Front slotted Trace Elliot combos

[Bigwan]

This is all making me very nostalgic... doesn't help that I missed a 300w 4x10 SMX combo about 5 miles away last week by 20 minutes... for £150...

[Alec]

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1450187811' post='2930366']
This is all making me very nostalgic... doesn't help that I missed a 300w 4x10 SMX combo about 5 miles away last week by 20 minutes... for £150...
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Bet your back was relieved, though!

[Bigwan]

[quote name='Alec' timestamp='1450191635' post='2930413']

Bet your back was relieved, though!
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Yeah, probably weighed about the same as the Peavey 8x10 I used to have... Still have the odd twinge in my lower back over that one!

Edited December 15, 2015 by Bigwan

[LukeFRC]

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1450176162' post='2930191']


I do like the engineering innovation in these! The problem is that front chamber generates a lot of unwanted resonances, as well as providing a Helmholtz resonance at the slot port, so although you gain bass output and gain improved midrange dispersion, there's a lot of midrange colouration. And I don't think the tweeter reaches low enough to match up with where the slot is acting as a lowpass filter on the woofer.

I guess it's using a typically low excursion high efficiency Trace Elliot woofer, and the bandpass design is very good at reducing excursion for a given output, so it'll play louder than a conventional combo with the same woofer. Good way to get a lot of output and a lot of audibility out of a small box - certainly one of the lowest power combos that is giggable for many bassists.
[/quote] ever wonder what cabs you may have ended up designing if you had started 20 years ago?

[Chienmortbb]

Alex mine had a Celestion speaker in but they did change over the years. Went from a vinyl covering to a green carpet then added the tweeter. Also you have to look at what else was around at the time. The other 80-150 combos were pants.

Edited December 15, 2015 by Chienmortbb