Confused about Brahma 10"

[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

The specs show otherwise. Less excursion, smaller vc, etc. The new Tumults are a closer comparison to the old Brahmas (but better).

Yes the specs are quite different but Adire has said it themselves that the new Brahmas will be quite similar in performance to the old ones... Not up to par, but similar.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Im sure they will be very good drivers. Im not saying any differently. Simply saying they wont be the Brahma of old. I predict old B10's are gonna be highly sought after.

 

[Steven Kephart 10+ year member]

Okay, thanks for your help so far but before I go and buy this (how do I install it!!!) here is a pic of my box...would those be okay for it???
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/fantasyguru70/album?.dir=/966d

Do you know what the internal volume of that enclosure is? The Brahma 10's are designed for a VERY tiny enclosure.

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

 

[Steven Kephart 10+ year member]

Im sure they will be very good drivers. Im not saying any differently. Simply saying they wont be the Brahma of old. I predict old B10's are gonna be highly sought after.

Have you played with the new Brahma's yet and compared it to the old one's? Keep in mind that we know quite a bit about these speakers as we are the one's who designed them. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

 

[Pistonsfan70 10+ year member]

Do you know what the internal volume of that enclosure is? The Brahma 10's are designed for a VERY tiny enclosure.
Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

Steven,

The enclosure is 1 cubic ft sealed... is that too big??? Please let me know!!

 

[nametaken 10+ year member]

Steven,The enclosure is 1 cubic ft sealed... is that too big??? Please let me know!!

if it is, you could just add blocks of 2x4's or anything that takes up space(sand bags, expanding foam etc), better bigger than too small.

 

[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

...Ice cubes

 

[Pistonsfan70 10+ year member]

if it is, you could just add blocks of 2x4's or anything that takes up space(sand bags, expanding foam etc), better bigger than too small.

Thanks man.. I was thinking I COULD do that if it was too big but wasn't sure if it would work lol, but then again, I know next to nothing about boxes. Thanks for the help!!!

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Have you played with the new Brahma's yet and compared it to the old one's? Keep in mind that we know quite a bit about these speakers as we are the one's who designed them. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif
Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

Obviously I have not played with one, as they are not available. As you know. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif My comments were based on the released specs, as Ive said all along. The specs show it to be a smaller version of the original Brahma. Is this incorrect, or will it still somehow perform to the old Brahma's means?

 

[Steven Kephart 10+ year member]

Steven,The enclosure is 1 cubic ft sealed... is that too big??? Please let me know!!

That is definitely on the large side. You are in the ported box territory. We usually recommend around .6 cubes for the B10. I ran mine in a .36 cubic foot enclosure, and Tom Nousaine (IIRC) found that .2 cubic feet provided flat response down to 20 Hz in his Corvette when he reviewed the sub in Mobile Entertainment.

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

 

[Steven Kephart 10+ year member]

Obviously I have not played with one, as they are not available. As you know. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif My comments were based on the released specs, as Ive said all along. The specs show it to be a smaller version of the original Brahma. Is this incorrect, or will it still somehow perform to the old Brahma's means?

We wouldn't have said that it would perform very similar if it wasn't true. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

 

[Pistonsfan70 10+ year member]

So I can just stuff large, heavy items in my woofer box until it sounds good?

 

[Steven Kephart 10+ year member]

Just make sure that they don't move around freely inside the enclosure and you should be fine.

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio