MTX Audio have big ones

[BMW Sidewayz 10+ year member]

I was browsing the net for some products and I ran into this comparison. I wonder what JL has to say about this?...

http://www.mtx.com/caraudio/headtohead/w7.cfm

But wait! it gets better....

http://www.mtx.com/caraudio/headtohead/index.cfm

Click to read more...

 

[WantedIsHere]

wow... lol thats kinda funny how they quote JL's website... im sure its probably a joke tho....

 

[Platestacker45 10+ year member]

Old... I've seen them comparing the 9500 to other drivers for quit a while

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Welcome to 2005

I know I've explained atleast 5 times on this forum alone why that comparison to the W7 is pretty much completely meaningless.

 

[BMW Sidewayz 10+ year member]

Well, they do some points. Do they? WOW that was a quick replies

 

[cotjones 10+ year member]

Welcome to 2005
I know I've explained atleast 5 times on this forum alone why that comparison to the W7 is pretty much completely meaningless.

sry but i didn't see any of those 5 times could you give me a readers digest?

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

sry but i didn't see any of those 5 times could you give me a readers digest?

Well from a quick search here are some of the quotes;

That comparison is totally meaningless. It really proves nothing. That 10% difference in Xmax (in this case, 2.5mm) is literally inaudible.

Power handling doesn't really matter to overall performance, having 250w greater thermal capacity doesn't make it any better from a performance standpoint. (that's excluding the fact that W7's can handle a bit over their rated RMS power handling aswell)

"Smallest useable" enclosure size //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif I could use a .1cuft enclosure if I really wanted.....hence it's "useable". Extremely ambiguous, and doesn't really make the 9500 any "better" than the W7 even if it were true. And 1cuft for the W7 is still a pretty darn small box....not like you'd need a truck to tote it around.

The rest of it is just general sub-to-sub design difference

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

I don't really give a darn if you have more Xmax than I do if mine's more linear with less inductance //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

It also just compares the 10W7 and the 10" 9500.

I did the math, and the 12 and 13w7's spank the 12" and 15" 9500s, respectively. You don't see em publishing that, though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

The shortening ring is about the only thing worth noting. I would much rather listen to a w7 over a 9500 any day. I really dislike the sound of the 9500s, 8500s, 7500s, and basically every MTX driver I have listened to and owned.

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

Just marketing.. Nothing more, its worthless.

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

The shortening ring is about the only thing worth noting. I would much rather listen to a w7 over a 9500 any day. I really dislike the sound of the 9500s, 8500s, 7500s, and basically every MTX driver I have listened to and owned.

Would be interesting to see how thick that shorting ring actually is and see if it actually has any effect at low frequencies.

 

[mike dressure 10+ year member]

yeah i remember the hype the 9500 had when it hit the market! that sub is about worthless in my book but so is the w7. overpriced and i wont pay that for a sub

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

The 7500s we sold at CC were really punchy. Had some nice excurrrrrsion, too, for the price.

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

yeah i remember the hype the 9500 had when it hit the market! that sub is about worthless in my book but so is the w7. overpriced and i wont pay that for a sub

If the w7s were overpriced, they would not sale. End of story..