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High Efficiency Speaker Asylum Need speakers that can rock with just one watt? You found da place. |
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In Reply to: High efficiency + sealed cabinet? posted by vetmedrobert@gmail.com on March 25, 2014 at 16:09:20:
Yes, you can do this, and maybe you should.
The tradeoff is: no bass. A sealed design with a hi-eff cone will roll off around 100-150hz typically. But, that is OK in today's world of cheap and easy powered subs.
A lot of speaker configurations today reflect the realities of the 1950s and 1960s. They wanted high efficiency because they had low power amps. Also, they didn't have the cheap sealed sub with 500 watts of power. So, they needed high efficiency, and the ability to go low. This translated into large cones and large ported boxes. Even the horn speakers of the time e.g. Altec 210 bass cabs transitioned to a ported box for the low end.
Today, you can get readymade subs at Parts Express for really not much money. There are cheapie versions and also some pretty nice sealed versions. They cost more than a box with a hole in it, and are more complicated, but it might be better than what amounts to a one-note organ pipe.
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