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KEF B139s in PPSL?


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I have a pair of KEF B139 woofers, each in a wool damped transmission line enclosure. They've provided the bass to augment a pair of BBC LS3/5As for more than 3 decades.

I'm curious about the possibility of using the B139s in a single push pull slot loaded (PPSL) sub-woofer to combine with horns above approximately 300hz. Any thoughts, pro or con, are welcomed.

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Do you have four of the KEF?

It will probably work, and you can use any loading scheme that you like. I use 6th order vented almost exclusively, but vented, sealed, tapped-horn, dipole designs have all been done. Maybe it's time for a transmission line variant?

I tried a pair of BBC LS3/5As above dual 15s bi-amped at 400hz, it sounded great but I slagged the tweeters trying to play loud.

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These look like they would fit in a cube form about the same size as the LaScala bottom, be -3dB at 27hz, and 100.5dB mid-band..A set of four wouldbe about $90 each. http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=295-120

File: 295-120 II.bb6
-----------------------------------------
Driver Properties
Name: 295-120
Type: Standard one-way driver
Company: Dayton Loudspeaker Co.
Comment: Nov 2011 (New)
No. of Drivers = 2
Mounting = Standard
Wiring = Parallel
Fs = 29.6 Hz
Qms = 10.55
Vas = 128.1 liters
Cms = 0.351 mm/N
Mms = 82.29 g
Rms = 1.451 kg/s
Xmax = 8 mm
Xmech = 12 mm
P-Dia = 254 mm
Sd = 506.7 sq.cm
P-Vd = 0.405 liters
Qes = 0.36
Re = 6 ohms
Le = 3.07 mH
Z = 8 ohms
BL = 15.97 Tm
Pe = 275 watts
Qts = 0.348
no = 0.89 %
1-W SPL = 91.64 dB
2.83-V SPL = 92.89 dB
-----------------------------------------
Box Properties
Name:
Type: Vented Box w/ Active HP Filter
Shape: Prism, square
Vb = 4.5 cu.ft
Fb = 27 Hz
QL = 6.279
F3 = 27.09 Hz
Fill = minimal
No. of Vents = 2
Vent shape = rectangle
Vent ends = two flush
Hv = 10 in
Wv = 2 in
Lv = 29.51 in
-----------------------------------------
Active 12 dB/oct. HP Filter
Fx = 27 Hz
Qx = 2

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