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DeanG Sorry for being a stinko. But yes at 95dn you will hear a difference. But is it the speaker? OR room plus speaker? I use a Anechoic chamber. I have access to a full chamber or a half chamber (latter with concrete floor.) Tests were done with calibrated mic. at various distences from one inch to 3 meters. Sorry for sounding condescending. I guess I have some test gear you might not have at your disposal. I too have gone through damping cheap stamped woofer baskets (K33 & others) and found it worthless. Remember cone motion in K-horn , LaScala' Bell' Cornwall' is very small peak to peak. Internal reflections not resonence of spokes came into what was being heard when levels like 95db and UP were introduced. So when I suggested disconnecting mid & tweeter this gives you a better chance to test or listen for resonce or REFLECTIONS. Personaly I dont like stamped woofer baskets. But the K-33 is hard to beat for an ugly duckling woofer. Some others of better build that match it are not being made today. But in some ways some direct radiater woofers like the JBL 1500 woofer used in the K-2 is now hard to beat.(Not to be used in a horn)... But placing Mortite on back of spokes may only shift resonence up or down but not eliminate it. How thick do you want to go? 1/8", 1/4" 1/2", 3/4" ?????? Lets do the work again. And again maybe Ill learn something yet. BUT when some one comes on here with only a doubious tweek and says HAY I heard a difference!!!! what did you hear? Some one said they heard a dry sound.. When was it ever WET?

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Deang Calculate the square inch's on all the spokes of the woofer basket. You will see the surface facing the cone ( the face not caulked) will refleck more audible energy through the cone & causing more distortion negating any damping placed on back of basket. Disconect mid & tweeter when making distortion tests (MLSSA) I found caulking basket is a waste of time. But damping some horn's & enclosures indeed gives a better bang for the buck in controling unwanted vibrations, T.A.D makes one woofer basket TL 1601c whose cast spokes are thinner facing cone but thicker on edge with less reflecksion back through cone. But again the magnets strapped to the back are so damn large these days this again causes more back reflections. AND YOU TELL ME YOU CAN HEAR AN IMPROVEMENT WHEN CAULKING THE BACK?...BULL****.

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With a bass cutoff of about 45 HZ...NO.

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DeanG Unplug your mids & tweets and do your tests and tell me what you hear plus show me your test results. You do Know how to test for this anomaly dont you?

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Caulking the woofer basket doe,s not improve bass performence. Stamped metal baskets have a tendency to deform when tightening down. Thats why cast woofer baskets do better & do not misshape at voice coil gap. Caulking on basket or magnet structure is overkill & does not improve bass clarity. Apply Caulking to BRAIN has same results. Its an obsessive over application of vibration controll where NONE is needed. Ive done the testing many years ago. No clarity was produced None audible & NONE in distortion tests.

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