Rightly or wrongly I have proceeded to cut all the parts out as per plan for this and will be assembling over the next couple of weeks as a dry build, there is something about this speaker as a mid top or standalone full range that just seems to strike a chord with me, now I'm not going to do the usual " I hav'nt got much cash so I'm looking to do this on a budget" tosh, these are not small speakers and need everything to be just right to have them sounding right and I am not interested in modding them to suit certain drivers as I feel its more of a challenge to hunt out just what makes these work with a 1.5khz passive crossover.
I will most certainly go for a 2" comp and homework so far suggests that 1.5khz just may be the nearest marry for a 15" woofer to 2" comp for a fuller sound.
Having built cubo's and then modding the es-18 down to an es-15 to fit neatly on top of the Cubo's (pls don't ask for readings and graphs as thats above my pay station) I have pondered on new 12" mid tops to replace my 20+ year old ones but im not ocd or anything but just felt that why not just go 15" all the way.
My reason for this post is to call on some of your experience so as to not make a costly mistake, I know roughly where I need to be but am not confident enough and knowledgable enough to be trusted with money (according to the wife)
As you will be aware some of the original parts used in this plan are no longer available thats why im putting this out to you legends!