Which sub do you suppose would produce the cleaner reproduction of a single kick drum beat, for example? To my mind this is a simple signal-to-noise scenario in the temporal domain, but I am always happy to be educated otherwise.
Hi MrKinky, thanks for the reply.
I really don't think I can say anything about those two impulse responses without knowing more about how they were taken.
It almost looks from the action past the impulse peaks, that the GJALLERHORN doesn't have any kind of low pass filter in place, whereas the 18n862 sealed looks to maybe have one in place. Also I don't get all the gack in front of the GHorns peak. I'd need to go to Ricci's site and read up, to know what to think.
Also, I question comparing a tapped horn to a "vented vs sealed" discussion in terms of the idea of energy storage.
And must admit I'm not a fan of tapped horns, with their drivers butt hanging out playing the higher end, typically having to wait at least 8+ ms for the low end horn output to catch up.
I use the 18n862 in sealed, vented, and dual opposed configs. And yes, the impulse can't get any cleaner than sealed.
BTW, I
really like all your sealed subs, in their tube like enclosures !!
Anyway, here is an impulse just taken of my latest sub, a double 18n862 vented, with the drivers facing each other at a right angle. I can it my "V-Twin" sub.
Indoors at about 4" from sub, right in between vent and drivers. Looks clean to me..you?