New Adire 12" driver (1 Viewer)

[Jack Gilvey]

Dan's making the driver from the Sadhara available separately, ETA sometime in May. No idea on price, but he sent me a few specs:

Fs: 26 Hz
Qms: 5.1
Qes: 0.55
Qts: 0.5
Vas: 45L
Xmax: 27mm one way
Sd: 436 cm^2
Re: 2.6 Ohms

Looks pretty cool. No Le spec, but I'm guessing it's relatively low (~4mH) due to the XBL2 motor. 3ft^3/20Hz is an alignment Dan recommends, although I've never used a Qts that high in a reflex. Some pics and discussion can be found in this HTT thread .

 

[Anthony_Gomez]

The driver in the AV3 has a really high QTC and is used ported too.
without modeling it, that driver looks almost more like a car audio driver than the brahma 12.

 

[Jack Gilvey]

It does look good in Dan's alignment, but has a small hump around 40Hz. Sealed under Qtc of .707 looks very good, too.
Wonder what the Sadhara alignment is.

 

[Cam S]

How much would this sub be sold for?

 

[Adam C.]

his second sentance "No idea on price"

 

[Mark Seaton]

From what I've seen, it should be in the ballpark of the Brahma 12.

FYI, the Sadhara sells for $1000. I don't know the exact internal volume, but the kicker on that one is the equivalent area of a 6.5" dia. port. Supposed to be pretty stout to 18Hz.