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<blockquote data-quote="SoundSplinter" data-source="post: 976498" data-attributes="member: 556387">Hey destruction - sorry to hear about your negative experience with the RL-i&#039;s.. major bummer! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gifI believe you mentioned that these drivers are bottoming out and/or distorting when being fed with no more than 320 watts?&nbsp; Provided that your amp gain and wiring is correct, this should certainly not be happening.&nbsp; I see that you did end up wiring a single driver up to check the sound, might I ask if you tried doing this with both drivers individually?&nbsp; I would request that you do this in order to determine if one sub is behaving differently than the other, as if this were the case then you most definitely have received a defective driver and I will replace it under warranty no problem.&nbsp; Even if you&#039;re not going to keep these, I&#039;d ask you to test each one individually so that you don&#039;t end up selling a defective unit to someone else.In all honesty the RL-i series drivers are not designed to be SPL woofers and if you are looking for loudness over sound quality, then there are certainly other candidates that will better suit your needs.&nbsp; Nonetheless, I find it strange that your experience with Comp VR&#039;s was louder than the RL-i&#039;s, as I have a friend who replaced his two 10&quot; CVR&#039;s with two 10&quot; RL-i&#039;s (dropped in the same box/same amp) and he hasn&#039;t looked back once, stating that the RL-i&#039;s are easily quite a bit louder and much better sounding across the entire frequency response he is using.&nbsp; I can&#039;t help but wonder if there is some odd variable that is resulting in this undesireable action.As others have suggested, there are indeed numerous factors that could be causing this phenomena, and though it seems you have done a lot to try to reach your desired level of performance, perhaps it is in fact the design and/or placement of your enclosure that is resulting in the poor performance you&#039;re experiencing.&nbsp; Then again, perhaps you were simply expecting more than these drivers can offer.Again, I&#039;m terribly sorry that your RL-i&#039;s aren&#039;t working out and if you are interested in exchanging them for an RL-p or two, I would be willing to credit the full value of your original purchase towards an exchange for one of our larger drivers (I will also cover your return shipping on the RL-i10&#039;s).&nbsp; Just a thought, though I understand that space and amp constraints may restrict this option, as well as the hard times you&#039;ve had with your RL-i&#039;s.&nbsp;&nbsp; //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gifLet me know if there is anything else I can do <img src="http://www.soundsplinter.com/images/graemlins/yingyang.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="SoundSplinter, post: 976498, member: 556387"] Hey destruction - sorry to hear about your negative experience with the RL-i's.. major bummer! [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif[/IMG] I believe you mentioned that these drivers are bottoming out and/or distorting when being fed with no more than 320 watts? Provided that your amp gain and wiring is correct, this should certainly not be happening. I see that you did end up wiring a single driver up to check the sound, might I ask if you tried doing this with both drivers individually? I would request that you do this in order to determine if one sub is behaving differently than the other, as if this were the case then you most definitely have received a defective driver and I will replace it under warranty no problem. Even if you're not going to keep these, I'd ask you to test each one individually so that you don't end up selling a defective unit to someone else. In all honesty the RL-i series drivers are not designed to be SPL woofers and if you are looking for loudness over sound quality, then there are certainly other candidates that will better suit your needs. Nonetheless, I find it strange that your experience with Comp VR's was louder than the RL-i's, as I have a friend who replaced his two 10" CVR's with two 10" RL-i's (dropped in the same box/same amp) and he hasn't looked back once, stating that the RL-i's are easily quite a bit louder and much better sounding across the entire frequency response he is using. I can't help but wonder if there is some odd variable that is resulting in this undesireable action. As others have suggested, there are indeed numerous factors that could be causing this phenomena, and though it seems you have done a lot to try to reach your desired level of performance, perhaps it is in fact the design and/or placement of your enclosure that is resulting in the poor performance you're experiencing. Then again, perhaps you were simply expecting more than these drivers can offer. Again, I'm terribly sorry that your RL-i's aren't working out and if you are interested in exchanging them for an RL-p or two, I would be willing to credit the full value of your original purchase towards an exchange for one of our larger drivers (I will also cover your return shipping on the RL-i10's). Just a thought, though I understand that space and amp constraints may restrict this option, as well as the hard times you've had with your RL-i's. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif[/IMG] Let me know if there is anything else I can do [IMG]http://www.soundsplinter.com/images/graemlins/yingyang.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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