Ascendant Audio

Welcome to the new home of Ascendant Audio! Stick around for updates! Shawn's taking the rein's on this one!

Hey guys, for now, this forum is mainly for anyone that has previous products and would like to post pictures or ask questions. Until the new products launch there is nothing really to talk about, so lets get this forum going, and discuss previous AA products. If you could post pics of you builds and worklogs that would be great. Thanks guy, Shawn Fleming

NOTICE: For the next week, there is going to be a delay on calls and emails due to Shawn going into major leg surgery as I type this. For the past 2 weeks he has been answering as many emails and calls as he can from his hospital bed. Due to this life changing surgery, he will be unable to get to all the emails and calls for a few days, so those who are wondering what is going on, please be aware of this and take it into consideration. If you know Shawn at all, keep him in your thoughts while he goes through this. Thank you.

Hey guys. Been doing this build since way back in December 2007. I thought it be about the right time to start a build thread. Being the UK/EU Rep for Ascendant Audio, Fi Car Audio, XS Power, Powermaster, KnuKonceptz we saw it only fit to make something to challenge ourselves.. We had a bunch of ideas initially and I started on a relatively small scale of equipment which grew, grew and grew! Scott made me do something I didn't even think was possible but I'm not one to bow out of a challenge although looking back at it I would think twice about doing it again! Went through 10-15 different designs, ported walls, clams, bandpass's etc.. nothing was looking easy.. Measure…

Straight from his website... "i was supposed to have my proto-pics today.......and im sure i will - i wanted to wait till i had them before i finally said something. Ill give you what i have though..... i will not be running Fi anymore. I am switching to AA - but it goes a little deeper then that. It will be AA's biggest, baddest sub - and it will be the SMD edition. I am waiting for the specs to be done on it so there is some T/S (i think im supposed to get some) but i can tell you it has a 4" coil, power handling will be rated at 3500rms, not the standard basket (like my RE's and Fi's) but a different one. It should (of course) have tinsels IN the spiders (to avoid past…

We are keeping very true to form and popping up with something brand new to the industry with no forum buzz or hype. Allow me to introduce the new power house in motor technology known very simply and only as Supergauss; A radical new take on ultra high Gauss motors. We’ll start off with a little bit of background information about the development of this technology. This is the first generation of Supergauss motor technology and was developed and licensed specifically for industrial applications. After the termination of the two-year contract with our clients and them phasing out of Supergauss I and into Supergauss II and III, we are now offering Supergauss I to the Ca…

Upgraded Assassin Series with the cast basket, reworked motor, and beefier coil. 250W RMS 16mm Xmax 8", 10", and 12" sizes Aresenal Series with upgraded triple stack motor and heavier aluminum coil. 500W RMS 19mm Xmax 10", 12", and 15" sizes Havoc Series with upgraded triple stack motor and long aluminum coil. 1250W RMS 30mm Xmax 12", 15", and 18" sizes Angled shot of all three lines together to show motor sizing. More pics and specs shortly.... Thanks, Scott

I guess with the holidays and all of my car issues I neglected to post these. It shouldn't be too long before I get them in. Next to one (of 2) of the 4" Precision Ports I plan on using. and my favorite pic Enjoy!

there is no phone line any more i emailed 4 days ago no reply i need to try and get some woofers and audio innovations completely tried to rip me off a few people down here in socal run aa and i kno around what price range they go for and fresno really tried to rip me :/

Ascendant Audio Carbon Fiber Mids Hey there. I figured I would make this thread to clear some info up, since these questions seem to come up a lot about these. I received mine in the mail today and started to take pictures and measure right away. If you want to know anything else that I don't state about them, let me know and I will do my best to answer them. 1.) What size are they? The outer diameter of the whole driver is JUST under 7", but that may be my tape measure. The mounting ring is 1/2" wide, which leaves 6" for cone+surround. Surround is another ~1/2" so the cone is ~5" from the inside of the surround to the other side. 2.) What's the mounting depth? …

2001 VW Lupo GTI. Kit list, Alpine 7998R (Old Skool Gem!) SPL Dynamics ICE-150.4 (Running mids/tweets active) 4x Ascendant Audio 7" carbon fibre Neo Mids 4x Ascendant Audio 1" tweets 2x SPL Dynamics ICE-3500D (1 per sub) 2x Ascendant Audio Mayhem 18" subs 3x XS Power D3100 Batteries 1x 180A Alt Fitted KW Variant 1s already and will be doing a complete retrim and new seats in this one.

Well there is finally SOMETHING on the web address. It's all f'd up but it's something. The web design looks a little odd. There's also a header for amps...

