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01-08-2007, 07:55 PM

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Hardwrkr

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Originally Posted by coreyjroman

These are in fact not 180's but a component series known as the 130cs. I have had 12 or more of these. They all came as a package. The 180's were sold by themselves as mid-bass subs. The difference is that the 180's are 6.5 inch speakers and the 130's are 5.25. I used to swear by the 10 inch OZ subs I had. I bought my first 130-cs to compliment the 10's in my old Buick grand national (back in the day). Wish I still had them. The subs handled every amp I hooked em' to. I had those 10's for 11 years and they still worked great! A buddy of mine begged me for over 5 years to sell them to him and I finally gave in.... I miss them like a deceased lifelong pet(ha ha). Have a good one bro's.

After 12 pair you should know that the OZ-130 driver uses the standard squared off lip on the basket as on most 5.25" drivers and the OZ-180 also came in a comp set.

The OZ-25, 100, 130, 180 could all be had seperately.

The OZ-180 were not sold as midbass subs. What exactly is a "midbass sub" anyways? The 180 was labelled as a "6.5 Poly Mid-bass" but with decent bottom end extension the driver could be used as a 6.5" driver for subwoofer duties. I'm pretty sure OZ marketed the 180 as "An excellent transducer with excellent time domain properties for use in doors, free-air, or subwoofer enclosure's down to 32Hz. Optimized cone body and dust-cap profiles for flatest frequency response (+/-2dB 35Hz-5kHz)" Of course that's only what my OZ manual states and it's not like I sold them back in the day or anything

Oh and the OZ-130 was labelled a "5.25 Poly Mid-bass" also just like the 180 was.

Cheers

01-12-2007, 01:51 AM

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coreyjroman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Hardwrkr

After 12 pair you should know that the OZ-130 driver uses the standard squared off lip on the basket as on most 5.25" drivers

My bad... I did not see the lack of lip("squared off") in the photos and that was 10 to 15 years ago... The 180's were only offered separate here in my one horse town back then. Next time I'll thunk before I reply!! Great manual copying though... I would hate to see the stack of old manuals you have cluttering up that one room in the house everyone is afraid to enter. LOL Have a good one mate!

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01-12-2007, 02:00 AM

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P.s.:

In 1981 before audiophiles and internet users banned together to give dolby dabbers a taste of lightning in our audio... any speaker used as the primary bass driver for a system in whole or in part was originally referred to as a sub-woofer. Therefore in the angst of sarcasm... a mid-bass-sub could simply be described as a speaker designed to offer mid-bass/mid-range performance but also double as a primary bass driver thereby picking up the suffix "sub". Hence the term ... "MID-BASS-SUB"

Just comedy... all in good taste!
-Corey

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01-12-2007, 02:18 AM

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question...

Please refresh my memory...

What was the model numbers of the various subs offered by OZ back then?

Thanks,
-Corey

01-12-2007, 06:52 PM

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OZ-200, OZ-250, OZ-300

Each size available in either "L" (Enclosure Required) or "H" (Free-Air Applications) models.

01-12-2007, 07:10 PM

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my first sub i ever had was a oz sub, it could hanfle a beating too. i was told it was a 500 watt sub and i had my 2000 watt amp hooked up to it and it still goes to this day, but i dont have it anymore