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06-13-2011, 07:40 AM
| | | | 1-10 cabs - any experiences?
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Hi all. I'm thinking about building a 1-10 cab for living room jamming and recording with a TC RH450 head. I've never seen a 1-10 bass cab, but there are a number of good 10" bass drivers around, so I thought it might actually work, since I'm not after high volume. So, I drafted a cab design that provides pretty decent bass extension, and added a 4" mid driver a la fEarful. Crossover is 18 dB/oct on the 10" to avoid the high mid cone ringing peak, and 12 dB/oct on the mid at 700Hz. The cabinet is deep at 25", but otherwise fairly small.
Anyone try this? I don't want to invest the materials if it's likely to be a dog. Thanks! |
06-13-2011, 07:47 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Durham NC | | | Acme makes a great 110 cab, the B1. Not super loud, but very very deep, and very well made. |
06-13-2011, 07:57 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | | The Yamaha BBT110s cabs I owned was a great cab! Loud and deep! I should have kept them! |
06-13-2011, 08:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Wausau, WI | | I made two 110/6 nEARfuls before I built a real fEARful 15/6.
Nice little cabs. If you go the two way route, perhaps model BP102's for the low end. They handle a lot of low end for tens and will outperform any typical 110 cab both in volume and low end output. 
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06-13-2011, 11:17 AM
| | | | Thanks! I was actually planning on the BP102 since the neodymium 10s are expensive. I eventually want to build a full size fEARful 12-12/6 or 15-6, but I don't need a full size cab just yet. |
06-14-2011, 06:00 PM
| | | | Great! Thanks, guys! |
06-17-2011, 04:48 PM
| | | | OK, been messing with some designs on this 1-10. One cabinet is 18 1/2" deep (and 15 1/2" square width-height) with a -3 dB point of 49.1 Hz, and the second is 22 1/2" deep with a -3 dB of 43.5 Hz. Not a large difference in -3 dB points, but it says to me that the response of the larger will (of course...) be deeper. The shallower one is better simply because it's smaller, but will I hear a difference in these -3 dB points? I plan on using both a 4 string and a 5 string with it. No requirement for high volume with this setup. Anyone experiment with varying the volume a little bit? Thanks! |
06-17-2011, 05:09 PM
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I love my 110 so much I made it a twin!  |
06-17-2011, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by crazytooguy  OK, been messing with some designs on this 1-10. One cabinet is 18 1/2" deep (and 15 1/2" square width-height) with a -3 dB point of 49.1 Hz, and the second is 22 1/2" deep with a -3 dB of 43.5 Hz. Not a large difference in -3 dB points, but it says to me that the response of the larger will (of course...) be deeper. The shallower one is better simply because it's smaller, but will I hear a difference in these -3 dB points? I plan on using both a 4 string and a 5 string with it. No requirement for high volume with this setup. Anyone experiment with varying the volume a little bit? Thanks! | Remember that for this small a cab, you aren't trying to produce loud fundamentals. If you tune the cab somewhere between 45-50Hz you should be able to hear plenty of the low E's second harmonic (80Hz) and even for the low B (for the 5 string) 120Hz is fine. Your brain will fill in the rest.
I wouldn't worry about losing any audible sound below 100Hz with such a small cab, so don't lose any sleep over any -dB points below 100Hz. If you can keep 80Hz to less than -3dB all the better. Typically if you build a small cab, you'll get an upper bass/lo-mid bump that will make the cab sound bigger than it is.
That's what most commercial cab builders do anyway.
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06-17-2011, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by JonnyAngle
I love my 110 so much I made it a twin! | I really love little 110 cabs. Those look like BP102's. 
A little tip...3M Spray Adhesive will hold that vinyl tight to the cab and you won't have to staple it.
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06-17-2011, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Sundogue
I really love little 110 cabs. Those look like BP102's.
A little tip...3M Spray Adhesive will hold that vinyl tight to the cab and you won't have to staple it. | Agreed, there is a redo upon us. I don't have the correct router bit for the corners either... Things to look forward to | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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