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Date: February 16, 2008 at 11:16:01
From: Brian, [72-22-154-176.caribsurf.com]
Subject: Re: Why is this so hard?


>When I started designing my sub I was looking at a
>Qtc of .7 but as I put in more and more numbers into
>WinISD I started leaning towards a higher QTC usually
>approaching 1.0. This does mean I have to settle a
>less flat freq response curve because of a 1 dB hump,
>but it also drops the low cutoff by about 10 Hz

I think you might be using WinISD incorrectly. For any given sealed alignment with a driver, raising Qtc above 0.7 will also raise the cutoff point. A sealed alignment with Qtc=0.7 will always give the lowest cutoff point for a given driver.


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