Did I get special MLIs?

[Tirefryr 1,742]

He He. Big thanks to Aaron!!

Mark, I must say, you really outdo yourself. A $20 driver that performs like drivers five times the cost AND you have the audacity to include form fitting grills AND hardware.

Mach 5 Audio, the pinnacle of the poor man's music! being broke never sounded so good.

Now, on to the goodies.

What is this mess on my driver?

[mrray13 30]

i liked them better before you took the stuff off, lol

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Roddy 0]

what size of drivers are they? 10's

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

what size of drivers are they? 10's

6.5"

I really is surprising the high level of build quality of a speaker of this cost.

I think we should paint all the baskets green and blue.

[Tirefryr 1,742]

i liked them better before you took the stuff off, lol

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I didn't take anything off. It's what I applied. Modeling clay goes on all my drivers to help defeat frame resonances.

Aaron, again, big thanks! We'll be doing business again SOON.

[Acidburn 10]

lol nice clay job

[vladd 26]

I've heard you talking about doing that before, but in a car environment wouldn't the clay melt and drip off?

[platnum accord 0]

maybe i should get a set because one of my pg's squels like a mad/frightend pig.

[///M5 2,833]

I've heard you talking about doing that before, but in a car environment wouldn't the clay melt and drip off?

Nope, gets pretty soft but doesn't melt. A bit might drop off, but again you are adding mass so if you lose a little it isn't that big of a deal. Regrettably it isn't something I dare do to the Seas with the coil showing.

Looks good Ryan, I can't wait to see what you do with them.

[mrogowski 6]

"...being broke never sounded so good."

Hahaha! I like it! That should be the next slogan.

Curious tho, why would you put clay on a cast basket that is so small to begin with?

m

[Tirefryr 1,742]

I do it to ALL my drivers, even subs. I don't care what size it is. I take every precaution I can.

While I have you here Mark, what is the thread size/pitch on the screws that come with these?

[mrogowski 6]

I believe they are #8 - 1 1/4" black Phillips wood screws. I can verify that when I get home..

m

[UndercoverPunk 0]

I do it to ALL my drivers, even subs.

Even the Red 3rd gen claw?

[JEREMIAH 0]

i liked them better before you took the stuff off, lol

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I didn't take anything off. It's what I applied. Modeling clay goes on all my drivers to help defeat frame resonances.

Aaron, again, big thanks! We'll be doing business again SOON.

what?

[///M5 2,833]

i liked them better before you took the stuff off, lol

I didn't take anything off. It's what I applied. Modeling clay goes on all my drivers to help defeat frame resonances.

Aaron, again, big thanks! We'll be doing business again SOON.

what?

By defeat resonances he means to shift them. Works just like a constrained mass layer (aka sound deadening) that you would put on panels in your car. In the case of a speaker it can defeat modal bending that potentially could color the sound at the natural frequency of the basket itself. Think of it as changing the tone that a bell rings at, in this case the bell is the frame of the speaker.

[dragnix 0]

this makes me wanna install my mli. I've had them for close to a year now

[Tirefryr 1,742]

I believe they are #8 - 1 1/4" black Phillips wood screws. I can verify that when I get home..

m

It's actually a fine thread machine screw. I thought it was an 8-32, but it will not fit my inserts, nor my die.

I do it to ALL my drivers, even subs.

Even the Red 3rd gen claw?

It's a 4th gen actually, but no, not that. If I weren't going to mount it inverted, I would.

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Best money I've spent on drivers in quite some time. I only have a little bit of play time with these, but in a well-deadened door and some power, these babies are midbass monsters!

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Got them installed and I'm loving them!

Tweeter pods are "dead" too.

[mrogowski 6]

Great stuff. Thanks for the update on the screws. I will have to look into it.

m

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Ryan, if you have time put up a little review?

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Ryan, if you have time put up a little review?

I will once everything is 100%.

[mrogowski 6]

These will be going into the Bonne once everything is in place. Can't wait to dump the Bose.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

As soon as I can build the spacers for the civic....

[aznboi3644 2]

what is the frequency response of these??? How high can you high cross them over at??