speaker question

[bassmanred84]

I've been doing a lot of research and I'm about to start building a custom 2x10 bass cab and I was wondering about the speakers to use.
I've heard some people speak highly of using speakers you would put in a car(sub woofers) and slappin on a tweeter.
Seems to me like that wouldn't work too well.
If that is a horrible option what's the best 10" driver I can get for my money?

 

[JustDavid]

There are better choices than car sub-woofers.

Should be LOTS of hits in the Amps forum when searching for this. I humbly suggest you read the search results before posting a thread there on that as you'll get an incredible wealth of very in-depth replies.

 

[MNAirHead]

I tried it.. didn't work... I'll donate your first car sub.

Moved to a pair of EV 10s.

T.

 

[bassmanred84]

yeah I fugured car subs would no work well. was thnking of EV 10s actually. awesome

 

[billfitzmaurice]

yeah I fugured car subs would no work well. was thnking of EV 10s actually. awesome

With response that drops like a cliff below 100Hz EV10s (EVM10DLX) are not well suited at all for electric bass. For a build worth undertaking you need to do quite a bit of research, including reading at least one book on loudspeaker design, and learning how to use a modeling software program, like WinISD Alpha Pro, so that you can accurately predict what any driver is capable of from a given cabinet.

 

[bassmanred84]

oooh, maybe I'll look into that then

 

[bassmanred84]

One more thing, though it's not exactly speaker realated.
Should some kind of insulation be used? I've noticed some cabs have it and some don't.
And if I should use insulation, what kind would I use?

 

[gregoire1]

Check out what other TBers have done. Its a little more complex than building a box with a couple of holes in it.

 

[ThunderLizard]

bassman-
When you're ready to buy speakers, you might want ot check out Carvin. Good stuff and very reasonable.

 

[makinbakin]

I'd say you should just look up a good bass cabinet manufacturer and buy some of their replacement speakers and just build a box around those.

 

[billfitzmaurice]

I'd say you should just look up a good bass cabinet manufacturer and buy some of their replacement speakers and just build a box around those.

-100. 99% of drivers come from driver manufacturers, not speaker manufacturers, and most of those are from Eminence. As for building a box around anything, the knowledge required to do so and get a worthwhile result is considerable. If you don't think that's the case a look at this should change your mind:
http://www.eminence.com/resources/data.asp

 

[louloomis]

Isn't it true that the speakers used for car audio applications will basically not be able to have the transient response ability to effectively recreate bass guitar tone (as a standalone cabinet)?

I looked into building my own cabinet in a very detailed way and did tons of research....and in the end, I ended up realizing that buying a used high-end cabinet (or mid-level quality cab)...and I mean a loaded cab....was a much more cost-effective option...and the quality was good.

I ended up buying a used 2x10 G-K cab (w/tweeter) for about 200 bucks on Craigslist. Very happy with it.

My 2 cents,
louloomis