Any input on this one or has anyone tried it? I am just waiting for it all to dry so I can try it out. 12" ID MAX. Enclosure equals 2.6 ft/3 after allowing for port and driver. Sound damped,siliconed, rounded edges, ect., and made a slot port. The overall enclosure width is 15" so the port worked out to be 13.5 X 1 X 16. Guessing it to be arround 27hz. Any advantages or disadvantages with slot ports?

 

we just had a id max 12" sent to us by the fine folks at kankar marketing to try out, critical evaluation as follows

1.3 cubic ft sealed box
alpine mrd m1005 amplifier
nissan 240 test vehicle
alppine cda9833 cd player

we ran this woofer through a ton of testing, with tones and all sorts of music after 12 hours of break in with 18 volts at fs, spl measurements were never taken becasue that is not what we were testing for, we wanted to know how it sounded, but i can tell you that it did get loud realtively well

this woofer has alot going for it, it was very capable of getiing loud at very low fequncies(sub 30 hz)which not too many speakers are capable of

i did find the attack to be quite good, not as good as my reference woofer but better than every other speaker ive heard. except for the reference

the idmax on a couple of my reference tracks, didnt have the mechanical noises that most woofers have when driven hard, which was very nice to not hear

here is a list of the reference cd's i used

cowboy junkies, trinity sessions, track 2 -5
usac disc, track 16, 17
paul brown-up front, track 7-11
tool-lateralus,title track
metallica-and justice for all,track 3,4
aaron neville-cant remember the cd title, whole cd
sarah mclachlan-surfacing,track 5'7
dire straights-brothers in arms, title track
24/7spies-track3-7, everyone should own this cd

i would say that this is the 2nd best woofer ive ever heard, and the differences between 1 and 2 are minimal, both do certain things better than the other, i particularily like the deep bass linearity of this speaker. its worth ever penny at 649.95, not that my opinion counts, but i would recommend this woofer to anyone serious about getiing some of the bass bass ive ever heard in a car, the guys at kankar are great to deal with and image dynamics have engineered an amazing woofer that deserves attention, ftr, i am not an image dynamics dealer but asked for one to evaluate, and kankar nicely obliged, thanks guys

[ April 08, 2005, 10:21 AM: Message edited by: defro13 ]

 

im not allow to say, i was warned this morning from the mods about voicing my opinions and recommendations regarding a particular brand of product, dont bother asking me to elaborate becuase i wont

 

yes, we are doing a tv special with shaw cable, and are going to build his car in one 9 hour work day, 14 people from all the stores. we are building it overhaulin' style, the build will be televised, i think in june, the build day is may 15th. his car will be competing not only around bc and alberta, but it will also be the only car at the usac finls in kansas city that was built in 9 hours