Sundown 2012 Cones... At The Shop!

One of each showed up for us to check out -- will be building a 12" up first since that is the largest one I have a full size spider for. So that means I can take a video of it tomorrow !

On to the photos... they turned out way crazier than I imagined.

18" Cone

http://www.sundownaudio.com/misc/pro...p/CIMG6637.JPG

http://www.sundownaudio.com/misc/pro...p/CIMG6638.JPG

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15" Cone

http://www.sundownaudio.com/misc/pro...p/CIMG6639.JPG

http://www.sundownaudio.com/misc/pro...p/CIMG6640.JPG

http://www.sundownaudio.com/misc/pro...p/CIMG6641.JPG

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12" Cone

http://www.sundownaudio.com/misc/pro...p/CIMG6642.JPG

http://www.sundownaudio.com/misc/pro...p/CIMG6643.JPG

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10" Cone

http://www.sundownaudio.com/misc/pro...p/CIMG6644.JPG

http://www.sundownaudio.com/misc/pro...p/CIMG6645.JPG

http://www.sundownaudio.com/misc/pro...p/CIMG6646.JPG

BEEF

its whats for dinner.

Love it! I've got to have two of those tens

How long until we can get recones with these parts?

Helz yeah.

LOL It'll take some getting used to the look of those things.

Oh. My. God. That is exactly what I have been wanting for years.

Holy crap! What sort of throw are these things looking to have?

Those things are epic..I might switch to Sundown for them

I must have the 12's!

I saw some folks expressing concerns over the "SD" of the cones... here are a few photos :

http://www.sundownaudio.com/misc/pro...p/CIMG6668.JPG
* 10" Z v.3 Cone // 10" Z v.4 Cone

http://www.sundownaudio.com/misc/pro...p/CIMG6669.JPG
* 12" Z v.3 Cone // 12" Z v.4 Cone

http://www.sundownaudio.com/misc/pro...p/CIMG6670.JPG
* 12" Z v.3 Cone Diameter with 1/2 Surround

http://www.sundownaudio.com/misc/pro...p/CIMG6671.JPG
* 12" Z v.4 Cone Diameter with 1/2 Surround
* Total SD difference is only 10%

http://www.sundownaudio.com/misc/pro...p/CIMG6672.JPG
* 10" Z v.3 Cone Diameter with 1/2 Surround

http://www.sundownaudio.com/misc/pro...p/CIMG6673.JPG
* 10" Z v.4 Cone Diameter with 1/2 Surround
* The 10" frame is slightly over-sized... so it's actually slightly more SD

That half inch..

:wow:

Yeah, but what really matters is volume displaced, not necessarily cone area, which I'm sure is much higher with the extra Xmax. Do you have those figures yet?

Not sure how I feel about them yet...

Why so odd looking?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by dejesu

Why so odd looking?

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http://www.caraudio.com/forums/sundo...ts-thread.html

Each surround has the following calculated geometric capacity :

10 -- 50mm one-way (frame allows 45)
12 -- 55mm one-way (frame allows 50)
15 -- 60mm one-way (frame allows 55)

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In order to allow for such high throw they must be very large.

Bottom line -- almost no surround produced anywhere else allows this level of throw so these do look "odd" compared to what is generally available.