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<blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 3664154" data-attributes="member: 561023"><p>Well - it's been awhile since I've made a thread here so I reckoned it was overdue.</p><p></p><p>I finally had (read that as: "made") the time to swap out my much beloved but somewhat cosmetically challenged M6mkII12D4 for the TDX12D4 I acquired to replace it.</p><p></p><p>So - a real A/B comparison happened ~ same vehicle, same electrical, same HU/processing, same amplification, and the same enclosure were used. The <em>only</em> thing that changed was the subwoofer.</p><p></p><p>I went from a single M6mkII 12" sub to a single TDX 12" sub - both having D4 coils, both housed in the same 1.75^3 ft. tuned to 32Hz slot-ported enclosure, both with the coils wired parallel to a 2 Ohm load, both powered by my Diamond D61500<span style="color: Blue">.</span>1.</p><p></p><p>From what I have seen there are no middle-of-the-road opinions, seemingly, on Diamond's top dog subwoofer from a few years ago - people either love them or loathe them.</p><p></p><p>Well, kind reader, you can place my solidly in the camp of the former variety. I love this sub. It is easily <em>the</em> best sub-bass driver I have ever personally owned.</p><p></p><p>It is easily discerned simply by my loyalty to DAT's subs that I am by no means a hardcore SPL fanatic. If I were I would most assuredly need to seek another route to my personal sonic nirvana as these simply aren't ever going to be any sort of SPL monster for anyone.</p><p></p><p>What I did get for my troubles, however, was a substage that really came alive in comparison to that which it replaced. Don't get me wrong, mind you, I wasn't unhappy with what I was running before but I'm <em>really</em> pleased with what I've got going now.</p><p></p><p>The TDX is louder and gets considerably lower than the M6 - on every kind of music I threw at it. 2Pac, Styx, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Ray Vaughn, AC/DC, early Metallica, the list is long but the results were all the same: there is a presence to my substage now that was apparently missing previously.</p><p></p><p>In short - if you have been considering getting a Diamond Audio TDX or D9 (since they are supposed to be the same woofer with somewhat different cosmetics) then I highly suggest doing so whenever the opportunity presents itself. It'll take a bunch of power (certainly more than the rating printed on the side of the sub would lead someone to believe...) and sound freggin' great doing it.</p><p></p><p>Just my $0.02, anyway ~</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prowler573, post: 3664154, member: 561023"] Well - it's been awhile since I've made a thread here so I reckoned it was overdue. I finally had (read that as: "made") the time to swap out my much beloved but somewhat cosmetically challenged M6mkII12D4 for the TDX12D4 I acquired to replace it. So - a real A/B comparison happened ~ same vehicle, same electrical, same HU/processing, same amplification, and the same enclosure were used. The [I]only[/I] thing that changed was the subwoofer. I went from a single M6mkII 12" sub to a single TDX 12" sub - both having D4 coils, both housed in the same 1.75^3 ft. tuned to 32Hz slot-ported enclosure, both with the coils wired parallel to a 2 Ohm load, both powered by my Diamond D61500[COLOR=Blue].[/COLOR]1. From what I have seen there are no middle-of-the-road opinions, seemingly, on Diamond's top dog subwoofer from a few years ago - people either love them or loathe them. Well, kind reader, you can place my solidly in the camp of the former variety. I love this sub. It is easily [I]the[/I] best sub-bass driver I have ever personally owned. It is easily discerned simply by my loyalty to DAT's subs that I am by no means a hardcore SPL fanatic. If I were I would most assuredly need to seek another route to my personal sonic nirvana as these simply aren't ever going to be any sort of SPL monster for anyone. What I did get for my troubles, however, was a substage that really came alive in comparison to that which it replaced. Don't get me wrong, mind you, I wasn't unhappy with what I was running before but I'm [I]really[/I] pleased with what I've got going now. The TDX is louder and gets considerably lower than the M6 - on every kind of music I threw at it. 2Pac, Styx, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Ray Vaughn, AC/DC, early Metallica, the list is long but the results were all the same: there is a presence to my substage now that was apparently missing previously. In short - if you have been considering getting a Diamond Audio TDX or D9 (since they are supposed to be the same woofer with somewhat different cosmetics) then I highly suggest doing so whenever the opportunity presents itself. It'll take a bunch of power (certainly more than the rating printed on the side of the sub would lead someone to believe...) and sound freggin' great doing it. Just my $0.02, anyway ~ [/QUOTE]
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