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View Poll Results: Your thoughts on a new subwoofer
I would definately like to try them
53
62.35%
Not for me Sorry (
4
4.71%
Price is good
32
37.65%
Price is High
8
9.41%
They are missing features for my liking
1
1.18%
Would like higher power handling
17
20.00%
Power handling is fine
16
18.82%
Need different voice coil configuration
16
18.82%
Please no more new drivers
9
10.59%
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by zinger002
are you going to get a single sub to see if it meets your spec, then order more?
or order a bunch at once?
Already did that, waiting for the return of our proto's from testing and a PO has already been placed and almost complete for the first small order.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 01:12 PM
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woo!
got a number of how many of each size your getting?
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 01:28 PM
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oh here is a good question, will there be the possibility for rebuild parts?
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 01:40 PM
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Awesome ! Sounds like an all around good sub !.. I might look into getting one if the price is that low for such good specs & knowing it was designed by a cca seller Canadians rock

Can't wait
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 02:30 PM
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no 8"?
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 03:13 PM
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^ 8's are for midbass



Good luck with the new endevour smartass...
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 03:50 PM
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maby he is looking for 8's lol

steve is not a fan of 8's or 18's lol
he just dont like number 8 lol.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Smartass
I know the Mach 5 are cheaper price wise. But we found when testing a Mach 5 we encountered quite of bit of cone noise just slightly over the power handling of the sub. They do work well in a 4th order though. And we also found the suspension to be very soft.
True...very good points. I shouldn't have made the price comparison since the focus and goals of the drivers are different.

Your your drivers are more geared towards SPL and should easily outperform the Mach5 Audio drivers in that respect...while The Mach5 subs are likely better subs for SQ.

But the main reason I think your price point may be a tad high is because for the same money, someone could buy a pair of Mach5 drivers instead of one. I think in most cases, a pair of Mach5 drivers will have more displacement.

Regardless your intended price points are still very fair. They're just not priced crazy cheap like Mach5 is.

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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 09:19 PM
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displacement is nothing if you dont have good tuning, thats what i have learned from most of the people on here.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by zinger002
displacement is nothing if you dont have good tuning, thats what i have learned from most of the people on here.
What do you mean by tuning? Kind of a vague statement.

If you meant tuning in general then yes...kinda obvious there, lol.

Tuning in general is always important...it's the single most important factor in car audio.

However, I'm still not sure what your point was.



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