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Open Baffles with Subwoofers

I wanted to take crossovers out of the equation (for the time being) and put together a bunch of speaker options, simple cabinets and open baffles mostly, using my SVS 3000s as the Woofers/Subs. I was thinking the Fostex-87E and speakers like that that only go down to about 200hz but have nice top ends. Are there going to be timing issues or any other issues Im not taking into account with the woofers and speaker drivers. Im not looking for perfection, just something that sounds really good to me. 
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erik_squires
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Try DIYaudio in the full-range or multi-way forum.
audiokinesis
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The Fostex FE87E has a small cone and modest x-max. On an open baffle with no protective highpass filter, the math says it starts to go non-linear at about 7/10ths of a watt at 200 Hz, and at about 2/10ths of a watt at 100 Hz and below. In other words, it will theoretically start to lose clarity at fairly modest sound pressure levels when used as you describe, though it may be designed to "gracefully" go non-linear and thereby give you a few more useable decibels. 

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double baffle material go as large as possible than larger yet use at least a 8inch fullrange 
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