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<blockquote data-quote="Electrodynamic" data-source="post: 4194523" data-attributes="member: 548723">Haha, exactly.&nbsp; It only took us how many years to hit the original goal?&nbsp; //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gifBut seriously, Noah&#039;s right - the new Mag goes right back to the design philosophy of the original &quot;Magnum&quot; (I hope Mitek isn&#039;t looking when I typed that) - small sealed enclosure, 1000 watt power handling, and superb SQ.&nbsp; Throughout the years the Mag evolved into a SQL driver for sure.&nbsp; By our last generation you could throw an SAZ-1500D on a single 12 or 15 without any problems and for competitions you could hammer on them with 2000+ watts on burps.Basically I went back to the drawing borad, picked up a very linear and extremely T/S preserving motor technology, shrunk the mounting depth by over an inch, and bumped SQ up to where it&#039;s never even thought of approaching before.As I disucssed on here with Audioholic a long time ago, I&#039;m not bending the charts/limitations of woofer design...I just chose to toss power handling down quite a bit.&nbsp; Going from a true 1500 watts to 900-1000 watts is a significant bump downward.&nbsp; Also designing the driver to work in a small sealed alignment first and foremost allowed for the SQ piece of the pie chart to increase quite a bit.&nbsp; The previous Mag&#039;s would work in anything because they were so damned hard to blow up.Anyway, the Mag now offers a smaller sealed enclosure size, 1000 watt power handling, small mounting depth, and about half the weight of other subwoofers.And you know you&#039;ve done something right when you receive a PM from Jim that says &quot;holy bejeezus. You&#039;ve outdone yourself&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Electrodynamic, post: 4194523, member: 548723"] Haha, exactly. It only took us how many years to hit the original goal? [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif[/IMG] But seriously, Noah's right - the new Mag goes right back to the design philosophy of the original "Magnum" (I hope Mitek isn't looking when I typed that) - small sealed enclosure, 1000 watt power handling, and superb SQ. Throughout the years the Mag evolved into a SQL driver for sure. By our last generation you could throw an SAZ-1500D on a single 12 or 15 without any problems and for competitions you could hammer on them with 2000+ watts on burps. Basically I went back to the drawing borad, picked up a very linear and extremely T/S preserving motor technology, shrunk the mounting depth by over an inch, and bumped SQ up to where it's never even thought of approaching before. As I disucssed on here with Audioholic a long time ago, I'm not bending the charts/limitations of woofer design...I just chose to toss power handling down quite a bit. Going from a true 1500 watts to 900-1000 watts is a significant bump downward. Also designing the driver to work in a small sealed alignment first and foremost allowed for the SQ piece of the pie chart to increase quite a bit. The previous Mag's would work in anything because they were so dam[SIZE=10px]n[/SIZE]ed hard to blow up. Anyway, the Mag now offers a smaller sealed enclosure size, 1000 watt power handling, small mounting depth, and about half the weight of other subwoofers. And you know you've done something right when you receive a PM from Jim that says "holy bejeezus. You've outdone yourself" [/QUOTE]

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