9500 how does it compare to XXX, w7, etc

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

do you even know what we mean by "blended"?

Yes, how transparent the sub is.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Yes, how transparent the sub is.

No. Blending is mating output and frequency response to the other speakers in the system.

 

[60ndown 10+ year member]

Another thing with the 9500 is i noticed it doesn't blend at all with the speakers. I dunno if it was his install, but it just sounded like a sub going off randomly to music, it didn't sound blended at all. My XXX sounds perfectly blended.

you buddies sub is out of 'phase'!

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

you buddies sub is out of 'phase'!

How do you know?

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

you buddies sub is out of 'phase'!

I don't think so. I think its partly his car, its a 300zx vert. It literally rattles the trunk so much you can't even listen to the sub. Mine doesn't do that at all, and i have zero sound deadening in my car.

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

No. Blending is mating output and frequency response to the other speakers in the system.

Well matching output and frequency response to the mid's helps the sub blend in better, isn't that what trasnparancy is as well? IF the sub output isn't matched up and is 20x louder than everything else, your sub is not gonna be blending in good.

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

ok, fiberglass isnt all that expensive unless you are going to have it painted. We can make a simple fiberglass enclosure for 2 12's for about 175-200 carpeted which isnt outrageous when your going to pay about 150 for a box made out of MDF anyways.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Well matching output and frequency response to the mid's helps the sub blend in better, isn't that what trasnparancy is as well? IF the sub output isn't matched up and is 20x louder than everything else, your sub is not gonna be blending in good.

Transparency is usually a term dealing with the ability (or lack there of) to locate a speaker spacially. Think of what the term transparent means, see-through.. or invisible. Now apply that to a speaker. If a speaker is 'invisible', you cannot pick it out its location acoustically. This term is usually related to midrange speakers and tweeters. Subwoofers for the most part play low enough our ears cannot discern their source. Hence, 'transparency' really is a non-issue with sibwoofers. Transparency really has nothing to do with blending power levels or frequency responses. You can have some really crappy speakers, that are set up very well. They may blend well in frequency (good flat frequency response 20-20k) and in power levels, yet the cheap speakers may beem like a mofo and not be transparent in and of themselves. But then, I imagine some people use the term differently, seems someone always does. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[MisterGrubbs 5,000+ posts]

Aside from what they're talking about

The Type R's can be had relatively cheap, at like 150 a piece new on Ebay for a 12, and they're not bad subs, but a 9500 MTX would have a MUCH stronger output than the R.

Type X Alpines are more Comparative to the 9500 MTX, if any Alpine subwooer. Go with the XXX, IMO, you wont much regret it. I have heard nothing but awesome things about its output and quality levels, and there is/was one for sell at 325 shipped used on the forums.

 

[mason_msw 10+ year member]

This is a great program for people who have a hard time designing ported enclosures.Good luck //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Ah thank you very much!