How does the BTL 15" stack up against the 15" tc sounds 3000 series?

Ill leave this one to others. I cant even remember what a 3000 is at this point motor wise... even though I am rather unbiased with my opinions

BTL will own in spl, 3k will own in sq

depends what you want out of your setup

Thanks guys. Just kind of curious about Fi audio's top of the line.

BTL>TC 3000

IMHO

The TC 3000 was one of the drivers I looked at when I decided to move away from the MT's and go with something new. They look nice, but I kept thinking back to my TC experience. . .

My previous experience with TC was the Stryke AV15's when they were first built by TC for John. Not to bash the 3000 driver, but here was my experience with TC:

Ordered AV15's on preorder.

Received them after the long wait and was excited to try them out.

First time I played them, I bottomed them multiple times before the advertised Xmax on not much power.

Set up a jig to measure, and the coil was bottoming 6 mm before the advertised Xmax.

Called John. He verified and determined TC built the entire first shipment with the coil wound wrong.

Now the good part - I sent them in for recone.

Called them multiple times, they ended up moving and lost my drivers, so they eventually had to send 3 new ones.

Got them back ONE YEAR after I sent them in.

All three were put together so the (+) and (-) terminals on one coil were backwards.

Had to test and determine which one was wrong and mark it so I would always know.

Still did not have the correct coil clearance for advertised Xmax, but I was not about to deal with sending it in again.

Sold all three.

There were a few other drivers I considered too, but all the time was thinking the BTL would be similar in sound to the MT (and it is with a little more low end in my setup), which I really like for a daily beater.

Brian

Edited November 28, 200717 yr by BKOLFO4

Ouch.