Single driver full range speakers


Hi,
I am a simple home hobbiest. I've built an great sounding full range single speaker set (so no cross-over,, and that's the point. I don't want a x-over).
But of course it lacks terribly in bass. Is it possible (is it commonly done?) to add a woofer into the cabinet with no cross-over (again, simple straight wire to amp). Would it require wiring in parallel or series?

Currently each speaker has one TangBand W8-1808 full range 8" driver and sounds very good.

Thanks in advance, I really would like to know if this is possible (safe?) to do.
Rob

tunehead

Showing 1 response by gs5556

A couple of things to consider:

Adding a driver will affect the impedance loading on the amplifier, increasing or decreasing depending if wired in series or parallel. 

The published (or expected) frequency response of a speaker is different than the in room response. A speaker's in room low end is often ten or fifteen dB higher than published specs taken in test chamber. So even if there was a way, realistically how much of a benefit would it be.

You could try a passive radiator or a down-firing port but that takes as much design horsepower as crossovers since you have to take the effect of the cabinet on the full range driver's performance.

Or, you can try a simple first order inductor.