elemental designs.help me deside on subs. help!!!

[shaunls1 10+ year member]

hey guys i going to get a new box for my camaro. its a subthump brand box for 2 12's and it will have 1cf of sealed air space for each sub.

i can get a set of elemental designs 130v.2 4ohm dvc's for about 180 shiped and they seem to be really good subs.

i can also for more money get a set of eclipse 7200 series 12's.

the amp is a memphis belle 1300mcd and is rated at 600watts at 2ohm's and 1100 at 1 ohm. im going to get 2 4ohm dvc subs and wire them up for 1 ohm.

i also have access to most of the memphis line like the m3's and m1's.

i have heard the m3 12's in a sealed box and honestly dident like the way they sounded but maybe the box they where in was to small.i like sound quality and spl so i would like to have mix of both and im not looking to make the car fall apart lol.

who has or has had elemental designs subs?

thanks guys. oh and here is a vid of the excursion the seem to move good.

http://www.edesignaudio.com/13ov2_video.php

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[BLD 25 10+ year member]

Hey buddy, that sounds like a good setup. I like the ED subs, but the company is a little shady. They are great sounding subs, and i really like mine. I have had a Soundsplinter RL-P, Diamond TDX, Infinity VQ, etc, and this sub holds its own.

Oh, and BTW, you won't get much help here when asking about ED. You will probably start a discussion about how bad they are.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

$180... aren't these still on sale from eD for $70?

lol?

 

[shaunls1 10+ year member]

they are 70 a piece plus 40 shiping.

 

[shaunls1 10+ year member]

so if i dont go with ed's what would be a good set up?

 

[na_rsx 10+ year member]

go with the ED, the 1.0 cubic sealed is the recommended size. and i had 1 in a 1.25 cubic feet and it got loud and clear, amazing sq. with 2 its going to sound insane. and if you go with ED, you still get the 5 year warranty, whats not to like. 550rms per sub will be more than enough to wang away lol.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

whats not to like.

The company.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

the...owner?

the forum full of nazis?

the QC from time to time?

sometimes the fact that they rip off designs?

I dont' know, i'm just saying

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

the...owner?
the forum full of nazis?

the QC from time to time?

sometimes the fact that they rip off designs?

I dont' know, i'm just saying

Oh snap!

 

[na_rsx 10+ year member]

The company.

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the...owner?
the forum full of nazis?

the QC from time to time?

sometimes the fact that they rip off designs?

I dont' know, i'm just saying

lol your funny

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

the truth is often funny

 

[BLD 25 10+ year member]

Again, i said the company was shady. However, the product is very good. 5 year warranty, etc for what the price is is incredible.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Again, i said the company was shady. However, the product is very good. 5 year warranty, etc for what the price is is incredible.

Assuming they honor it. The people buying their old 15" flat cones (A series iirc) thought they got a warranty too. They didn't.

 

[pickup1 5,000+ posts]

do the ed's.i like all the subs I've had from them.

 

[na_rsx 10+ year member]

the truth is often funny

no just ignorance

Again, i said the company was shady. However, the product is very good. 5 year warranty, etc for what the price is is incredible.

very much the point of this thread

Assuming they honor it. The people buying their old 15" flat cones (A series iirc) thought they got a warranty too. They didn't.

now honestly, this is a serious question, how long ago was that? i know there warranty before was 1 year, then got bumped up to 5 year, if i am wrong someone correct me.

 

[chardy85 10+ year member]

As far as I know the warranty used to be 3 years.

I have had them accept the warranty on a 19Ov2 spider cracked at woven tinsel.. extra glue... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

but I also had them "not" accept the warranty for a 13Ov2........but it was because I had a leaky front baffle and it overexerted it.

I also had a friend that had a couple old K series subs. The glue broke where the cone and the pole piece connect. Only one broke but they let him send in both of them and get two Kv2s.......and they are still living today. One actually in my stepdads truck.....

The original A series had something wrong that was very similar...something to do with the Cone coming separated if I remember correctly............but I thought they were accepting warranty for all of those //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

I still have some eD equipment and I like that nine.1 alot.....especially for the price

Either way, I have heard of alot of bad experiences with ED. I have had a couple problems, but they always got fixed. I have also heard of alot of good experiences with them.

I am not doing much at work right now....so I am going to ramble..........

Their business practices do seem a little odd from time to time.

I remember that the old ones used to be built by TC sounds and they dropped them as a buildhouse.....or maybe TC dropped them But maybe that was good for them since they just went bankrupt.....

Then I heard that Image Dynamics was building their subs.......

Then I heard that they were just getting their parts from image and then they were building them.....

Then the sq10 came out and I heard that they stole the whole design from TB. It was said that Tang Band had a pre production model at CES or some other show and Ben acted as though he was interested and stole the design?????

sometimes I do not know what to believe.........but the prices are still good, lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

curtis

 

[shaunls1 10+ year member]

so would it be better to go with the ed's or the eclipse 7200's? and thanks for the replys guys.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Anyone else notice in the video of the 130v2 the tool bag had his hand covering the pole vent while testing QC/QA....

FAIL.

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

I would say its a pretty good deal if they are still $70. Jump on it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[texicanz 10+ year member]

elemental designs subs ***** u miles buy sony subs if u gonna go cheap