i just orderd 2 of these today

[Canaan 10+ year member]

South Korea has some good build houses though.

If manufacturers MUST outsource, I would rather see them go to South Korea than China.

 

[Orion Man 10+ year member]

Bad A$$ bro.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

they look alot nicer than the AQ drivers

 

[Wkbdkid 10+ year member]

Wasnt Zapco the one that had the birght ass orange basket? Horrid lookin color.lol

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Wasnt Zapco the one that had the birght ass orange basket? Horrid lookin color.lol

Yes.
And my bad, Korea then. My point wasn't which continent they were coming from, but that they are all coming from the same manufacturer. If you are wondering what this AB will do, it has many close relatives that would give you a very good indication of its performance abilities.

I do assume however that there can and probably are subtle differences between the various brands using these drivers, at least in the soft-parts/suspension.

 

[Decado2 10+ year member]

Wasnt Zapco the one that had the birght ass orange basket? Horrid lookin color.lol

I kind of liked that basket color //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[Decado2 10+ year member]

Yes.
And my bad, Korea then. My point wasn't which continent they were coming from, but that they are all coming from the same manufacturer. If you are wondering what this AB will do, it has many close relatives that would give you a very good indication of its performance abilities.

I do assume however that there can and probably are subtle differences between the various brands using these drivers, at least in the soft-parts/suspension.

Yup, I doubt the AQ's spiders will seperate during play as one of my Konaki's did before I epoxied it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[chinxtaboi 10+ year member]

Didn't Memphis also jump on the wagon w/ a sub like this?

dont think so. their 08 line looks totally diff than these.

 

[matrxx dude 5,000+ posts]

Right

 

[dtbrown 10+ year member]

Audio Que took there "Digital Designs" inspired design to a build house over seas. A large part of this was because DD's production has been increasing and had less time to build subwoofers for AQ. As soon as AQ has there products being fully built in Asia you get new subwoofer lines from a few other companies that deal with the same company. Konaki, American Bass, Zapco, & SPL Dynamics. And just for future information, I believe that the build house is located in South Korea...(The same company that builds amps for DD, AB, SPL Dynamics, AQ, & Zapco!!)
It truly is a small world over in Asia !!

WOW, DD and Audioque truly got bent over with giving there design to that build house. I wonder if they new by doing so that the Korean build house would just whoore out the design given to them by DD. Either way companies can can have the same motor and framed sub but that doesn't mean that the soft parts will be as good as DD's or Audioque's. Wonder if DD can take any type of legal action against the build house?

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

WOW, DD and Audioque truly got bent over with giving there design to that build house. I wonder if they new by doing so that the Korean build house would just whoore out the design given to them by DD. Either way companies can can have the same motor and framed sub but that doesn't mean that the soft parts will be as good as DD's or Audioque's. Wonder if DD can take any type of legal action against the build house?

IIRC DJ decided to not spend the extra money so that the buildhouse could only build this sub for him. He said something along those lines.

 

[Andrew12 10+ year member]

Was I the only one who saw Chad's thread with pictures of these from CES? lol

Honestly, it probably doesn't matter if these other company's "copied" the build style for the HDC's, Dj is probably going to sell alot more just because of price alone.

Not to take anything away from your AB's bro. Nice pickup with those subs. I wonder if theyre the HDC's with the BTL's frequency response lol

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

they look alot nicer than the AQ drivers

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif the only difference i see is the logo on the dustcap.

 

[whammy]

Yes.
And my bad, Korea then. My point wasn't which continent they were coming from, but that they are all coming from the same manufacturer. If you are wondering what this AB will do, it has many close relatives that would give you a very good indication of its performance abilities.

I do assume however that there can and probably are subtle differences between the various brands using these drivers, at least in the soft-parts/suspension.

You were right the first time, China. They are pretty much all the same with different dustcaps. Either way, good luck and hope they perform well for you.

 

[350_regal 10+ year member]

im pretty sure there is minor differences between the motors that play a role in how they perform like cooling and actual size. does anyone know what the weight of the aq,ab,konaki and other brands mags are.