Mark Zarella wrote:
*Some on here claim that the difference between woofers i
negligible,
as long as they can handle enough power and are put in the righ
enclosure
to achieve the desired tuning and efficiency. I tend to agree wit
that
assertion. It's very easy to compensate for most TS params b
modifications
of an enclosure. I think Steve is putting a little too much weigh
into the
numbers (as he commonly does ) and the notion that some sub
are
strictly for "SQ purposes" and others for SPL. *

dissssssagreeeeeee..... "compensating" and changing a box for TS i
different from how a sub is manufactured to sound. To say that th
differences between woofers is negligible is ludicrous. so I can mak
my kicker sound as good as a w7? This would have to be true using th
word "negligible." I have heard this argument before... and its usuall
from people who make boxes for a living. I tested this theory out wit
various combos.

The first time I tested this was when an installer tried to convice m
that a W0 in his custom box will "blow away" a W3 in a pre-fab. HA! Th
result...well, I ended up with my W3 in the pre-fab. Other examples
have include making boxes and switching woofers in a HT application
The Shiva hit lower than any sub in any box. Back to the W3...
eventually made and tried other boxes in an effort to achieve desirabl
SQ. But it never happened.. the W3 loves to hit hard... its engineere
that way! Even the W7 sounds flabby compared to my Velodyn
servo-driven sub... and my new.....

IDQ12 !!!! This sub is running less power now.. and I put it in th
cheapest POS pre-fab box I could find just for testing purposes. Ca
you say cardboard? Whatever the case... the IDQ is an SQ dream. Just a
promised by all the wonderful CAF members.

In conclusion: the answer is... IDQ12.




oh.. and ps. I think humans cannot sense anything below 20hz. I may b
wrong
-
rpgonzale
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