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Originally Posted by Autophile Dome has better off axis response ...Domes are expensive.
Cone can play lower but the off axis response is not as good as dome. .... |
I agree but this is too general a statement.
Cone mids can have a good enough of axis response (I've seen some that are farily good to above 5K)
Some Cone mids with sealed backs albeit they have greater depth than a dome mid.
There are great domes and great cones and both serve their purpose.
In this partucular install I would suggest considering a 2" dome mid as most 3" dome mids would not fit and most 4" cone mids would require more depth than the install location might provide. This also means that the woofer would have to work till about 700Hz and the 2" dome mids would really only be covering a range of 2 octaves (700-1400-2800) or a bit more.
Given this one would have to consider triamping or 1st order crossovers as steeper crossovers so close together (700Hz and 3/4000Hz) introduce a whole new set of challenges.