I am installing a pair of Crites woffers into one of my pair of La Scalas

[davmar]

Now I have been kicking around the idea to mount the two old
woofers into a box for my bass guitar, has anyone ever done this?
Anyone have any ideas on proper dimensions for the box?

[djk]

Build an 8 cu ft (net) box with a 77 sq in port 7" long, wire the drivers in series (for an 8R load).

Something like this will be required for mids and highs.

http://www.eminence.com/pdf/alpha-8mra.pdf

http://www.eminence.com/pdf/apt80.pdf

http://www.eminence.com/proaudio_crossovers_detail.asp?web_detail_link=PXB35k0

[pauln]

If you play bass guitar through the woofers that came out of you La Scala, expect to destroy them pretty quickly...unless you are planning to do this for "bedroom practicing" at a very low level.

The designed physical response of bass guitar musical instrument speakers as the power goes up is:

Linear, then non-linear, then overdriven (they are designed with plenty of reserve so they can operate in non-linear forever without damage and will tolerate considerable overdriven operation without guaranteed damage - they are tough and designed to be driven hard; but if you keep going up in power then they may be ultimately damaged.

The designed response for high-fi speakers is:

Linear, then a bit of non-linear, then overdrive damage. (They are not designed to be driven hard). They do not have the design reserve to ease into non-linear but for the briefest of moments and that thin reserve is very much closer to the overdriven level at which any extended operation at that level may destroy them.

[davmar]

Thank you very much djk and

pauln for the reply!

[djk]

I would take those other comments about K33s not being suitable with a grain of salt, not all bass players like their speakers to distort. In fact, musical instrument speakers like the JBL E145 are much more linear than the K33.