3012HO or 3012LF in a Bag End S12-D Cabinet?

You can forget about the LF. That's a subwoofer.

The HO might be ok but you will have to check the tuning works. Then it may still fail to play nice with the original one.

It wouldn't surprise me if the original is a proprietary version of the HO, not that it would guarantee an HO would work.

 

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I replaced one of my Bag End s15 drivers with the kappa pro 15a and I couldnt be happier. I see they sell a kappa pro 12a but I have no idea if it would be ideal.

 

I tried substituting Eminence into a SWR and it sounded like an asthmatic donkey.

If I were you I would get the BagEnd and mind the loud knob.

You can send your cab details to the USSpeaker.com people who will run the numbers on the HO tuning. You might have to measure the box and porting for them.

 

FYI, I've read that the Bag End E-12 is based on the Eminence Delta Pro-12A. Judging from the tiny pic on the website and comparing it to the Eminence, they do look similar. How tweaked the OEM driver is, and consequently how the parameters of the two drivers, hence their performance (especially how the Delta Pro works with the internal volume and tuning of the S12-D box), actually differ, I haven't the slightest clue.
Still, the Eminence might be the closest thing there is to the original. Heavy mofo, though.
The newer Delta Pro 12-450A is quite a bit lighter, and said to be in the same tonal ballpark, but it is leaner in the lows for any given box volume.
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Paging @AstroSonic for suggestions about the Kappalite 3012HO swap (is a correction in the tuning/port length preferable? 31 Lts internal and 59 Hz were my eyeballing of the box specs as-is, but I may be wrong), if the OP is leaning toward it.

 

Of the two, the 3012HO is closest to 'full range', and is significantly more sensitive. Compared to the stock driver, it has a bit less treble extension, more power handling (thermal and Xmax) and about the same sensitivity. Further, it will perform well in that cab, provided the the cab is optimally tuned. The Bag End website indicates an internal volume of 1.4 cf, with a rear vent (no dimensions or tuning frequency). The cab would probably weigh 8-10 pounds less with the 3012HO. If someone would provide the vent dimensions, the tuning frequency could be calculated, and the bass response of the 3012HO in that cab could be modeled.

 

Personally I very suggest to replace the broken speaker with an OEM one.

If you want to replace the broken driver for a different type of speaker (may be due to sound reasons) you may (also) want give a chance for the Faital 12PR300.
Based on the total cab dimension I guess the net volume for about 1.5 cu ft (@AstroSonic calls the net volume to be 1.4 cu ft and I think the little deviation of 0.1 cu ft is nothing to talk home about).

For typical MI bass guitar 2.5" VC loudspeakers I guess the cab tuning for about 1.5 cu ft in the "ballpark" range ~55Hz.

Both loudspeakers 3012HO and 12PR300 show a very similar low response while the 12PR300 shows a somewhat more "balanced" roll off.

Interestingly, both drivers seem to accomplish very well on paper

 

I can't remember I would ever have seen such a good match of group delay with different loudspeakers.
The nearly identical matching of group delay also predicts nearly identical step response (and also phase response). I think Officer Spock of spaceship Enterprise would call this all "very fascinating"

 

All the ports I have seen in these cabs are simply a round hole cut in the back. Port length is the thickness of the wood.




You can see the port depth better on this D12

 

Close to two inches in diameter and the thickness of the panel for depth, .75 inch. On mine, the Deep Red™ carpet is tucked into the port making the measurements off by that much. The Baltic Birch models are probably spot on for those measurements.

Interested in what you folks model…

Edit> Also wondering if the S-12 box would work well with the COAX drivers @DukeLeJeune mentioned the other day.

 

A 2 inch diameter port that is 3/4 inches long would place Fb in the low 50's. I suppose that any chuffing would be less audible due to port location on the back. If the stock driver is a Delta Pro variant it may only have about 3.5 mm Xmax, so chuffing potential is much less than with the 3012HO. I would go to a 4 inch diameter port - easily done. If the OP likes the Bag End tone, he may just want to get a stock replacement.

 

"Inside wood to inside wood" is correct.

 

The only dumb questions are the ones that don't get asked. Measurements for the interior volume of the cabinet are made from the interior wood surfaces. Be sure to account for the baffle board setback.

 

Beware the baffled boar.....very dangerous when cornered!

 

We haven’t sent you our collective invoices yet. That might change your mind a bit!

 

For myself, If the proper driver is available from Bag End that’s what I would install. You have good cabinets don’t cheap out on them now.