March 14, 2012

Will this driver work down-firing?

Some drivers are fine in a downfiring orientation, others aren't suitable. It depends on the stiffness of the suspension. A downfiring orientation can cause the cone to sag, resulting in a loss of excursion and output.

Sag = Cms x mms x 9.8

mms is in kg

The sag should be less than 5% of driver xmax


3 comments:

  1. Timely. I'm about to build a small downfiring LT sub, and I was wondering about sag.

    Thankyou.

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  2. I used this calculation before building my downfiring subwoofers.

    A little bit of additional background reading for anyone interested in an adireaudio whitepaper

    Only place I can find it hosted now is here - http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/esantane/movies/DriverOrientation.pdf

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  3. You can find just about any old website at the Way Back machine:
    http://www.archive.org/index.php

    Just search for www.adireaudio.com.au

    Look at the pages around 2003. You'll find any Adire info that they had in the past.

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