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Don't we all. Actually, I owe all of you an apology. I've been both a grumpy sod & a right condescending know-it-all recently (not just here either), & that's not good. Especially as I certainly don't know it all, or anything remotely like. :oops: :cry: You have a very good point about some ...

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No, nothing taken personally, but I can't honestly say the manner of some of the comments in your last few posts regarding speaker design, related software etc. particularly makes me wish to contribute anything futher. As I say, I wish you well with your project.

I'm done. Good luck with your project.

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Try thinking of the variables involved in speaker design & see how many you come up with. It's not just messy, it's a minefield. The artistic application of science rather than raw science I'm afraid. Many companies, and some who straddle the line between DIY & pro-design like myself, use a ...

I think this calls for a...

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Not much I imagine. ;) That's where applying your own knowledge comes into play & if software is required, applying / adapting from elsewhere to suit your own needs. As it happens, I agree that all the available software is limited, more or less heavily depending on what it is. However, in fairn...

:D Made my day when I saw that on teletext this morning. They've kept Jenson & Rubens too, which is good to see. I note with interest they've junked their own engine & shifted to customer motors from Mercedes. Or Ilmor, as I still prefer to call them. ;) Probably a canny move. Save money, pr...

Yup. A 52% relative difference is quite large. And that's before you start to consider the aspect ratios & wildly different tuning alignmenets on top of that. You can't really draw many comparisons between completely different cabinets. As in there is no hifi software that I am aware of that cov...

The total vent cross sectional area on the Supravox Ultraflex cabinet is roughly 85.5in^2. In other words, massive by the standards of modern T/S aligned vented boxes. And that's before we consider the other differences in technical & sonic behaviour between this type of vent configuration &...

Good to know. Cheers guys.

Nice one Simon.

BTW -I didn't get to hear the Saburos in the front room as I had to leave before we got to that stage. How did they fare?

The Fonken isn't an Onken / Ultraflex / original BR cabinet, despite outward appearances. In the case of those other cabinets, the idea was to use the massive vent system to provide very high efficiency at the box tuning frequency. The Fonken is designed to be near-aperiodic, with resistive vents (c...