer suspension and a slightly heavier reinforced cone; it's designed for PA use and won't go much below 50hz like most PA woofers. It therefore won't do great at being a subwoofer.

The Hifax horn was used in the mid 70's in mid-priced disco cabinets, normally alongside a Fane or Gauss woofer. Cabinets were built by many small companies, most of which aren't around today. However, the diaphragm in the Hifax is very fragile for a PA driver so not many are around nowadays...it's a rare thing! If you do choose to use it, cross over at 2khz using a 12db/octave filter to avoid stressing the voice coil.