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[john & Jake the dog]

hi all,
after much deliberation I have decided to put some drive units in my Mission 710 cabs.
Units will be Mission tweeter(temp) kef b200 (big magnet type), Kef B139 passive radiator.
Only question now is driver placement.
They all won't fit on the front baffle so I thought the bass radiator could go on the side. If this is ok would I have any problems with left and right radiators facing each other.
This would leave the b200 and tweeter on the front with the tweeter offset and mirror imaged with the other one should I have the tweeters on the outer edge of the soundstage or on the inner?
Hope this isn't too confusing, I'll post a sketch just now.
cheers

[Wieslaw Lipowski]

I'd put the tweeters on the inner sides on the front, but the passive bass radiators on the outer sides of the cabinets, so that neither would face the other.

[pre65]

Hi-i agree,that is the best way forward.Bass units facing each other is not good.



Philip

[john & Jake the dog]

Thanks guys,
got a clearer pic of them in my head now, gonna be fun to try and make them sound as interesting as they will look

[Wieslaw Lipowski]

So they would be something like good old KEF 104 clones, wouldn't they?

[john & Jake the dog]

sort of, just a different size and placement and tweeter.
I intend to change the tweeter eventually, I like the scanspeak but dont know how it will go with the B200 though it sounds great with the B110.
Fancy something more exotic later.

[Cobblers]

You could try the Passive radiator on the top firing up. I think this is what I would do.

Definitive Technology do this in their satellites to good effect. Look at the pic....

http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/wil...y-and-kef.html


As do high tech driver manufacturer Focal in their high end professional monitor speakers:

http://www.focalprofessional.com/en/products/SM8.html


However if you put them on the sides you could tune the bass in the room by trying the speakers bass out or bass in.

[Wieslaw Lipowski]

But we need those spots for our wives (girlfriends, etc...) to put the flower pots on.

Just imagine two small palm trees growing out of the passive radiators and jumping up 'n' down to the bass lines.

[Cobblers]

Originally Posted by Wieslaw Lipowski

But we need those spots for our wives (girlfriends, etc...) to put the flower pots on.

Just imagine two small palm trees growing out of the passive radiators and jumping up 'n' down to the bass lines.

What are they doing near our speakers!!!!!

Last thing you want is soil in yer voicecoil.

[john & Jake the dog]

Hi all,
I fancied the passive on the top as well but it won't fit.
I have 290 x 245 mm on top, radiator is 300 long.
I mass load my speakers with elephants on the top, this stops all thoughts of greenery.