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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 76147" data-attributes="member: 30">Re: Danley SM80 and others shootout Monday January 14 at Danley in Gainesville, GA.The SM80 does not array as well as other Danley products.&nbsp; Now that does not mean that it is bad-better than most-just not like the other Danely arrayable products.&nbsp; Basically we could not get the HF drivers close enough-so there is a little bit of &quot;wiggle&quot; in the middle.&nbsp; But how many people need 160° of coverage?&nbsp; But you are correct-the low end would couple since the horn has lost pattern control down on the bottom and the drivers are close enough together at those freq.Don&#039;t hold your breath on adding a good bit of wood and keeping the weight the same.&nbsp; HOWEVER-because the SM 80 is a sealed box-that means that there is a lot of control over the woofer excursion and the impedance is high down on the bottom of the response.&nbsp; This means that you can add a good bit of boost in the 80-100hz range to &quot;round out&quot; the low freq response to make it more of a full range cabinet all by itself.&nbsp; The high impedance means that very little actual power is going to the driver and the sealed configuration means the driver won&#039;t be &quot;flopping around&quot; as if you added that boost to a ported box.Yes you can make it start to &quot;sound ugly&quot; if you apply enough boost and drive it that hard-but if you are needing that type of level you should be using subs anyway.The sealed alignment makes it easier to align with a subwoofer. The monitor version was chosen to be ported since very rarely would it be used with a sub and there was more internal cabinet volume-so let&#039;s make it more full range.When we were comparing to the Meyer-there was no processing at all (not even a high pass filter) on the Danley SH Micro.&nbsp; So yes-a little bit of processing could have helped.Since hindsight is 20/20-I really wish I would have put the TH Mini into the sub comparison.&nbsp; I think it would have been &quot;interesting&quot;.We are still doing in the programing stage for the &quot;new sub&quot;.&nbsp; Until we do some testing I don&#039;t want to comment on how well it will perform.&nbsp; But the form factor should be better for most people.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 76147, member: 30"] Re: Danley SM80 and others shootout Monday January 14 at Danley in Gainesville, GA. The SM80 does not array as well as other Danley products. Now that does not mean that it is bad-better than most-just not like the other Danely arrayable products. Basically we could not get the HF drivers close enough-so there is a little bit of "wiggle" in the middle. But how many people need 160° of coverage? But you are correct-the low end would couple since the horn has lost pattern control down on the bottom and the drivers are close enough together at those freq. Don't hold your breath on adding a good bit of wood and keeping the weight the same. HOWEVER-because the SM 80 is a sealed box-that means that there is a lot of control over the woofer excursion and the impedance is high down on the bottom of the response. This means that you can add a good bit of boost in the 80-100hz range to "round out" the low freq response to make it more of a full range cabinet all by itself. The high impedance means that very little actual power is going to the driver and the sealed configuration means the driver won't be "flopping around" as if you added that boost to a ported box. Yes you can make it start to "sound ugly" if you apply enough boost and drive it that hard-but if you are needing that type of level you should be using subs anyway. The sealed alignment makes it easier to align with a subwoofer. The monitor version was chosen to be ported since very rarely would it be used with a sub and there was more internal cabinet volume-so let's make it more full range. When we were comparing to the Meyer-there was no processing at all (not even a high pass filter) on the Danley SH Micro. So yes-a little bit of processing could have helped. Since hindsight is 20/20-I really wish I would have put the TH Mini into the sub comparison. I think it would have been "interesting". We are still doing in the programing stage for the "new sub". Until we do some testing I don't want to comment on how well it will perform. But the form factor should be better for most people. [/QUOTE]

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