Assassin 8: $99 Assassin 10: $109 Assassin 12: $119 Arsenal 10: $165 Arsenal 12: $175 Arsenal 15: $195 Havoc 12: $319 Havoc 15: $339 Havoc 18: $369 Andrew edited (prices) by: ssaudio

What's in the boxes you ask

Few questions Are they really 7 inches? or just 6.5? Also, whats a good crossover point for them? Will they play good down to 80hz and up to 3500Hz? For the ones who have experienced them, how is the midbass response on them? Clear and loud? Do they hit good enough for their size?

good evening . ive bought a Ascendant audio mayhem 15 dvc 2. now is my question in what size of box it will operate it best. y want a ported box tuned between the 40 and 45 hz yust allround music tuned. here are the t&s http://www.bladeice.com/mayhem.php and how much diverence makes it to makes it lower. y mean is the size of the box the same as on higher freqs like above. and y have to change only the port . y hope you can help me. y heard allready 2 difrent sizes so y hope you can help me to make tje right choise thanks allready grtz erwin.

i'm suprised the SMD V2 hasn't poped up on this forum yet. i know that most of us don't like the guy behind the name, but you still can't deny the sub itself and that it's Ascendants sub and not the idiots with the name on it. i would like to see some info on this thing and see some updates as they come. i wish they would rename it also, but i highly doubt that'll happen.

Avalanche 12: Fs 23 Hz Vas 80 Liters Qms 4.36 Qes .39 Qts .358 Znom 4 ohms Re 2.8 ohms Mms 197 g Sd 480 cm^2 - (74.4 sq.in) Pnom 800 watts Mounting Depth: Gasket on - 6 9/16" (6.5625") Gasket off - 6 11/16" (6.6875") Avalanche 15: Qts - .3 Qms - 3.5 Qes - .33 Vas - 300.6 Liters Fs - 15.7 Hz Re - 3.2 ohm Le - 2.4 mH Xmax - 27mm 800 Watts Rms Sd 116.09 square inches. Mounting depth - 7.875" <---- Not sure. Avalanche 18: Qts - .4 Qms - 6 Qes - .43 Vas - 550 Liters Fs - 16 Hz Re - 3.2 ohm Le - 2.4 mH Xmax - 27mm 800 Watts Rms Sd 187.55 square inches. Mounting depth: Gasket on - 9 7/16" (9.4375") Gasket off - 9 9/16" (9.5625") Anyone feel free to jump in and correct if anyt…

Hey guys I am at the Daytona SBN right now. It is Saturday night. My head has been rocked today by lil jons 18 15" AA Chaos in a sealed clamshell with 2 partial dividers and 9 Clarion 1500 rms amps. lil jon said he's getting about 800rms per and his installer big mikey says each sub has 2.5 cubes. Chris a builder at Fi/AA explained to me that the AA lineup is thir retailer line (avail to dealers) and that each sub is exactly comparable to the Fi lineup. The Chaos that lil jon are running are in fact an SSD w/ the copper coil options. The rest of the lineup is in AA is the Fi equiivalent with all options. SO the Mayhem is a BTL fully loaded triple mag with daily option. I…

I am considering a set of these to run in my front stage and have heard nothing but good about them, but haven't been able to find any specs. ESPECIALLY important is depth because i am working with limited room. If anyone know where i can get the specs or can post them up i would appreciate. thanks

Hi I am from India. Got a pair of SMD`s for my ride. Here are few details... HU :- Pioneer P99RS ( the setup is full active) Tweeters :- Illusion Audio Carbon Mids :- Compression Horns Illusion Audio CH-1 (old school stuff) Midbass :- Exodus Anarchy 6.5 Subs :- SMD 18 Inches Amp for tweets and mids :- Steg 4.01 Amp for Midbass :- Steg 2.02 Amp for Subs :- Audioque 3500.1 x 2 Batteries :- right now four 70 Ah, Will be adding more. Alternator :- Mechman 220 amps Enclosure is a 13.5 cuft with sub and port displacement deducted. The port area is 100 sq inch tuned at 28 hz !! as it a removable port will be trying more options. Few vids of the same....

Just thought I would start a thread. . . So the wall looks like this again: But will very soon have AA subs :D :D :D :D I need bass. . . The 10" panasonic sub in my Isuzu truck just is not enough!!!

Hey, my name is Joe, I was wondering if the Mayhem 12" can handle 2 AQ2200D's, and that my electrical can keep up? Electrical so far is, KinetikKHC 3800, and a Kinetik 1800. All Kicker 0 Gauge. No Big three since battery is stock in the back and that confuses me a little, and stock alt. I also popped the hood and there is no room for battery since I have the saturn ion 3 coupe supercharged and thats my guess as to why it came in the trunk.

I checked the stcky and noticed a mention of the Mids and if any upgrades were apparent. Saw the picture of an AA mid with a carbon fiber/metal cone. Im really curious about how this product is going to be handled. I currently have some AA mids in my front doors and am very happy, and just came to the realization that i may not be able to purchase anymore! 1. Are they still gonna be offered? 2. Are they gonna be improved, and by how much? 3. Can we expect the same awesome performance and price? Any information will be greatly appreciated! BTW the new product line looks really awesome, especially those Havoks.