Bill Fitzmaurice

[quote name='Hippytone' timestamp='1487943727' post='3244405'] This was the reason behind the initial question regarding the "real-world" frequency point at which I'm going to start losing equal definition across the room due to comb filtering. [/quote]Comb filtering doesn't reduce dispersion. It causes uneven response across the sound field in the frequencies where the center to center distance of the drivers is more than one wavelength. With two tens that's from about 1kHz. The main issue with side by side drivers is that horizontal dispersion is inversely proportional to the width of the source, even when they are spaced close enough together to act as one larger source rather than two smaller sources. A pair of tens side by side will have horizontal dispersion similar to a twenty-one inch driver, and will be noticeable down to at least 600Hz.

Get another identical 4x10. A 1x15 won't go any lower, and it doesn't have as much output as a 4x10.

[quote name='Phil Adams' timestamp='1487845763' post='3243425'] Ive been using the 2x10 on the floor pointing forward beside the Ashdown, [/quote]That's the source of your problem: your ears aren't located behind your knees. Either get the necessary corrective surgery or stack the 2x10 vertically above the Ashdown.

IMO, get a matching 2x10, stack them vertically. Getting the upper cab close to your ears will make it easier to hear yourself, and if you don't have PA to cover the room then you probably need more than one 2x10 anyway. I can't picture where the Ashdown fits into your setup.

Put the 2x10 extension vertical atop the combo. The difference between the dispersion of two vertical versus two horizontal drivers is a simple equation, it's doubled.

This is why you take it to a local repairman.

It can be done, but these make more sense: https://www.amazon.com/AP2BS-amPlug-Bass-Guitar-Headphone/dp/B00NAUKJTY

http://www.fullcompass.com/brand/AMP_Ampeg/Replacement-Service-Parts.html

[quote name='Greg.Bassman' timestamp='1487447995' post='3239927'] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000]what happens if they are both the same power?[/color][/font][/size][/quote]The end of civilization as we know it. The actual preferred range for amp to cab power is anywhere between 1:2 and 2:1.

Speaker short circuit failures are rare. When a voice coil gets toasted it usually results in an open circuit. The usual reason for a short circuit is failure of the speaker cable. I'd check the cable and the interior wiring of the speaker.

[quote name='The Shrek' timestamp='1487261647' post='3238472'] The positive here out of this mess, is the experience I have gained on "how not to build a cab" ....... [/quote]We all go through that stage. A surprising percentage of commercial sources still haven't emerged from it.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1487171301' post='3237744'] I don't know if I'm being spectacularly obtuse here, but would you care to go into your thinking behind that? [/quote]IMO the difference between the two doesn't justify the added complexity of porting. If he had 60L net per driver it would be a different story.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1487155110' post='3237522'] Just to play devil's advocate here, is the BP102 really such a disaster in this cab? [/quote]It's not what it could be. The reason one would use a driver with the specs of the BP102 is to dig deeper than what the average driver will do, and that would seem to be the OPs intent, but in a box that's way too small it can't deliver on that promise. At this stage I would not port it.

[quote name='Gottastopbuyinggear' timestamp='1487102554' post='3237183'] I've not found a speaker that models anywhere near that in WinISD. Is there some sort of magic involved in the drivers that Ampeg put in these cabinets? [/quote]Model the Eminence Alpha 10, or B810. The cab will also need a fair amount of damping to get the Qtc down. They're not identical to the Ampeg driver, but they're close. They have high Qes, not good for ported, but fine for sealed. And they're cheap, with small magnets. That's why they have high Qes. [quote]I thought this size of cab would be nice and compact and I based in on the size of a previous little Hartke 2x10 I previously owned. [/quote]The driver specs of the Hartke would have been different. The driver size alone doesn't dictate the required cab size.

[quote name='Jack' timestamp='1487097023' post='3237076'] Same cab, seal one hole and use 1 speaker?? I assume the 4 ohm load wouldn't be ideal for your combo though..... [/quote]Agreed. OP, the purpose of speaker modeling software is to make sure of the result before you cut any wood, or order any drivers. Chalk this up to a lesson, albeit an expensive one, learned. Start from scratch, do it the right way, and see if you can sell the drivers to recoup some of your losses.

[quote]The dimensions of the cab I built work nicely to stack the little Ashdown.[/quote]Doing that doomed the result. The BP102 needs at least twice the volume you allocated to work well. Stuffing two of them into that size box pretty much guarantees boomy response, with not much low end. You can salvage that box by leaving it sealed, which won't give a better result but at least it shouldn't be boomy. Otherwise it's back to the drawing board, I'm afraid.

If the cap was blown it would only affect the high frequencies.

The power rating of a driver means very little. If what you have sounds good leave it alone.

The number of cast tens still in the Eminence catalog today is a very short one: none. The only 16 ohm steel frame ten is the Delta 10B. What you have may be the discontinued Gamma Pro tens, impossible to say. Eminence would know.

Chris used a guitar combo amp for the highs and distortion.

Raggae isn't about deep lows, it's about humped midbass. That's what sealed cabs deliver and why the SVT has always been the benchmark raggae cab.

[quote name='3below' timestamp='1484862420' post='3219294'] Further inspection revealed widespread glue failure. [/quote]That could be the case for the OP as well. If visual inspection doesn't show a problem the best way to identify it is to test the drivers individually out of the cabinet using sine waves.

Is the cabinet lined?

The amp is far more likely the source of that noise than the speakers.

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1484669867' post='3217350'] Yes but that works both ways. Once you exceed Xmax the amp cannot drive the cone with the same motive force because BL (magnetic field strength multiplied by metres of coil in the magnetic field) drops as more coil leaves the gap. [/quote]+1. By far the main issue with providing more voltage swing than the xmax can make use of is heat build up. When you factor in thermal compression as well it becomes obvious why thermal failures predominate