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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

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joeycastillo
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Hi OP

I have encountered the same question to me by another audiophile friend, as some have posted above, the speaker I was asked my opinion was a Reference 3A De Cappo driven by JELabs 300B. those are a wonderful match but lacking lower bass power to the owner. IMHO, I thought the bass was good enough. but everyone hears differently and have their personal wants

therefore, after months to trying different things, he ended up with an external powered sub(s). nothing can be done any better. in your case, you can try different enclosures in your BASS drivers. BUT again, in IMHO, using external powered subs, you can Taylor the power output and the crossover.

MY last idea is to build a woofer enclosure, power it up with Class D amps and use a DSP (ex MiniDSP) to custom tailor the frequency match to your open baffle speakers

 

good luck

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