Kyle Richardson

Yep, they pretty much summed it up but I'm still around on a personal level.

03 Polaris 800 151". Will hopefully be upgrading to a Dragon this fall.

Well guys, as you have probaby noticed I havent been around much here lately (or anywhere on the net). Six months ago I took a promotion and helped start up a new division with the company I work for and it's been hectic to say the least. Well, it continues to be busy and I cannot devote the time to Acoustic Visions that it needs and with great sadness I'm giving everybody here a heads up that I'll be closing shop in a month when it comes time to renew my URL. I've been in business since early 2001 so it's been a good run and I've loved every minute of it and I want to thank you guys for everything you've done. My heart just isnt in to it any longer and I'm too tired after work to give customers my full support and they deserve better. It's been a great time and I appreciate everybody for your support and the many friendships that I've made over the years. I started out just hoping that AV would give me a little spending money to help feed my audio adiction. It took off and for several years I did well enough that I considered doing it full time but I could never make the leap of faith it required so I kept its growth at a pace that I could live with while still working full time and it worked well for quite some time. I'll be honest, with the demise of Adire, Acoustic Visions also started to head down hill. By that time I was starting to lose interest and motivation to change gears to keep AV alive. I'm positive I could have done it with the right amount of motivation but it was too late at that point. With the new promotion at work I was working more and more and AV was about the last thing I wanted to do after getting home so it finally came time to make the tough decision about what to do and as you can see I have decided to close the doors. Acoustic Visions is something I'm proud of and I hope it has helped many of you in the past. It was a great chapter in my life and a great learning experience as well since I have never had any business or financial classes to help prepare me for owning my own business. Thats the great thing about life, we learn from experience and apply it to the next chapter in our life so we can become well rounded individuals. And so begins the next chapter..... Thanks, Kyle Richardson Acoustic Visions

Sonic Foundry would be cool.

Cool, I'll check out Audacity and Reaper.

I'm buying my 13 year old daughter a keyboard for Christmas and I think she would enjoy hooking it up to her computer and mixing/composing some music with it as well. What INEXPENSIVE (well under $100) would you suggest for her? I need something that would be easy to learn and use but powerful enough that she wont get bored with it in a month.

There are links to the .pdf's for both the Shiva and Tempest in post #5 in this thread. Dont be too concerned when it says "automotive use" or "home theater use" at the beginning of various applications in the .pdf because they are merely guidelines. As with any DIY driver you can experiment and find out what will work best for your application by running various simulations. Again, these are merely guidelines to possibly start from...

If you have enough room to accommodate a ported enclosure then they are great.

In addition to what the other guys have said, take a look at the Shiva Applications and the Tempest Applications. They will give you a good idea as to what enclosure sizes they need for both ported and sealed applications.

No, thats too small for them but the 12's are not available any longer anyway. Check out the Shiva-X for an alternative selection. Basically the same driver but with slightly different specs to make it a bit more user friendly.

Mpyre products are not available and that is why the link does not work. Sorry.

With 250 watts on hand I'd say you are probably fine.

I wouldnt put anything over 600 watts to it continuously. I'm not sure if you are thinking about a pair but these are dual 8 ohm drivers so you can only wire as low as 4 ohm with a single driver (2 ohm for a pair).

That may be the easiest route to take right now. If you dont have a lot of power pushing the new driver (you didnt mention how much your original sub has) or if you dont push it extremely hard then it may work out great for you. If you find that you are bottoming out the PR then you know that you are at its limits and you either need to turn it down or redesign the enclosure. Here is a link to the Shiva box applications if you havent seen them yet.

If it was the EBS design then if I remember correctly it was 142 liters. The new Shiva-X will do VERY well in that size enclosure but I worry about the capability of the PR. If you used the original Adire PR-15 then it was fine with the original Shiva but the new Shiva-X has quite a bit more capability and the PR may not be up to the task. I said "may" in the prior sentence because it all depends on how hard you run the sub. If you arent pushing the limits of the driver then the PR will be fine but if you are running it hard then you have the ability of damaging the PR since it will not provide enough resistance for the new driver. With that being said, you can always try it and see how well it works for you. If you find the PR isnt up to the task then you can always build a new enclosure for the new driver. Yep, I'm the same old Kyle thats been around for a few years now.

The specs for the Tempest-X are: Measured with Praxis @ Sea level, 55deg F with drivers broken-in for 8 hours with 25Hz sine wave. Signal level >2V so a relatively high test signal. Tempest-X Re: 3.65 Le: 0.9mH Fs: 18.4Hz Qms: 3.4 Qes: 0.6 Qts: 0.51 Mms: 200.0g Cms: .37 mm/N Vas: 340L Sd: 806 cm^2 BL: 11.86 I'll be updating the site tomorrow to reflect these numbers. The primary difference is a softer suspension and a different surround. These came in at our original parameters unlike the first batch that we blew out.

Check out the .pdf in the "information library" on the Tempest X page and it will show each of the sealed and ported designs for home audio. If it is for car audio then make changed accordingly.

I'm pleased to announce the new Exodus Audio Shiva-X and Tempest-X are now available. These are brand new XBL 12" and 15" drivers with 27mm Xmax for the incredible price of $165 and $175. Check out the links below for full details and driver applications. Tempest X specs will be up shortly. Check out the Shiva-X here Check out the Tempest-X here

They are a 2.5" VC

I've played with both but havent done any head to head testing and it was quite a while between times when I used them. Going from memory, the SD12 performed more like a sound quality driver. Its efficiency wasnt as good as the RLp and it couldnt get as loud but it did sound just a touch better in my opinion. Both are great drivers but they are both designed for different applications as well.

You know me, always here to please!

Sorry for the slow reply, I forgot I commented yesterday and just checked back today. I will only be carrying the Exodus kits but they will be different from the kits currently listed on the site. The new kits will feature a proprietary 6.5" XBL driver and will use a Peerless tweeter. Also, dont be fooled at just looking at the drivers in the kits because a bad crossover with cheap parts can break a kit using great drivers and a good crossover can substantially increase the price as well. The Exodus kits will not be inexpensive but when compared to pre-manufactured speakers they will blow away anything in their price range or I'd dare say several times their price range as well. If you are after inexpensive kits they PE may be a good place to check out since they have several designs in a variety of price ranges.

GR Research has some nice kits you may want to check out. Exodus Audio will be putting out some new kits in the next few months with the 2 way monitor to start the line up and towers to follow. These will have crossovers already prebuilt on PCB's so all you have to do is make the cabinets per plans, install the drivers, and hook up the wires.

You will be perfectly fine with 1000 watts. It can take a bit more but will depend on the enclosure too.

Welcome and enjoy!