Hello,
what do you guys think of using a TAD TL-1801 in a 4345-like setup?
The woofer looks like a very good hifi-bass but besides that not like a 100% JBL 2245 substitue. Therefor I suppose the TL-1801 needs a different enclosure for optimum performance!? It has a lighter cone and higher resonance-freq. so probably needs a bigger enclosure for same low-freq. extension...
There is not a lot of information on this TAD woofer.
Fortunately member POS has chared his impressions with me as he has owned both models in the past. He reported that both sounded very similar in aprox. 8 cb ft. TAD used the 18" woofer in the TSC-1118SW cinema subwoofer which is aprox. 8 cb ft. as well...
Westlake Audio uses them in their huge SM-1VF monitors. Iīm not shure about these, but the dimensions tell me each TL-1801 must have at least 12 cb ft of enclosure-volume.
What enclosure-size would you think of being appropriate for the TL-1801?
Iīm afraid that it will lack low-freq. extension in the usual JBL enclosures due to itīs lighter cone and different TSPīs...
Regards,
Olaf