I told my friend I could probably build something better than the Klipsch RW-10 for under 500 canadian. I've never heard it, so do you guys have any input? I was thinking something like a shiva with this amp, or maybe the sx10.
I run a Shiva with the 250 watt plate amp. It is extremely impressive. Also worth consideration is the Koda10 with that amp. My Koda arrived Tuesday and will begin HT chores very quickly. The sound of an XBL2 driver is simply indescribable, and I would say it is the cleanest, most transparent, most effortless bass this side of rotary servos. Either way the Klipsh should be beaten fairly easily.
Oh, the XBL^2 drivers have cleanliness and transparency all over the rotary servo drivers. The rotary servo drivers are very cool, in that they have theoretically infinitely flat BL curves... But there is a tiny bit of motor noise at low volume levels, where traditional loudspeakers are simply silent in operation save for the sounds they are supposed to be producing. At higher output levels, that's where the rotary servo subs make you grin.. it's pretty outrageous in output - but that again is also where the XBL^2 drives make you grin, because their long stroke gives it real output capabilities. B)
A Shiva will demolish it, the Tempest will flat out anihilate it. The Koda 10 should also crush it in output, and yeild CRAZY sound quality.
Is that the XBL^2 sub that CSS was selling? I was wondering about that myself... my suspicion was that it was essentially the same driver, but that's only based on my observance of Xmax. Stephen... are you allowed to say, or is that a no-no since CSS is technically a customer of yours? Certainly the latter is more than understandable. B)
From Bob at CSS: In modelling, it looks like the sx10 is more home audio oriented, needing bigger boxes and going lower.
I'll just link you to what Dan said about it. Here's the link. Semi OT (sorry): Hey Geo, did you see the latest Stereophile's ultimate AV? In it our Sadhara goes head to head with other subs (it was the cheapest). We creamed everyone in distortion levels, of course. Steven Kephart Adire Audio
