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<blockquote data-quote="thylantyr" data-source="post: 2878333" data-attributes="member: 560358">Basspig posted that he&#039;s running four of these woofers plus those EV&#039;s.<a href="http://www.evertube.com/videos/watch/2BiF0ljPzvw/bassmaxx-cgn-audio-labs-zr18-excursion-test.html" target="_blank">http://www.evertube.com/videos/watch/2BiF0ljPzvw/bassmaxx-cgn-audio-labs-zr18-excursion-test.html</a>Bassmax woofers. Looks like TC Sounds LMS-5400 with neo magnet.Basspig said &quot;The basket looks like a common part between the two, but the motor and suspension system are built differently. The coil is 10&quot; long and the gap in the neo motor is 5&quot; deep. The reason I went with the neo-based is because I don&#039;t have 50,000 watts to drive it with to get the SPLs I was looking for. The advantage of neo is about 6dB more sensitivity--about 1/4 the power needed to produce the SPL. And when you do throw 3.5kW at the Bassmaxx, it can produce 154dB @ 1 meter. I rather stupidly insisted on using four of them, since four Altec 3184s were nowhere near enough, and I figured no matter how good the Bassmaxx would be, that I&#039;d better not decrease the number of drivers. Boy, did I ever screw up! Now the system is bottom-heavy. I decided not to utilize dual bridge mono Powerlight 6.0s to drive these two pairs because a single Powerlight in stereo turned out to produce more than enough to overpower every other driver in the system. To get a flat response, I must roll off the low end with EQ below 25Hz. The ground hasn&#039;t shaken like this since I had a percussion well digger on the property. &quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thylantyr, post: 2878333, member: 560358"] Basspig posted that he's running four of these woofers plus those EV's. [URL="http://www.evertube.com/videos/watch/2BiF0ljPzvw/bassmaxx-cgn-audio-labs-zr18-excursion-test.html"]http://www.evertube.com/videos/watch/2BiF0ljPzvw/bassmaxx-cgn-audio-labs-zr18-excursion-test.html[/URL] Bassmax woofers. Looks like TC Sounds LMS-5400 with neo magnet. Basspig said "[I]The basket looks like a common part between the two, but the motor and suspension system are built differently. The coil is 10" long and the gap in the neo motor is 5" deep.[/I] [I] [/I] [I]The reason I went with the neo-based is because I don't have 50,000 watts to drive it with to get the SPLs I was looking for. The advantage of neo is about 6dB more sensitivity--about 1/4 the power needed to produce the SPL. And when you do throw 3.5kW at the Bassmaxx, it can produce 154dB @ 1 meter.[/I] [I] [/I] [I]I rather stupidly insisted on using four of them, since four Altec 3184s were nowhere near enough, and I figured no matter how good the Bassmaxx would be, that I'd better not decrease the number of drivers. Boy, did I ever screw up! Now the system is bottom-heavy. I decided not to utilize dual bridge mono Powerlight 6.0s to drive these two pairs because a single Powerlight in stereo turned out to produce more than enough to overpower every other driver in the system. To get a flat response, I must roll off the low end with EQ below 25Hz. The ground hasn't shaken like this since I had a percussion well digger on the property. "[/I] [/QUOTE]

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