MTX doesnt give up..60"subwoofer

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

from what i remember it manged to burp like a 162.x for like a fraction of a second before the whole fucking thing just fell apart

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

162 sounds about right. It wasnt record breaking, but still a pretty big number for its day.

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

162 sounds about right. It wasnt record breaking, but still a pretty big number for its day.

it was designed for 5-20Hz sweeps, so to hit a 162 at something that low for an instant is still pretty good. if it could have held up for just a little longer i think it would have hit a 168, maybe..

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

The oldest MTX amp I have is a 6500D (still US made)

Very solid amp and will drive a 1 ohm sub and it has not been molested.

I drove a 1508D2 for over a year with it.

In an old Bronco

and the wife's old car.

I also had an 81000d

A bit much for the 1508 @ 1 ohm as well. It never had issues @ 1 ohm loads as well.

 

[Haunz 10+ year member]

Its already been stated who designed and built it. IIRC, it was mainly suppose to be an advertising piece for MTX. It did in fact distort the structure of the van. My memory of it is a little sketchy, since the setup wasn't around very long due to the catastrophic failure of the vehicle.

I think the MTX logo was attached as a joke.. the main purpose was extreme SPL.. IIRC the giant woofer hit a very high spl number on a single positive stroke (which collapsed the bread truck!).. It also broke the frame of the driver.. This as claimed by the builders was due to an inability to control the electromagnet as intended.. you can thank alma gates...

 

[sleazebagger 10+ year member]

from what i remember it manged to burp like a 162.x for like a fraction of a second before the whole fucking thing just fell apart

Thats great!. I wanna see a video... of the falling apart part.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I think the MTX logo was attached as a joke.. the main purpose was extreme SPL.. IIRC the giant woofer hit a very high spl number on a single positive stroke (which collapsed the bread truck!).. It also broke the frame of the driver.. This as claimed by the builders was due to an inability to control the electromagnet as intended.. you can thank alma gates...

MTX was a sponsor for the install, iirc. Which is why they attached the MTX sticker to it (and the outside of the van). It was the model number they used, the Thunder 1,000,000, that was the joke.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

There would really be no great use for that woofer.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

There would really be no great use for that woofer.

Especially since as said above, it basically only survived a single stroke. lol

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

it basically only survived a single stroke. lol

it was it's first time. cut it some slack

 

[BrownVanMan 10+ year member]

The oldest MTX amp I have is a 6500D (still US made)
Very solid amp and will drive a 1 ohm sub and it has not been molested.

I drove a 1508D2 for over a year with it.

In an old Bronco

and the wife's old car.

I also had an 81000d

A bit much for the 1508 @ 1 ohm as well. It never had issues @ 1 ohm loads as well.

i have the 6500D amp and its a stout lil thing. did u have to mod yours to get it to play at 1 ohm?

 

[BrownVanMan 10+ year member]

this is a pretty good MTX amp for what it is....

a buddy has 2 of these. the black one and an identical white one. will either/both of them run 2 ohm mono at about 300 watts and live?

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

IIRC they had 60kw of power from crown pro audio amplifiers to power it... the magnet was an electromagnet and had to be powered separately...

You would be wrong homes....

They be powering dis bish with member 1MTX1 hitting it doggy style in its good ole glory hole! That thang is so loud you could hear it 50 city blocks away. It is banned in many Countries due to its loudness! Its a good thing dude is behind it!

Reason you dont hear about these anymore he has since went out cheat on MTX with his other boyfriend Rockford! Tis-Tis....

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

huh?