Infrasonic Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Ummm yeah. I'm kinda worried for Luke here ... about that. His style for amplifiers has firmly been in the "not messing around" niche. Even two CC5500's will not likely be enough for all those. This is gonna hurt his wallet. I guess a nice projection system will have to wait until next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuxedocivic Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 More info please! Hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeamdman Posted February 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 How's the amplifier situation looking? Pair of bridged CC5500's? I know your wallet doesn't want to hear this but eventually you'll probably want a pair of big boy amps on these 8 drivers. Ummm yeah. I'm kinda worried for Luke here ... about that. His style for amplifiers has firmly been in the "not messing around" niche. Even two CC5500's will not likely be enough for all those. This is gonna hurt his wallet. I guess a nice projection system will have to wait until next year. Ha! The pair of CC5500 is doing ok, but I already beat you two to the punch on this one. My very first post mentioned a pair of SP2-12k or K20's as a possibility in the future Mike will be here in a few hours and then the heavy lifting begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeamdman Posted February 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Here's the changes to the inside of the boxes. I added a 1" foam lining to the ends to mask the motor noise, removed the polyfill from the pillows, and also put the wire in a rubber conduit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infrasonic Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Ha! The pair of CC5500 is doing ok, but I already beat you two to the punch on this one. My very first post mentioned a pair of SP2-12k or K20's as a possibility in the future Mike will be here in a few hours and then the heavy lifting begins. Lol! Just as I worried.... A PAIR of SP2-12k's or K20's? Good lord. Definitely not messing around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infrasonic Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Here's the changes to the inside of the boxes. I added a 1" foam lining to the ends to mask the motor noise, removed the polyfill from the pillows, and also put the wire in a rubber conduit: You could hear the motor noise while the driver was mounted?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeamdman Posted February 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 You could hear the motor noise while the driver was mounted?!? No, but in free air it was a little surprising, so this was a "just in case" thing so I wouldn't regret it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeamdman Posted February 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Lol! Just as I worried.... A PAIR of SP2-12k's or K20's? Good lord. Definitely not messing around. With and Re of 1.5ohm per cab, it's a match made in heaven for a SP amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infrasonic Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 No, but in free air it was a little surprising, so this was a "just in case" thing so I wouldn't regret it later. Oh, okay. That is much more common. I thought for a moment you could hear it through the cab. Yikes! With and Re of 1.5ohm per cab, it's a match made in heaven for a SP amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infrasonic Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Does that mean there are TWO more brand-new SP12k's in your near future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SME Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Does that mean there are TWO more brand-new SP12k's in your near future? Two MORE? So he'd have, like THREE TOTAL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeamdman Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Holy crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeamdman Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Before I post anything about the subs I want to give a huge THANK YOU to Mike!! Mike's always there to help with absolutely anything, and there's no freaking way I could have stacked or even moved these things without him. Thanks again, Mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuxedocivic Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Must sound pretty good lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeamdman Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Must sound pretty good lol. Me and Mike are impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeamdman Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Here's a teaser. Much more pics to follow tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrapladm Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 So thats the Othorn on the top or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan611 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Honestly, it was my pleasure Luke. I am very impressed; glad we had time to fire them up. My ears are still ringing. It's like I spent all night at a concert. Crazy! I can't wait to hear them once they've broken in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan611 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 So thats the Othorn on the top or something else? Yes, that's the Othorn on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatshaft Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Can you give us a time frame of when any listening impressions will be posted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan611 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Can you give us a time frame of when any listening impressions will be posted?Loud. Bone shaking. Violent. Basically awesome. I thought they sounded really amazing, even though they're very stiff and need at least 100 hours of break in time. I'm sure you are looking for more critical impressions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastAudio Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Were you running them full LFE bandwidth without the Othorns just to test them out? Do you feel like you'll even need the othorns anymore? Wait, that's a silly question. Man, that's nice you guys have each other to help move things around and then give additional listening impressions. I have been wanting to yank down my top boxes for a few months now and just go 4 boxes all the way across the front wall for some time now, but it takes three guys to maneuver the boxes off the danleys and steady it down to the ground. I mean I can get a couple of buds over to help me do the lifting, but the fun impressions after? Yea, they will just say it sounds the same and that's pretty much it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeamdman Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Were you running them full LFE bandwidth without the Othorns just to test them out? Do you feel like you'll even need the othorns anymore? Wait, that's a silly question. Man, that's nice you guys have each other to help move things around and then give additional listening impressions. I have been wanting to yank down my top boxes for a few months now and just go 4 boxes all the way across the front wall for some time now, but it takes three guys to maneuver the boxes off the danleys and steady it down to the ground. I mean I can get a couple of buds over to help me do the lifting, but the fun impressions after? Yea, they will just say it sounds the same and that's pretty much it It was hilarious what it took to move the dual-opposed boxes after we stacked them, because even before stacking the Othorn on top, those two boxes weigh ~600lb's combined. Mike actually put his feet all the wall and pushed off of it to slide the stack! I should have taken some video, because I was almost passing out from laughing! It's a good thing that wall is double-studded with two layers of 5/8" drywall, or else his feet would have broke right through the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeamdman Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Can you give us a time frame of when any listening impressions will be posted? I was pleasantly surprised with the sound. I think they're very "punchy" and dynamic. Really nice slam on some dubstep. Before they break in the Fs is ~36hz, so they're not as clean below 20hz as they will be in about a month. I could definitely detect some harmonics when content below 20hz was played, but the Fs will lower all the way down to ~26hz after they finally break in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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