Ancient 15" Vitavox for sub?Solved thanks
Hello
I have an ancient Vitavox K15/40 15" speaker. It works without problems, its built like a bomb and I wondered if it would make the basis of a subwoofer. I need to keep the price low as I have spent next years budget already. I listen to mainly classical music on a quad 405 amp and wharfedale 159 speakers. They suit me fine but are lacking a bit on very low notes on organ music. 32 and 64 foot pipes.
What do you think?
Thanks
thyristor44
Hello
I have an ancient Vitavox K15/40 15" speaker. It works without problems, its built like a bomb and I wondered if it would make the basis of a subwoofer. I need to keep the price low as I have spent next years budget already. I listen to mainly classical music on a quad 405 amp and wharfedale 159 speakers. They suit me fine but are lacking a bit on very low notes on organ music. 32 and 64 foot pipes.
What do you think?
Thanks
thyristor44
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I'm gonna say... probably not, or at least not by the current standards of what a subwoofer is. The only usefull specs I can find for this driver say it's 40w and the only references are on high efficiency(horn) websites so that combined with it's age suggests the driver will not perform very well in a small sealed or vented enclosure. If you have a way to measure TS specs then do that and plug the numbers into a box designer program, who knows maybe it'll be OK for your particular application.
High eff, lightweight paper cone, low wattage, horn use, all these are pointers in the direction of a low x-max. It would be a pity to blow these drivers to smithereens with for example a 300 Watt plate amp.
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