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Drivers Mounted in Sonotube, Bipole?
Posted: January 31st, 2014, 7:04 pm
by chris1973
I want to mount some 10" woofers in some 2 foot sections of Sonotube.
Will these behave as dipoles with the length of the tub equivalent to the baffle width in a typical dipole?
Thanks,
Chris
Re: Drivers Mounted in Sonotube, Bipole?
Posted: February 3rd, 2014, 11:14 am
by Roscoe Primrose
chris1973 wrote:I want to mount some 10" woofers in some 2 foot sections of Sonotube.
Will these behave as dipoles with the length of the tub equivalent to the baffle width in a typical dipole?
Thanks,
Chris
Yes and no. How's that for a non-answer? Yes, the path-length should behave approximately like a 2' radius open baffle, but keep in mind that a tube will have resonances, probably with a fairly high Q (AKA bad) that you'll need to deal with unless you keep the frequency range of the woofer quite limited....
Roscoe
Re: Drivers Mounted in Sonotube, Bipole?
Posted: February 3rd, 2014, 6:47 pm
by chris1973
It's probably just going to be a subwoofer, but I'm going to run it full range at first and see what I hear.
Chris