Adire going out of business

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

As I posted on DIYMA, Dan and David have a new company, called ADI that they are doing OEM work through. As for XBL^2 (now being referred to as the more sensical term SplitGap), it is still being implemented in a number of drivers, primarily through the companies that the OEM side of Adire was supporting in the first place.
It's a shame, but when you can't get a recone right, you're probably in trouble.

Precisely.

I think a lot of people didn't like Dan's style of confrontation. He had sort of a double-edged sword going on: he'd go to every forum and argue about the technical aspect of things, which earned him many fans, but after a while, I think a lot of people got tired of his tirades. I mean, how many big flame battles has he had online in 5+ years now?

Yeah, he could argue the technical side and on paper shit for days... but apparently when it came to building actual product, doing recones, and the like... everyone else did it for him...

I didnt think they sounded "dry", or "lifeless"? actually the problem that i had with them (2 12" xxx's, and 1 12" and 1 15" brahma) were that they seemed to lose output fairly drastically above about 45-50 hz... maybe it was the boxes, maybe i have odd tastes, i don't know. just know it did not impress me As far as perfection in sound reproduction.. that's a never ending quest

Not alone, it's widely known that XBL^2 subwoofers rolloff rather quickly above 50hz...

nG

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

Oh well.

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

Oh well.

Good thing the ICON has XBL^78^37.30291.