Identify my Booty...no, really!

[clarkbradshaw]

Does anyone know what these are? I bought a pair at the tent sale and they look almost like a tang band 8" subwoofer. (http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=264-854)

I asked the Parts Express guys and they said the number on the bottom looks like a Pioneer number. The quick test they did yielded an F3 of 30Hz and they looked like mean, fun little subs so I bought them.

Any ideas? Or better yet, does anyone else already have one they've measured?


Thanks!

Clark B.

[nick29498141]

Those look a LOT like the "Floppy Cones" some of us got last year's T-Sale.... My "Floppy" has a slightly smaller dust-cap, but it's close...

[billfitzmaurice]

A full pic of the frame would be better.

[clarkbradshaw]

Here's a few better pics.

The diameter is 8.25"

Clark B.

[Wolf]

Here's a few better pics.

The diameter is 8.25"

Clark B.

IIRC, I thought they were TB or Cambridge("Floppies") 8"ers.
Later,
Wolf

[Taterworks]

That would be one of the 8" drivers from the 500-watt "Newton"-series powered sub by Cambridge Soundworks, which uses a pair of the drivers, firing from the two sides of the cube-shaped cabinet.

[nick29498141]

IIRC, I thought they were TB or Cambridge("Floppies") 8"ers.
Later,
Wolf

A-ha! so I was correct...

Email me with your T-Sale haul...

[clarkbradshaw]

Why are they called "Floppies" or "Floppy Cones?" Do they have some terrible issue with rigidity? That name really doesn't make them sound like great drivers.

Clark B.

[nick29498141]

they have a not-amazingly-rigid paper cone.. They are made for acoustic suspension alignments; and they would work very well in them.

Nick

[philiparcario]

I owned a newton p 500 and a newton p 1000 sub. the maple version with the 8 inch cones was very good looking sub. played well with right use. listed for 800 new the p 1000 listed for 1000 new. I purchased them online for about 1200 for the two from cambridge soundworks. after a few years 2002 to 2005 i sold them on ebay. If you can buy an eight inch used for 250 and stick under your computer desk it would be a good value. they eq the sub and use two in separate sealed parts of a small cube. The control box is stand alone from the sub and has a decent line level crossover. you can run a very good 2.1 computer system with the eight sub and a small two channel amp like a gainclone or a sonic t amp and small sats.

[clarkbradshaw]

Thanks, guys!

So has anyone used them in any projects? I'm assuming roughly a .5 Cu Ft. sealed box with a healthy amplifier (150W or better) for each?

Clark B.

[nick29498141]

"Bigger Rigger" has like 6 in his Fiero... Or is that "On" his Fiero....

(Ask Wolf, hopefully he'll remeber that faithful day)

[Wolf]

"Bigger Rigger" has like 6 in his Fiero... Or is that "On" his Fiero....

(Ask Wolf, hopefully he'll remeber that faithful day)

LOL! I know he bought the 10" units, but Aaron didn't get the 8", AFAIK. I couldn't believe it was on top of the engine-bay!! BTW- he builds up his Blazer, not the Fiero.
Later,
Wolf