Members guitarharv52 Posted November 6, 2009 Members Share Posted November 6, 2009 And I assume you are (very) careful? I have reconed a ton of those drivers and every one died a death at the hands of too much power. Yes I am careful.Thanks to what I learn here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted November 6, 2009 Members Share Posted November 6, 2009 If you are referring to my "Hey, seein's how yous a expert and all" comment - AFAIK that is true when it comes to drivers and reconeing (and a bunch of other stuff) and was simply meant as a request for your expert opinion on the matter at hand - sorry if you interpreted it otherwise. Oh, and on those PV118 "upgrade" drivers, are they Eminence or ? Obviously a name brand OEM (that is easily reconeable?) is much preferable to some chinese non-name throwaway . I'll not be buying any before I finish toasting these as I will just use a pair of my other subs while waiting for the new drivers to arrive - plus I'm getting less and less convinced that I CAN toast 'em . Eminence, based on the Omega platform but with parameters more suitable to smaller boxes. Sometimes, a driver will work great for a small box exceptthat the port dimensions won't fit or the velocity is too high for a duct that will fit, etc. Nothing worse than a 16" deep box and a porting scheme that requires 20" of depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted November 6, 2009 Members Share Posted November 6, 2009 Eminence, based on the Omega platform but with parameters more suitable to smaller boxes.Fs? If those were available in 4 ohms I'd really be tempted to "retire" the stock drivers now - and maybe build a couple for myself . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldschooler Posted November 6, 2009 Members Share Posted November 6, 2009 I Oh, and on those PV118 "upgrade" drivers, are they Eminence or ? Obviously a name brand OEM (that is easily reconeable?) is much preferable to some chinese non-name throwaway . I'll not be buying any before I finish toasting these as I will just use a pair of my other subs while waiting for the new drivers to arrive - plus I'm getting less and less convinced that I CAN toast 'em . Why would you buy a speaker cabinet with the intention of blowing out the drive then find a suitable replacement? Why not buy a better speaker in the first place? I also notice you have quite a few different sets of speakers. I believe you have 3 or 4 sets of random cabinets. I hope you are not making sideway moves in speakers, and wasting your money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted November 6, 2009 Members Share Posted November 6, 2009 8 ohm only. I think I have about 10 left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted November 6, 2009 Members Share Posted November 6, 2009 Why would you buy a speaker cabinet with the intention of blowing out the drive then find a suitable replacement?The PV118's aren't mine - they belong to the band I most work with. They understand that they are way overpowered by their RMX2450 and are OK with reloading them when they blow. They'd rather sound good than have me baby them. I only run them hard into the red outdoors anyways.My 4 subs are all 500wrms 1x15" with 4" vc's and I run a pair off of an RMX1450 clone - either 300w in stereo or 700w bridged into each. I only do the latter outdoors and only push that amp into the limiters in stereo.I've actually never blown a driver - ever . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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