stevie

Yes. I did a bit of digging and that's what I found for the 1516.

Oops! Sorry, @SimonK. My mistake.

You can't go wrong with either SB Acoustics or Scan-Speak.

As stated elsewhere, the clue that the seller doesn't know what they're doing lies in the inadequately sized port. If the OP just wants four Trace 10-inch drivers, there's a set currently on Ebay for £60.

This is absolutely right - but only if the manufacturer has implemented the crossover properly so that each driver is operating in its own frequency band. I don't know for sure, but I believe all the drivers are run full range except for the tweeter.

Are you sure it extended the frequency response, or could it have just induced peaking, which might have sounded like it did?

It's probably a similar idea to what Scan-Speak have done with their slit cones, where they slice the paper cones and glue them back together again to control cone resonance. Here's the reponse of one of their seven-inch drivers showing how they've controlled serious cone break up until about 5kHz. Notice how smooth the off-axis response is right up to 7kHz.

It depends how you want to define it, @bremen. I think of it as a supplementary cone made of lighter weight material that's attached to the cone. They've fallen out of favour nowadays, as cheap whizzers are highly resonant, and there are better alternatives, i.e. coaxial drivers.

@Phil Starr is probably the person to explain this in a way that doesn't have you reaching for your dictionary. He'll probably be along soon. However, @Chienmortbb is right to say that the fall off in higher frequencies off axis is worse on a large diameter driver than a small one. I'm fascinated to hear how you can extend the off-axis rolloff by an octave by manipulating the cone and dustcap, as I've never seen this in real life. A wizzer cone is a bit different, as it is a separate transducer attached to the voice coil.

I also recommend Hot Covers products. Not only are they excellent quality but the company is great to deal with. A low-cost alternative is to use a large polythene bag. Check out eBay item number:191902777531, for example. The supplier offers 400 gauge bags up to 20 x 30 inches, which should be large enough - but obviously measure first. 400 gauge is thick enough to protect from minor damage as well as dust and dirt. It's not the most elegant solution, although at £2.50 delivered, it's certainly the cheapest.

Interested in finding out how this compares with your Veyron.

I agree with Phil that the eight-inch cab should be plenty loud enough for home use.

You might like to take a look at the Celestion TF1230S, which is priced similarly.

And their parts prices are reasonable.

Welcome to the select band of TE-1200 users. Just wait 'til you try the compressor- it's ace. I can't help thinking they should have made the footswitch and rack ears optional in order to reduce the price. I won't be using either of those. You now need to make sure you have a cab capable of reproducing the amp's gorgeous tones. 😀

I think this is a good practical rule of thumb for bass players. Speaker power handling can be a complicated subject but there are good reasons for not driving your loudspeakers to their max.

The diaphragm assembly is the part that contains the coil, which is what normally blows. Replacing the diaphragm will repair the unit.

To design a two-way crossover, you need to measure the drivers on the baffle you'll be using. You'll need a frequency response curve, a phase response curve and an impedance curve for each driver. Unless you have that information, you're guessing - and the likelihood of a suboptimal crossover is extremely high. There is also a very real chance that the crossover will damage your amplifier. Replacement diaphragms for the original tweeter are available for not much money here: https://speakerrepairshop.nl/en/diaphragms/for-selenium/g-10000060.

The capacitor in series trick is normally used with sealed cabs but this does look like a good case for what is known as a fifth order alignment. It will shape the response below 200Hz, adding a couple of dBs between 80 and 100Hz and filtering below 50Hz. The cab will sound fatter and power handling below 50Hz will improve. I'd suggest a value of 300uF in this particular case, using a 100V bipolar electrolytic. While the capacitor should help, it can't perform miracles, as it only reduces the power going to the driver at low frequencies by about 3dB.

Aluminum cones are used quite a bit for hi-fi. The principle benefit is rigidity: they flex less than most other materials, which results in lower distortion. The principle limitation is that they lack the internal damping of softer materials like pulp or polypropylene. While all cones exhibit break-up at high frequencies, softer cone materials tend to spread the break-up across a range of frequencies, while aluminium and other stiff cones like carbon fibre ring like a bell at a single frequency. The frequency peak can easily be 10dB and getting it under control needs heavy filtering. I'd guess what you're hearing when you listen to Hartke drivers is the ringing and distortion inherent to all aluminium cone drivers. This is the frequency response of a high-quality 10" aluminium cone driver:

I wouldn't call a 2x12 or a 4x10 a compact cab either. I can confirm, however, that an LFSys Monaco will have no problem meeting the OP's needs - "a compact cab that can compete with 2 guitars and a heavy hitting drummer in small clubs, pubs". Especially with an 800W amp. In fact, I guarantee it.

I see @Merton is spending other people's money again.😁

Tuffcab gets tougher the more coats you apply. You can get an acceptable finish with two coats but I'd recommend at least three.

I wondered when someone would mention this. Say what you like about Behringer, but the Veyron 1001M comfortably competes with the heads from the usual suspects and sells for much less. It has more power than most, looks great, and has well-chosen eq frequencies.

Very nice! Great bassline, too.