hm what to do with tc9 motors????

[tc3k101 5,000+ posts]

oh it'll work. just not as well. i would be willing to bet a 15" tc9 would be louder.

how so? are you implying there isn't enough motor force to drive a 18" cone and keep it linear? please explain im a tad lost.

 

[woofercooker 10+ year member]

What does that mean exactly?

The gap in the motor is only about 1.75". An 18" sub needs a good amount of throw for peak performance. if you throw too much power to it all you will hea is the coil trying to escape through the back plate //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

The gap in the motor is only about 1.75". An 18" sub needs a good amount of throw for peak performance. if you throw too much power to it all you will hea is the coil trying to escape through the back plate //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

interesting, so how much power would cause this? could spacers be used to heighten the sub so that this is not an issue???

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

The gap in the motor is only about 1.75". An 18" sub needs a good amount of throw for peak performance. if you throw too much power to it all you will hea is the coil trying to escape through the back plate //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

An 18" sub doesn't need anymore excursion than any other sized sub for peak performance. I assume you are kidding around here.

 

[Kyle_Keating 10+ year member]

oh it'll work. just not as well. i would be willing to bet a 15" tc9 would be louder.

larger sizes will always win, the issue is not the SPL, but Q. The 18" TC9's creeps up to around 0.5 depending on softparts so they tend to prefer sealed boxes or very very large ported boxes if you want linear frequency response. The Soundsplinter RL-p 18 is a good example, but it was made with an extra magnet over the versions in this thread so it has more B and its Q is in the 0.4's again.

 

[Synyster97XLT 10+ year member]

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I am a proud owner of a 97 Explorer XLT.

 

[DonH 5,000+ posts]

make 18's and be done with it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

p.s. the swiss is done man. no hope //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[photocrazy8 10+ year member]

what size slugs?

 

[woofercooker 10+ year member]

An 18" sub doesn't need anymore excursion than any other sized sub for peak performance. I assume you are kidding around here.

All I am saying is that the motor does not allow for a very large coil. Guess it would all depend on your ultimate goal in builting the 18's

 

[negative3five 10+ year member]

those motors have .75 slugs i have one sitting right infront of me the 1" slugs are def deeper and the .75" 3 slug motors are def alot deeper then these id suggest a 15" with those motors or a 18" with the other 2 just my opinion tho.

 

[Thilo Stompler]

Hmmm, those sure do look familiar.

 

[illbmeubu 10+ year member]

build these into 18s. and sell em to me!