Srinath Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I have a few 18" lying about, most notably a pair of B&C and a pair of JBL 2241's. I am thinking I'll rig up 18"s in a belle type cabinet. Or a cornwall style one. I've heard LaScala's have higher efficiency but lack a bit of bass. Does the bell solve that or is the cornwall still better for bass. I don't care about efficiency, I like a good sound stage and good bass. I suspect a straight up facing you set of drivers will deliver better sound stage. But there are even downfiring woofers that manage to give you that, so I am not sure. Cool. Srinath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason str Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Better bass = La Scala & Belle Deeper bass= Cornwall 18" driver not the best driver for either horn, maybe could make a custom cabinet for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsosdrummer Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 The 2241 was designed to work in an 8 ft3 vented box with a large vent (like the JBL 4641 THX cinema subwoofer). Its cone is too heavy for it to be an effective horn driver. The last JBL woofer that makes a really good horn driver was the 2220. (Good luck finding one...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srinath Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 Brilliant Jason and hsosdrummer - Thanks, straight up facing me box and more JBL crap fitted on top of it and I'll forget the Belle type cabinet. not tha tI had the skills to do it anyway, would have bugged my friend for years to do it. Cool. Srinath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 IMHO the Belle and LaScala have about the same bass performance. Scaling up by 18/15 (1.2) might make some improvement but not spectacular. I'm not quite sure whether we look at linear dimensions or area dimensions in all cases. I'd looked at the numbers years ago. The K-Horn and LS and Belle all have a same mouth size of 4 square feet. This is an important parameter. OT: The flare constant LS and Belle are 60 Hz (doubles area in 12 inches) while the K-Horn is 45 Hz (doubles ever 16 inches). (1.33 ratio). A very important parameter. My guess is that these do not tell the whole story on why the K-Horn has that much better bass. Perhaps the room modes are more prevalent at low freqs and therefore boost the K-Horn more than the LS. The LS might trigger modes in a small room while the K-Horn does so in a large room. Further, the resonance of the K-Horn system is deeper. System response below resonance always takes a nosedive. The K-Horn is "really in the corner." Which must help. Making a bigger LS makes it bulky and, arguably, less in the corner. This is again OT. But there is the issue of reactance annulling. My analysis is that corner loading reduces the reactance or mass effect. That probably means the resonance goes up a bit and bass response is different when in a corner. (edited) But, yeah. Unless you have an optimized room, the CW or Chorus, Forte, Quartet will do better on the deep bass number. WMcD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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