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The suspension feels much softer than the max and is very linear tension wise. Definitly a different animal in this aspect.
Reply With QuoteNext up, the XS65's.
I have searched for a LONG time for somthing to replace my aura mr6.1's. They are getting old but still perform excellent, much better than 95% of what is available today that I have found. Personally I have always like the way lightweight paper cones sound for midrange and the new XS65's feature what looks sort of like paper but is called rohashell or somthing like that. Looks very lightweight. The motor is a neo design just like my old auras as well but it looks like it uses a large neo disk? Not sure of that is the actual magnet or of it uses long verticle strips of neo like the auras. Only time will tell if they perform as good, personally I think they will perform better after hearing them on a sound board for a short time!
The phase plug to my suprise is tooled out of solid aluminum and is heavy as heck. Thought it would be abs plastic. You can unscrew the phase plug and screw in a beefcake solid aluminum adaptor to mount the tweet braxial which is GREAT for a lot of installs. A cool feature but does not do anything functionally, is that you can feed the wire from the tweet straight down through the pole and out the side to a set of terminals which are designed only for tweeter hookup. Almost thought I had a dual coil mid for a moment until I saw no leads attached haha. Makes install easy doing it this way.
The basket on the xs65 mid is made from the same composite material that the IDQ baskets are made from. The little mids have a good amount of under spider venting from how the baskets were designed as well. Overall the fit and finish of the mids is top notch.
The surround of the mid I found quite interesting. It is a very tall thin rubber surround. If you have ever seen ID's surrounds on there subs, picture a micro version of it. A thin surround like this can drastically increase cone area.
Suspension wise the mid is very very stiff feeling as well as the cone. I did not move it much as I want the drivers to break in equally, just pushed each a little I promise haha! Feel wise I think I will need to run them for quite a while for break in before doing any serious tuning.
The crossovers are very nice as well and feature a lot of adjustability. Personally I will have no need for them as they will be run active but the functionality is there and they look good enough to show off in a fancy install. A look inside shows aircore inductors and unknown poly caps with id logos on them.
The tweet is an oddity. It is a 28mm dome which is slightly larger than the old standard 25mm dome. Would love to see detailed T/s on the dome as well response graph but none was supplied. It is a nice coated silk dome with a neo motor. Fit an finish of the dome is top notch just like the mid. It is housed in a composite case that is threaded. You screw on what looks to be a small waveguide for the tweet which also serves as a press in mount. Not sure if the mini waveguide has any function as small as it is but would love to measure it with and without the guide. You can press the tweeter grill into the mini waveguide to protect it. I think it kicks arse that I have the ability to run the tweet topless with this dome as the difference in sound a tweet produces with a grill vs. no grill is huge.. Nice touch.
This next week the doors are being glassed to house the component set so I will be able to write a review on the drivers. I will have no idea how they will perform with the stock crossover but I imagine they will do just fine.
On to the pics!
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Will let you guys know what I think. I will be installing and testing the subs tommorow as they are a drop in for the max's. Will give a first impression then.
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to you for the birthday gift from the wife!
