I LOVE 15" "drivers" BUT...

[ScottTunes]

Personally, I love 15" drivers (especially EVM 15Bs, and Eminence KappaLites), but I'm having trouble designing a 215 (or 2x115s) that will fit in my minuscule BMW trunk!

12s are great! And I have a few 12s and 15s at hand... But need the sound and power of 2 15s...

GreenBoy 215s don't fit the trunk...

Any other suggestions?

 

[mmbongo]

Mesa Subway 115's...basically a 19" cube.

Audiokinesis Hathor 1533...taller but much shallower.

 

[Linnin]

Buy a trunk that fits your 15s.

 

[Stumbo]

Personally, I love 15" drivers (especially EVM 15Bs, and Eminence KappaLites), but I'm having trouble designing a 215 (or 2x115s) that will fit in my minuscule BMW trunk!

12s are great! And I have a few 12s and 15s at hand... But need the sound and power of 2 15s...

GreenBoy 215s don't fit the trunk...

Any other suggestions?

Roof rack? Trailer? Bigger gig car?

Just have the cab stick out of the trunk. Buy a cover for it, Bungee it, Red flag it.

Or, Put the second 1x15 in the passenger seat?

 

[kartiste]

Design the cabinet with two sections that latch together to form one enclosed volume.

 

[chadds]

Consider your gigging car. When I had to ask people to help me get my upright home and it fit with tha scroll on dash up in front window of the helpers car I made the decision. “Vehicle must fit gear.” Playing is one of the most important things to me. Cars change.

P.S. Mini Coopers have great accessible space. Your problem is accessible space.

 

[ihixulu]

Stick the cab on a dolly and use a bit of rope to pull it behind your car. If it has casters, you can just use the rope. Slow down on turns a touch.

 

[jthisdell]

I drive a Miata and either a Berg 210 or 112 fits in the front seat. Only can that will fit in the trunk is a Barefaced One10.

 

[MrLenny1]

Trade the BMW.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

You can solve this in six easy steps.

1.Get a bunch of cardboard.
2.Get the dimensions of the cab you really want.
3.Shape cardboard to the size of all your gear (so you do not need to bring it.) including the cab you really want.
4.Flatten the cardboard so it fits in current car.
5.Go to dealership/car lot.
6. Set up all cardboard "gear" and say, "I need to fit this or I will not buy."

Now you have a rig that fits your rig.

New (automobile/cab) Rig Day.

 

[voided3]

BMW

What kind of BMW?

 

[chadds]

Trade the BMW.

You went there.

 

[saabfender]

Suggestions? Trailer hitch and small utility trailer.

 

[TAZ]

Maybe some form of Trapezoid cabs. A few drivers will work in the 2.5 cf Total vb space too.

 

[chadds]

You can solve this in six easy steps.

1.Get a bunch of cardboard.
2.Get the dimensions of the cab you really want.
3.Shape cardboard to the size of all your gear (so you do not need to bring it.) including the cab you really want.
4.Flatten the cardboard so it fits in current car.
5.Go to dealership/car lot.
6. Set up all cardboard "gear" and say, "I need to fit this or I will not buy."

Now you have a rig that fits your rig.

New (automobile/cab) Rig Day.

My good friend took his entire drum set to the car dealership.

 

[Londo Molari]

If you're really a bass player you should own a van.

 

[Jim Carr]

...I'm having trouble designing a 215 (or 2x115s) that will fit in my minuscule BMW trunk!

12s are great! And I have a few 12s and 15s at hand... But need the sound and power of 2 15s.
GreenBoy 215s don't fit the trunk.

fEARful cabs 12/6/1, 1212/6/1, 15/6/1, and 1515/66/1 sound essentially the same.
I play a lot of Reggae and quartet-style Gospel. I have only occasionally needed two 15/6/1 cabinets. A 15/6/1 or 1212/6/1 can handle 99% of my gigs, assuming NO support from the PA. The 1%? I reserve that for the future, as it hasn't really happened yet.

As one who has a variety of fEARfuls, I can assure you that a 1515/66/1 is a beast you very likely do not need.
I've used a single 15/6/1 with no PA, outdoors for a crowd around 500, with no problems. A 1212/6/1 is significantly louder than a 15/6/1, and tilts to roll around on two wheels.

Seriously, a 1212/6/1 will equal any old-school 215 or 810. A conventional 15/6/1 is wider and not as tall as the regular 1212/6/1, but there are alternate shapes, and 15/6/1 will kick any 410 to the floor. Finally, why not build two mirror baffle 12/6/1 cabs that can stack and act as a 1212/6/1, or a 12/6/1 and a 12sub?

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[Mike Guello]

My good friend took his entire drum set to the car dealer ship.

Nice! hahaha

 

[EdwardofHuncote]

I've bought cars for years, based on whether or not an upright bass (and other large music gear) would fit. My current gig-mobile is a 2007 Dodge Caliber RT. Loads nice, good milage, fairly comfortable on a long trip. It ain't a Beamer, but it'll do.

 

[Coolhandjjl]

... But need the sound and power of 2 15s...

Saying 15s sound like this, 12s sound like that is obsolete thinking.

Also, the SPL you get is more a function of cab design, and not always dependent on how much power a driver can handle or how much power you send it.

Duke LeJune of Audio Kinesis and Mike Arnopol of MAS probably have the most SPL/smallest footprint thing figured out.