New 18" speakers.

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#16 Re: New 18" speakers.

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pre65 wrote: Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:13 pm

Mind you, with my "plinkity plop" type of music ....
Way-more Plop than plinkity I'd say.....

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#17 Re: New 18" speakers.

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The search term for those cabinets would be "ripoles".
Sort of like a folded-up OB. Gives you a bit of extra path length (and slot loading), but they start to get weird above a few hundred Hz - bear in mind you're effectively listening to the 90-degree off-axis response of an 18" cone.

Drivers look decent. I've got some SM112s around here somewhere that won't be used for much longer. Might be a good match if you're interested.

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#18 Re: New 18" speakers.

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They are called Ripole - similar to the Linkwitz dipole, but with higher compression. Axel Ridtahler pioneered this variant. There are several documented builds from Germany.
https://www.lautsprechershop.de/index_h ... ler_en.htm
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