fEarful Headcase plans?

[kesslari]

I may have missed them on the wiki, but are there posted plans (or does anyone have plans) for the fEarful Headcase?

[kesslari]

Bump. Anyone with ideas? Is it just "build a box with enough room for the midrange chamber and the waveguide (and crossover)?

[rpsands]

Pretty much. And whatever rack you want. Suggested that you mimic the driver placement of the horn/mid on the actual 15/6 if you use a horn.

[praisegig]

Did you see this link? http://www.talkbass.com/wiki/index.p...enboy_Headcase

[Passinwind]

Originally Posted by kesslari

Bump. Anyone with ideas? Is it just "build a box with enough room for the midrange chamber and the waveguide (and crossover)?

It can be (but don't forget to factor in how your amp will stack on top of the top box), but here are some of the the things that appeal to me about separates:

A separate headcase potentially gives you option for time alignment and baffle step response adjustments that the all in one cabs don't. You can also play with tilting or angling the top box, using two different tweeter dispersion patterns by arraying horizontally or vertically, and easily adding or changing things like attenuation without the hassle of disassembling the big heavy parts.

I'm currently working up plans for my fourth generation build. Number three is still only halfway done though...

[tocs100]

Originally Posted by praisegig

Did you see this link? http://www.talkbass.com/wiki/index.p...enboy_Headcase

I don't find any info there (or at the main fEarful site about the Headcase either).
Personally, I'm just wondering if the Headcase allows one to
1) Run from the output of an 8ohm fEarful sub
2) Then into a headcase (midrange-only) cab that's also 8ohms, equalling 4ohms
3) AND have the mid padded and rolled-off at 500Hz so it only takes a small percentage of the watts and lets the rest go to the sub--or is that the sole-province of impedance?

(My fEarful sub coming from mcapote this week):


THX

[Passinwind]

Originally Posted by tocs100

I don't find any info there (or at the main fEarful site about the Headcase either).
Personally, I'm just wondering if the Headcase allows one to
1) Run from the output of an 8ohm fEarful sub
2) Then into a headcase (midrange-only) cab that's also 8ohms, equalling 4ohms
3) AND have the mid padded and rolled-off at 500Hz so it only takes a small percentage of the watts and lets the rest go to the sub--or is that the sole-province of impedance?

Here's how mine work:

Plug amp output into the top box (headcase). Run second cable between top box and headcase.That cable sends the low pass portion of the crossover in the top box to the woofer.

The mid driver gets the high passed signal, at somewhere between 400 and 800 Hz depending on which box format and mid driver I'm using. I have a fixed L-pad following the high pass section of the crossover to match sensitivities of the woofer and mid driver. The impedance my amp sees is 8 ohms nominal.

If for some reason you want a 4 ohm system impedance you need two woofers and an appropriate crossover -- see the 1515/66 or 1212/6 for an idea how that works.

You could put just the low pass section into the sub cab, or the whole crossover. None of this is any different than having all the components in a single box in terms of impedance and crossover design.

[rad bassman]

would there be any tonal difference between a 15 sub + headcase and 15/6 ?

i ask because i also like the modular approach