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From: Justice on 23 Mar 2006 13:56 We just added a couple of subs to our small PA system. My drummer purchased them a while back from a local (and well respected) speaker reconer here in town and we finnaly decided to start using them. They are a different than other subs i have seen. They are almost a square cube with 2 round ports on the bottom front and a rectangular port about 6-8 inches high that crosses the top front of the cab. a simple drawing of the front is here http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/darklurkeroftruth/fun/fane-sub.jpg the cabs have no markings on them and appear to be custom built. There are no other ports and I cannot tell how the speakers are loaded (cant see the speaker) They are loaded with 18" Fane speakers (i dont know which model, i have been prodding the drummer to ask the guy who built them but all i have gotten from him is that they are 8ohm speakers) So, i crossed them at 100hz and powered them, 1 a side with a Behringer EP2500. They sounded pretty nice, had good volume and thump and we didn't seem to have to push them very hard (no amp clipping yay!) So i guess my questions would be. What would that sub box design be called? and how are Fane speakers in comparison to other MI level speakers?
From: Rupert on 23 Mar 2006 15:42 Justice (remove2reply) wrote: > We just added a couple of subs to our small PA system. My drummer > purchased them a while back from a local (and well respected) speaker > reconer here in town and we finnaly decided to start using them. > > They are a different than other subs i have seen. They are almost a > square cube with 2 round ports on the bottom front and a rectangular > port about 6-8 inches high that crosses the top front of the cab. > > a simple drawing of the front is here > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/darklurkeroftruth/fun/fane-sub.jpg > > the cabs have no markings on them and appear to be custom built. There > are no other ports and I cannot tell how the speakers are loaded (cant > see the speaker) > > They are loaded with 18" Fane speakers (i dont know which model, i > have been prodding the drummer to ask the guy who built them but all i > have gotten from him is that they are 8ohm speakers) > > So, i crossed them at 100hz and powered them, 1 a side with a > Behringer EP2500. They sounded pretty nice, had good volume and thump > and we didn't seem to have to push them very hard (no amp clipping > yay!) > > So i guess my questions would be. > > What would that sub box design be called? and how are Fane speakers in > comparison to other MI level speakers? Looks like it might be a 6th order band-pass sub. More popular in home and car stereo designs rather then live sound, though they're out there. Rupert
From: Gordon 101 on 24 Mar 2006 03:45 Rupert wrote: > Justice (remove2reply) wrote: > >>We just added a couple of subs to our small PA system. My drummer >>purchased them a while back from a local (and well respected) speaker >>reconer here in town and we finnaly decided to start using them. >> >>They are a different than other subs i have seen. They are almost a >>square cube with 2 round ports on the bottom front and a rectangular >>port about 6-8 inches high that crosses the top front of the cab. >> >>a simple drawing of the front is here >>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/darklurkeroftruth/fun/fane-sub.jpg >> >>the cabs have no markings on them and appear to be custom built. There >>are no other ports and I cannot tell how the speakers are loaded (cant >>see the speaker) >> >>They are loaded with 18" Fane speakers (i dont know which model, i >>have been prodding the drummer to ask the guy who built them but all i >>have gotten from him is that they are 8ohm speakers) >> >>So, i crossed them at 100hz and powered them, 1 a side with a >>Behringer EP2500. They sounded pretty nice, had good volume and thump >>and we didn't seem to have to push them very hard (no amp clipping >>yay!) >> >>So i guess my questions would be. >> >>What would that sub box design be called? and how are Fane speakers in >>comparison to other MI level speakers? > > > Looks like it might be a 6th order band-pass sub. More popular in home > and car stereo designs rather then live sound, though they're out > there. > > Rupert > Here is something very similar. It would be considered a very coloured speaker enclosure but for live subs this is not a big concern. The circular holes in your diagram are likely ducted ports. The length of tubing inside is used to tune the cab to the speaker. If you can, use a sub filter below 40hz. and they will last much longer. http://www.toaelectronics.com/disc/manuals/SDB_SLB.pdf Gordo
From: Sander on 24 Mar 2006 04:44 Justice wrote: > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/darklurkeroftruth/fun/fane-sub.jpg Looks like a copy of these: http://www.cavallimusica.com/pages/audio_pro/sub-ev5181.jpg Except it's quite obvious where the speaker is here. Sander
From: Justice on 24 Mar 2006 14:41
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:44:39 +0100, Sander <Big_Scary_Man(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Justice wrote: > >> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/darklurkeroftruth/fun/fane-sub.jpg > >Looks like a copy of these: >http://www.cavallimusica.com/pages/audio_pro/sub-ev5181.jpg > >Except it's quite obvious where the speaker is here. > >Sander Hey thanks, that looks really close. On the ones we have there is a dark mesh screen where the metal grill on the EV sub is. i'll get another look at them tomorrow. I have googling that EV sub you pictured and have not found anything. It would be nice to get the specs on it and compare it to what we are using. |