I'm not sure what you mean by "honk"... a db rise in that range? The cabs were designed with 2226's but they sure sound good with Ciare.
Maybe honk is the wrong way to put it, 250 -500 hz seems real hot, even after eq'ing. Its just the tone of the speaker I guess.
Looks like I'm going to try faital pro 15fx560. I have a pair of them and took them out of my single 15 with a 1'' horn box.
I couldn't get the Ciare to handle the power from 80 - 100 hz. They would ony handle 780w at 80 hz, The faitals will take 1380w. Seems like the box is to big for the ciares, and the ports are wrong.