February 12, 201213 yr It's all about the enclosure. I'm sure it will sound fantastic. I know my ZCON's sound great.
February 12, 201213 yr Author All Your Bass Are Belong To TeamRamRod.He'll tell youCan you recommend a spl meter? But back to the thread will the xcon sound better?
February 12, 201213 yr I've had a few icons and xcons. All in different enclosure alignments, no way to give a fair comparison. I would be extremely hard pressed to simply say one driver sounds better then the other.
February 12, 201213 yr Author I've had a few icons and xcons. All in different enclosure alignments, no way to give a fair comparison. I would be extremely hard pressed to simply say one driver sounds better then the other.I understand. I just thought with the better xmax it would.
February 12, 201213 yr Author Both are sound quality built drivers, XCON handles more power.I know I will be giving it more power from A skar 1500d. I just thought I would try the skar.
February 12, 201213 yr I've had a few icons and xcons. All in different enclosure alignments, no way to give a fair comparison. I would be extremely hard pressed to simply say one driver sounds better then the other.I understand. I just thought with the better xmax it would.I don't know why you would correlate xmax to sq.If anything, you want the driver to move the least amount as possible, the further it's in the stroke, greater chance of distortion, although it's probably unlikely to be audible, especially in this spectrum.
February 12, 201213 yr Both are sound quality built drivers, XCON handles more power.I know I will be giving it more power from A skar 1500d. I just thought I would try the skar.Worried about SQ, and buying one of the cheapest amplifiers?
February 12, 201213 yr Author Both are sound quality built drivers, XCON handles more power.I know I will be giving it more power from A skar 1500d. I just thought I would try the skar.Worried about SQ, and buying one of the cheapest amplifiers?No I was told the Xcon would sound better.As far as the amp I plan on giving it a fair shot.
February 12, 201213 yr I have both the Icon and Xcon as well and I'm not able to determine which sounds better. Even with both hooked up playin one after the other, it's pretty difficult to choose which one is better as far as SQ goes.
February 12, 201213 yr Both are sound quality built drivers, XCON handles more power.I know I will be giving it more power from A skar 1500d. I just thought I would try the skar.Worried about SQ, and buying one of the cheapest amplifiers?x2
February 12, 201213 yr Sound quality is very biased to personal tastes. Buy the driver that is within your budget, power requirement and fits your enclosure limitations.
February 12, 201213 yr Sound quality is very biased to personal tastes. Buy the driver that is within your budget, power requirement and fits your enclosure limitations.Great advice
February 13, 201213 yr Sound quality is very biased to personal tastes. Buy the driver that is within your budget, power requirement and fits your enclosure limitations.couldnt have said it better
June 13, 201213 yr In one of the videos, SSA says the Icon sounds better. I think it was the video with the Chevy truck and 2 x 18"s Xcons is where I read that post.
June 13, 201213 yr I dunno if this will really help or not, but it might put it into perspective a little. This is a quote from a conversation I had with Aaron a little while back....Aaron ClintonThe Xcon has it's own sound. The Icon is very full and smooth with a heavy low end. Lot's of grins from daily listening. The Xcon on the other hand, is a little lighter on it's feet, little more pin point accuracy with collapse the chest pressure.5:49AMAltonoooooooo...... can't wait.... I'm glad I sold the SA-8's and went for the XCON.....5:50AMAaron ClintonThink of it in terms of heavy weaponry, the Icon being the bomb that is dropped far away and hits you with the shockwave, and the Xcon is the guided missile to the chrome dome.I really like the perspective it gives anyway... but then I might be a little biased since I did buy an XCON myself.... lol
June 13, 201213 yr I dunno if this will really help or not, but it might put it into perspective a little. This is a quote from a conversation I had with Aaron a little while back....Aaron ClintonThe Xcon has it's own sound. The Icon is very full and smooth with a heavy low end. Lot's of grins from daily listening. The Xcon on the other hand, is a little lighter on it's feet, little more pin point accuracy with collapse the chest pressure.5:49AMAltonoooooooo...... can't wait.... I'm glad I sold the SA-8's and went for the XCON.....5:50AMAaron ClintonThink of it in terms of heavy weaponry, the Icon being the bomb that is dropped far away and hits you with the shockwave, and the Xcon is the guided missile to the chrome dome.I really like the perspective it gives anyway... but then I might be a little biased since I did buy an XCON myself.... lolhaha, an epic conversation I would say.Man I really love the way my icon sounds. But then again, i also love the way my zcon sounds. I'm no sq guru by any stretch. but for me. The icon was, really sharp, sounded amazing, the reproduction of the bass is what really got me. Like a heavy hitter being agile. But the zcon, oh man, you feel when the bass hits your entire surrounding. The Icon, had this like, off into the distance kind of feel, but the zcon makes you feel as if your in the path of its wavelenghts, if that makes sense. idk, I don't think you could go wrong either way.
June 13, 201213 yr Admin I dunno if this will really help or not, but it might put it into perspective a little. This is a quote from a conversation I had with Aaron a little while back....Aaron ClintonThe Xcon has it's own sound. The Icon is very full and smooth with a heavy low end. Lot's of grins from daily listening. The Xcon on the other hand, is a little lighter on it's feet, little more pin point accuracy with collapse the chest pressure.5:49AMAltonoooooooo...... can't wait.... I'm glad I sold the SA-8's and went for the XCON.....5:50AMAaron ClintonThink of it in terms of heavy weaponry, the Icon being the bomb that is dropped far away and hits you with the shockwave, and the Xcon is the guided missile to the chrome dome.I really like the perspective it gives anyway... but then I might be a little biased since I did buy an XCON myself.... lolhaha, an epic conversation I would say.Man I really love the way my icon sounds. But then again, i also love the way my zcon sounds. I'm no sq guru by any stretch. but for me. The icon was, really sharp, sounded amazing, the reproduction of the bass is what really got me. Like a heavy hitter being agile. But the zcon, oh man, you feel when the bass hits your entire surrounding. The Icon, had this like, off into the distance kind of feel, but the zcon makes you feel as if your in the path of its wavelenghts, if that makes sense. idk, I don't think you could go wrong either way.
June 13, 201213 yr Author For every day use I liked the Icon on a AQ1200 amp. For loudness the xcon won on a Skar1500d. The Icon needed less electrical. Sound wise about the same except for spl the xcon was 7db louder.
June 13, 201213 yr I had both on the same amp and in the same box, same car. Both are great drivers. But if you have the money, get the Xcon. You already have enough power.
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