Brahma 15 EXTREME, and 18!

DerrickW · 04-22-2003, 02:06 PM

http://www.adireaudio.com/Merchant2/...uct_Code=BEX15

Oh my. Anybody seen more info on this? They also mention an 18" Brahma on the regular website. Any similar Tumult plans?

Cam S · 04-22-2003, 02:11 PM

Good god that sounds bad, but I wonder what exactly they did to make them so much more powerful. The things they listed don't seem like enought to do that to a driver. Those things sure are friggin expensive though.

DerrickW · 04-22-2003, 02:14 PM

The price is nuts, but for car audio competition where #of drivers is important this thing should kill other subs.

Anthony_Gomez · 04-22-2003, 02:52 PM

There will be a pre-order for the Brahma 18

and those on the pre-order will go through the following transition:

........

Brett DiMichele · 04-22-2003, 09:07 PM

hahah Gomer!

There should be a rule about using so many emoticons in a
row.. You know how long it took me to load this post on my
dialup connection!

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Chris Tsutsui · 04-22-2003, 10:12 PM

If you read the fine print it says "Please allow 8 weeks for deliver of this hand-built monster."

At least it doesn't say "Please allow 8 months for confirmation of delivery of this VC inspected monster."

Seth_L · 04-22-2003, 10:14 PM

Now, Now Chris it was only 5 months until we got tracking numbers. :p

Seth

Bill Fagal · 04-23-2003, 06:36 AM

Interesting:

56mm of Xmag, 33mm of Xsus. Seems to illustrate what Dan W. has said before, that the cone suspension is the current bottleneck in the advancing state of the art.

I suspect they've pretty much tapped out all the travel they can build into the standard cast baskets available, short of moving to a flat diaphragm to let them raise the spider one last bit. I predict we're going to see some new basket castings before Xsus gets much past 40mm. Too bad if it's true, because it likely means more expense.

Seth_L · 04-23-2003, 11:16 AM

The driver sounds like a recipe for disaster. The motor can out throw the suspension by 23mm each way. That's almost one full inch. Wouldn't it be really easy to damage a driver with this recipe?

Seth

Bill Fagal · 04-23-2003, 11:37 AM

Yeah, the spider/surround sure better be glued well. But I'm sure it's clearanced for plenty of swing past Xsus.

By designing for throw past Xsus, they're just going for raw displacement over linearity. After all, distortion isn't a concern in SPL shootouts.

Anthony_Gomez · 04-23-2003, 11:55 AM

Distortion is a bonus! it adds SPL