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In the Thread: Remedies the Beauty
Post Subject: It would be a Christmas Miracle...Posted by anthony on: 12/29/2021
...if a 50yo 8" woofer could do much more than 90dB at 50Hz with anything approaching 'ease'. Remedies in this configuration are a lot like small 2-way standmounts in that we are trying to get a lot of bass output from something small and excursion is the killer. Even though some modern smaller drivers can sound ok at higher excursion I am yet to hear anything that does a decent job in the midbass region at anything like concert level SPL when used in a two-way and I see no reason why the Tannoy Reds would be any different.
It sucks. But short of paralleling them, I'm unable to suggest a way to get past the volume issue. Perhaps another few driven Scanspeak woofers with an appropriate bandpass filter may get more SPL in the midbass while keeping as much as possible of the Tannoy Red resonant magic. At least you could trial this with the Dunlavy towers. Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site