Too much doubt, in you're mind, you have yes.

I think they will do the job very well, you said it yourself, it's the closest to the specs that are recommended, so...

when evaluating a driver, how important is the voice coil? is a large coil better than a smaller one? does a dual coil improve speaker performance greatly. many of the "professional" companies, i have looked use 4 inch voice coils, although none of these expensive speakers fit my needs. the Dayton DVC series that i am looking at have 2 inch voice coils. do smaller voice coils move faster, more efficiently, alowing for better performance, or is the 4 inch voice coil a better approach?

a10299 wrote on 09/25/07 at 14:45:20:

there isn't a rule larger coils (in diameter) move slower than smaller coils. what could be of importance is the mms, but that's where the cone comes into play. and how much wire you have on the coil
the bigger the coil, the greater the surface => more powerhandling and less chance of going into power compression. but for your application i DON'T see use for a driver with big coils.
so, don't worry about 2inch coils
people have used dayton drivers with succes.

"ther factor you might want to consider is the "sag factor"(check link). "

the sag percentage was 4% for the dvc series. does this mean that because 4 is less then the 5%, these are ok down firing, or does it mean that 4 is 26% of the x-max 15.1 that they sould not be down firing?

are there any tuning issues related to the DVC series? the DVC 15s are rated at 600 watts RMS, do I need to run 5 or 6 hundred watts into each speaker, which then would require a 2000 watts at 2 ohm amp? i plan to use the HWK as a sub for a small venue por-audio sound system so I want the maximum output without compromising the integrity of the speaker. (i also want it to last a long time).

since the Daytons have dual voice coils, should i rewire them to change the resistance? right now they are 4 ohms each, so for quad loading, thats 2 ohms for each clamshelled pair.

are there any certain things i need to look out for when tuning the HWK, any way to make output performance is maximum based on the speakers, different things to try, different ways to do things, etc...?

To all of those who posted information,

Thank You  :)

No offense taken. My thinking is pretty good but my speech and typing stink! What I was trying to say is if do not double your power you be at a -3db disadvantage. I agree with that cheap speakers work better clamshelled but I also learn from ADRIAN that one well built woofer will out do four cheapos all day long. Case in point I had four MCM 10"s($25 ea.) in a HWK10. The amplifier saw about a five ohm load, with a max output of approx. 250w and an overall spl of 107db(3'/1M) peaking at 63Hz with 50Hz/80Hz very close to the same output. Next I purchased a Dayton 10" HO(on sale for $100). Took out the MCMs and installed the HO in the bottom chamber with the same port set up and amp. The amp saw about 3.7 ohm load(lower ohm equals more power), max output limited to 250 watts and overall spl jump to 114db(3'/1M) peaking at 50Hz with 40Hz/63Hz running neck in neck. There are good and bad to every speaker combo and I have too much time invested in getting four woofers to work descent when I can get two woofers to shake everything in the room.  This is just my two cents, to most it is not worth much but valued by others.


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My favorite piece of test equipment the PHONIC PAA2(check link). This is pretty much the best piece of test equipment I have every purchased. You can set up HT, 2 channel, subs, and test different types of enclosures. I am sure it is not the best or highest rate piece of equipment but it gets the job done. For every system I have set up the owners have been very happy with the final results. Becareful around this forum with the numbers, the higher ups seem to get upset when posting results or spl numbers for that matter. You should also remember that the environment you use the HWK in will affect the sound or quality of sound produce. I say go for it. Build the HWK then throw those RS woofers in and BOOM!


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Link:
http://www.musiciansbuy.com/phonic_paa2_personal_audio_assistant_paa2.html

No I have not but I am always willing to learn. If you would like to explain I am willing to listen(I guess I meant read). Any way of testing audio is interesting to me. The PAA2 is a little pricey and I had to buy it for $330 at the time. When you start adding up what I have in my HT the additional cost for the PAA2 is not too bad. If I can help with more info let me know.

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