Adire Brahma Re-cone to 18"

[todd.brust 29]

i think that this question will mostly be aimed at Scott....i recently purchased a "damaged" brahma mark II 12"(i think, no idea which is which but i am tol the mark II) that wasn't damaged at all really...just had to fix a bad glue joint and it works perfect now...

30 bucks and a 2 dollar tube of adhesive isn't too bad, but for my real question

i bought it with the intentions of re-coning it to an 18" Fi Brahma Hybrid of some sort....

i was wondering if it could be done...or has it been done?

i was thinking a dual 2 ohm coil with at least 1100 watts power handling...

i still want to retain good sound quality also...not sure if i would want to do it ported or sealed though...

just looking for ideas and a price possibility

and another side question.....the brahma that i have had a re-cone done on it right before adire closed its doors....probably one of the last re-cones, but with the re-cone would the speaker keep the same t/s parameters or would they change because of different soft parts coils etc...?

[todd.brust 29]

anyone know?

[todd.brust 29]

HELP PLEASE!!!

did i post in the wrong spot or something?

[NDMstang65 403]

No guarantees on how it will preform because there never was an 18" brahma...but one can be made

The parameters would be skewed quite a bit...and in all honestly the sub should have never been rated at more then 800 watts, because the coil is VERY small...

[todd.brust 29]

the mark II?

[todd.brust 29]

SCOTT or anyone from Fi...can i get any help?

[Adrian_D 520]

i'm also looking at getting my hands on an mkII. let's hope i find something about the recones

[todd.brust 29]

i've been waiting! i got excited when i saw this was under new posts expecting to get a response...not yet though...i honestly love my mark II...sounds great even with little power...

[nphocus 0]

I've been in your boat before. I've had brahmas reconed locally into 18s and again into 10s. The results were pretty awesome. I ended up dealing with George Wu at Atomic Loudspeakers in CA for the final build. Those subs have seen over 2000 watts a piece for daily ground pounding and were so purty that I mounted them inverted to show off the nice motor assembly. Too bad adire isn't around any more. They were a solid company with solid product and they brought alot to the industry. I hope Dan Wiggins is doing well.