Quentin Jarrell

If you could get some measurements if the motor without taking it apart that would be great. I'd hate to see you pull the cone off and not be able to fix it. In the mean time I'll start on a list of everything I'll need to know in order to recone it.

Some xbl^2 motors. ~500 watts rms with ~22mm xmax. I'm working on getting outdated or OEM motors from my supplier so cross my fingers and I'll have a few to play around with.

I don't see it being a problem. I'm still working on a template to make the process a little easier. I'd need info like gap clearances and other stuff. My supplier is at finals this week so everything is backed up. I have an order of a bunch of parts due to come in when they get slowed down. Give me a day or two and I'll get a "fill out sheet" worked out to get all the info needed. Is it just a fresh recone you are needing?

At the moment I only have 12 and 15 baskets. prices include 15 cone =37.5 12 cone =34.99 spier with 100 amp leads = $18 spiders with no leads= 4.5 DSS poly dust cap = $8.80 15 basket ~ TBD but expected $38 18 basket ~TBD but expected $34 4 ounce glue kit ~$30 terminals $3.5 each set. 4 layer coil $39.85 This includes assembly and shipping final assembled sub back to you. So for example If you had a Incriminator death row motor like above and wanted a 15 you would be looking at ~$188.15 to purchase all the parts have me assemble it and ship it back to you. The process involves me using SpeaD software to model the motor and build the sub per your working environments. Normal shipping and boxing of a sub like this will run you abut 50 bucks so you would basically get all the parts assembled for ~140 bucks The are also deep discounts for multiple purchases. I'm in the process of getting all of my pricing on directspeakersupplies.com

never thought about what would happen if I lost it on a trip. At least I'm still in the US. Not on a bigger vacation. Then ill be really fucked. Also atleast it wasn't my whole wallet. Worst case ill have my wife rent me a car before she flys back, ill just drive. Maybe even take my 3yo boy with me on the road trip. Hey this could be a good thing.I'm not a deeply religious man but I believe fully that things happen for a reason.

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A custom built 15 from my spare parts rack I am building for a buddy. It's going to be ran in a 4 cubic foot enclosure tune to 34 hertz on a Kicker ZX500.1 in a Chevy Avalanche. As a side note I can do this for other people as well.

car had over 300k miles book value was ~$3,000. clutch and labor was ~$1,500.

yea I had a lot of work in it. The clutch was going out in the car and it wasnt worth it to have it changed so I just traded in the car.

Yea, the old school vibe is great but only to a point. I was planning on purchasing an LP 8002 but the price vs return wasn't doing it for me. I'd love to do some Crystals. Those were always the ones I couldn't afford, but I decided I will wait. I'll probably buy the Helix SPXL1000B (I sell Helix so price is very low), and wait for the Primos. I misread his thread confusing overhang with underhung, but these are still the woofers I want to run. Unfortunately I'll be waiting for awhile, but that's ok. I'm stockpiling parts for the build anyway. Q's woofers really impress me, from the C/S, the honesty, the information, everything. And I was pretty much wanting to buy two 12-15's to run sealed, and the Primo fits every single aspect I'm looking for. I'm calling you out Q! I'm your guinea pig. FYI The original stroker pro with the clear dust cap was designed by Enrique Stilles and is the Patentee of the motor technology. He is one of the engineers I deal with and the Primo uses the same technology however the Primo uses a heat ring and the stroker used the entire basket as a radiator. The Primo's is a bit better as it pulls air directly to through the gap though. Its about a year away.

enclosures listed at top

I itch just thinking about it

Oh yes, but as soon as Q said he might make an underhung sub, I nixed the Ethos. Might even wait for this new Gem I won't be making an underhung. MMAG yes but not underhung. Just about the only thing that makes an underhang different than overhang is the inductance increase which in a subwoofer your not going to hear the difference (inductance rating is at 1k hertz anyway). If "SQ" is what you want at a decent amount of output then you are going to want overhang. Just as an example. The Ethos' motor is linear (point of audible distortion) to 32.5mm one way. You would need a HUGE top plate for an underhung motor to be linear that much. My softparts are linear to ~23mm one way. Technically the sub as a whole would be classified as linear to 23mm one way. As in no audible distortion up till that point. This is verified by Klippel and results has been posted here on the site. I challenge any company here or on any other forum to show proof of their published parameters.

It's the same exact stuff that Miller has been using in their welding machines for a decade. I replaces six caps on my mig welder about six months ago and they had the same model number as these "super caps" some people are using. Only difference is I paid 25 bucks for them from Miller and these audio people are paying 70 on eBay for them. Batteries don't have enough risistanse to limit a 5 second burp. The only way you are going to gain anything is if you didn't have sufficient enough reserve in the first place.

I burned it.

No sold the car.

Just leaves extra room for another 15.

As soon as I get 50 of the Ethos sold Ill place an order for the 3,500 watt. It'll be the same motor as the Ethos but will be gapped for a 8 layer coil. It'll basically be an Ethos times two. The 3,500 watt version will be in the neighborhood of $450-500 shipped due to the bigger coil and heaftier suspension and extra leads.Will the 3500 rms one come in 12"?And a 10 when I get a new cone tooled.

Always good to be busy with work.

As soon as I get 50 of the Ethos sold Ill place an order for the 3,500 watt. It'll be the same motor as the Ethos but will be gapped for a 8 layer coil. It'll basically be an Ethos times two. The 3,500 watt version will be in the neighborhood of $450-500 shipped due to the bigger coil and heaftier suspension and extra leads.

My new fcebook is "Direct Speaker Supplies." Take a look spead the word.

If you decide to buy them and are not impressed by the performance to price ratio I'll do a complete refund and pay for the return shipping within 30 days as long as there aren't any physical damage to the driver. I'll stand behind the fact that there is nothing that compares at its price.

check out the Lay A Way I have set up with special pricing

I just made chicken breasts filleted in two stuffed with homemade smoked ham, smoked gouda and Parmesan cheese batteded in a mixture of panko rice flour and Parmesan cheese deep fried.

small signal parameters are listed in the "Ethos final pricing" thread however they are small signal. All of my product will be published with large signal parameters which are a closer approximation to how the driver will actually work. There is a huge industry show going on this week. The sub pictured will be shipped off next week for testing and I'm told I'll have results in just a few days. However they have the same exact goals as the 15 but optimized for a 1.5 cubic foot box tuned to 32 hetz. This will give a little gain in the lower hertz range. Below are the 15 specs. (large + warm parameters). Only difference is thr Re to be used should be 3.99 ohms you can check out what Big Jon has to say about them here: http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/topic/60565-my-dss-ethos/