kicker replacement?

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Oh, and those ribbed cones are almost as ridiculously stupid and inspired by a predominantly adolescent market as are their square cones. The biggest flaw of square cones is the unequal stress on the cone, which is offset by the use of strengthening ribs in the areas of highest stress, the corners. Unfortunately, those ribs also add otherwise unnecessary mass to the moving structure, trading one problem for another. The price to pay for your subs having corners. So what does Kicker do? Turns around and puts those ribs on their rounds cones as well, which dont even need them. Hilarious. This is a clear example of Stillwater Designs/Kicker having sold out: placing a lower emphasis on performance than they do on aesthetics and marketing.

IMO, Kicker might as well put "sell out" on their dust caps.

 

[mossberg385t 10+ year member]

Oh, and those ribbed cones are almost as ridiculously stupid and inspired by a predominantly adolescent market as are their square cones. The biggest flaw of square cones is the unequal stress on the cone, which is offset by the use of strengthening ribs in the areas of highest stress, the corners. Unfortunately, those ribs also add otherwise unnecessary mass to the moving structure, trading one problem for another. The price to pay for your subs having corners. So what does Kicker do? Turns around and puts those ribs on their rounds cones as well, which dont even need them. Hilarious. This is a clear example of Stillwater Designs/Kicker having sold out: placing a lower emphasis on performance than they do on aesthetics and marketing.
IMO, Kicker might as well put "sell out" on their dust caps.

Ever since jeri mccord left, him and ray rayfield are starting Linear Power back up //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

i bump those...

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

Here it is even cheaper!

NEW Q POWER 12" 800W WOOFER! QCOMP 12 - eBay (item 140436726283 end time Sep-04-10 10:21:41 PDT)

 

[kraudio12 10+ year member]

anyways moral of the story is you pay for what u get right?

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

At least with the Q powers, you're not being sold the legacy of a company like stillwater designs.

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

mofukas knock too ya dig

 

[DTPAudioVideo 10+ year member]

Screw goin out to dinner! Just have your lady eat the woofer! UMMMM Protein!

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Screw goin out to dinner! Just have your lady eat the woofer! UMMMM Protein!

Yep, be sure and eat the surrounds since that's where all the nutrients are at.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Kicker subs are ugly as hell, and x2 to what audioholic said about the cones and the marketing...Kicker is disappointing on nearly every level.

 

[DTPAudioVideo 10+ year member]

Kicker subs are ugly as hell, and x2 to what audioholic said about the cones and the marketing...Kicker is disappointing on nearly every level.

In my years of car audio i have come to a conclusion, if a woofer or amplifier looks really fancy and nice it is usually a piece of crap. I think audio manufacturers spend more money making the product look good and they cheap out on making it sound good.

 

[matt_bennett05 10+ year member]

just for "kicks" someone should do a side by side comparison... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif