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To me, I like certain specs and choose my speakers acordingly, then I determine what box I would prefer for the location it needs to fit in. I like low Fs, high Xmax basically. I have a grasp on most of the Thiele/Small, but not a thourough knowledge on all of them. Example, I get Mms is the mass of the moving parts combined with the mass of the air it moves. A thick heavy cone, larger coil, weighted dustcap...and a larger Sd creates larger Mms, which lowers Fs, lowers transients? (I have ideas but don't know)... yadda.
So I have a feel of things, but at the end of the day, I want a large clean stroke and I like smooth responce and low extention. I am a Tumult/Brahma/Avalanche/Maelstrom-X/Tempest-X kinda guy. RL-p not so much, they look awesome, but the rubber/plastic doesn't fit the same mould to me though the motor topology, not being XBL^2, is similar and parameters are similar.
But I don't believe in EBP. I know it works, it's tried and true, but I know which drivers I like, but if I have almost no room, I know the above subs will sound great in a sealed enclosure. If I get enough room to go ported and low, then I will reinforce the low end. I am just now getting into IB.
So I'm not getting my Avalanches back, the Maelstrom-X's don't have much for coil options, so along comes this cheap yet awesome Fi IB18.
I have a daily driver that my woman drives with my son. She's not into systems yet, but curious. We need trunk space, and not a whole lot for output. (I'm a basshead, so by not a lot of output, I mean I was going to run just the pair of 15" Avalanches sealed)
I might throw 1 IB18 in there in a large sealed if i can't get enough airspace to tune sub 30's.
I would like to get another dedicated SUV someday and wall 2 IB18's @ 16Hz for fun and wow factor.
I would like to build an IB manifold as well.
So couldn't a guy get the 4 or more IB18's for the deal, and use them in different enclosures and all function just fine?
So I have a feel of things, but at the end of the day, I want a large clean stroke and I like smooth responce and low extention. I am a Tumult/Brahma/Avalanche/Maelstrom-X/Tempest-X kinda guy. RL-p not so much, they look awesome, but the rubber/plastic doesn't fit the same mould to me though the motor topology, not being XBL^2, is similar and parameters are similar.
But I don't believe in EBP. I know it works, it's tried and true, but I know which drivers I like, but if I have almost no room, I know the above subs will sound great in a sealed enclosure. If I get enough room to go ported and low, then I will reinforce the low end. I am just now getting into IB.
So I'm not getting my Avalanches back, the Maelstrom-X's don't have much for coil options, so along comes this cheap yet awesome Fi IB18.
I have a daily driver that my woman drives with my son. She's not into systems yet, but curious. We need trunk space, and not a whole lot for output. (I'm a basshead, so by not a lot of output, I mean I was going to run just the pair of 15" Avalanches sealed)
I might throw 1 IB18 in there in a large sealed if i can't get enough airspace to tune sub 30's.
I would like to get another dedicated SUV someday and wall 2 IB18's @ 16Hz for fun and wow factor.
I would like to build an IB manifold as well.
So couldn't a guy get the 4 or more IB18's for the deal, and use them in different enclosures and all function just fine?