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[quote name='stevie' post='942810' date='Sep 1 2010, 06:16 PM']If you think you are overpowering the bottom end of your existing cabinet (which might explain the damaged driver), it could be that you need another cabinet to support the bottom end when you are playing at volume.[/quote] Thanks for the suggestion. I'm using a shuttlemax, which produces 600W into 4 ohms, which is how the two celestions are wired. So it's 600W RMS into a 600W RMS cabinet. I suppose by some people's thinking, it might actually be underpowered, yes? But the shuttlemax has a little clip light that comes on, and I believe it has a kind of peak-limiting compression that kicks in, rather than just clipping the signal. And I just about never let that light come on, anyway -- I just don't play that loud. So it's a little mysterious and disappointing that it would be damaged. But I think perhaps Bill Fitz has put his finger on the low end issue -- the BN10-300x speakers have their resonant peak Fs around 64Hz. So by the time they get down to low E (around 40Hz), it's rolling off, and the by the time they get to low B (closer to 30), it's really weak. I was actually looking at the Eminence Legend BP102 -- they have a really low Fs (35Hz), high xMax, but a little less power handling, a little heavier, but MUCH cheaper... two of them would cost the same as one Celestion, if I could even locate one...

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='939747' date='Aug 29 2010, 09:34 PM']With the mids afforded by the 6" mid using high Fs tens is a very odd choice. I'd be looking at replacing them with long excursion tens with Fs between 35 and 45 Hz. Eminence will have some in the yet to be announced 3010 series, but those being at least 6 months down the road, perhaps a year in the UK, I'd look around for alternatives if you don't want to wait.[/quote] Thanks for the tip! Just speaking for myself, I have always been very grateful for your on-line participation (e.g., on Talkbass and elsewhere). You're Global, dude! If the 3010 is anything like the 3015, it should be worth waiting for. As for myself, I'm actually in N. America, so finding a replacement BN10-300x isn't so easy, anyway.

Hi all, This thread seems to have attracted some very knowledgable people and I am hoping for a little advice. I've got a cabinet loaded with 2 Celestion BN10-300x -- it's a 3-way Dr. Bass 2060 slant face, with a 6" eminence mid and a selenium tweeter. Very nice cabinet. However, one of the Celestion drivers seems to be farting out a little, even at modest volume. I've inspected for obvious problems (loose bits of insulation, etc.), and everything looks OK. Also, in the process of troubleshooting this, I noticed that the frequency response does indeed roll off somewhat below low E. Not surprising, of course. So I am wondering if I should: 1) Replace that one Celestion driver, and live with the frequency response issue? 2) Replace both Celestions with some other driver (neo preferred, but doesn't have to be...), in the hopes of extending the frequency response? 3) Do something entirely different that I haven't imagined yet...? The cabinet has a shelf port (not tubes), so there's really no way to extend/change it. And with the 3-way cabinet, the mids are well-represented already... so drivers with nice bright mids are not necessary here. Thoughts? Thanks!!