Orion hcca 15", anyone else waiting?

[manyhobbies 10+ year member]

Thats what I'm talkin bout. Thats what I call bass.

Russ

 

[manyhobbies 10+ year member]

Ok looks like it's gonna be at least the begining of June before they are gonna be available. I've decided I can't wait any longer, my order was placed Feb. 28th and now it's May 2nd and I gotta do something. So I beleive I'm gonna go with the DB Drive PLT15WD D2ohm older subs that I've found on the bay. I would think they are gonna be a decent sub for the money. Only problem I found is there is little specs out there to find to review.

Just thought I'd post what info I do have about the orion's and my thoughts of going with the db drives. Russ

 

[Liquid Bass 10+ year member]

Ok looks like it's gonna be at least the begining of June before they are gonna be available. I've decided I can't wait any longer, my order was placed Feb. 28th and now it's May 2nd and I gotta do something. So I beleive I'm gonna go with the DB Drive PLT15WD D2ohm older subs that I've found on the bay. I would think they are gonna be a decent sub for the money. Only problem I found is there is little specs out there to find to review.Just thought I'd post what info I do have about the orion's and my thoughts of going with the db drives. Russ

I'd go with an Rd heavyweight or

A new btl

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

all that shows is that 6 of them can handle 15k.

a guy around my area is running 6 btl 15s on 6 saz 3500s (21k) also keeping mid 150s down into the 25hz range.

its a b pillar wall in a scion xb.

and yes it will do a killer hairtrick as well.

 

[Liquid Bass 10+ year member]

all that shows is that 6 of them can handle 15k.
a guy around my area is running 6 btl 15s on 6 saz 3500s (21k) also keeping mid 150s down into the 25hz range.

its a b pillar wall in a scion xb.

and yes it will do a killer hairtrick as well.

Why are we pretending a btl will handle more power than an hcca? Lulz

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

Why are we pretending a btl will handle more power than an hcca? Lulz

never said it will. just stating that his vid proves nothing.

i personally have not ran/tested either subs. so i wont speak on what will handle what.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

The hcca can take 4k daily.

HCCA's VS. 4K ^^^^^

Fact: 3" coil can handle 1200W continuous (sine wave forever) 4" coil can handle 1600W continuous....after that they will all fail it's all a matter of time.

IMO mechanically they are overbuilt and rugged as hell and good sounding, but the coils are a bit anemic compared to many I've played with that are rated to handle a lot less power.

 

[Liquid Bass 10+ year member]

HCCA's VS. 4K ^^^^^

Fact: 3" coil can handle 1200W continuous (sine wave forever) 4" coil can handle 1600W continuous....after that they will all fail it's all a matter of time.

IMO mechanically they are overbuilt and rugged as hell and good sounding, but the coils are a bit anemic compared to many I've played with that are rated to handle a lot less power.

If you did that to 4 hccas with 4k then there was something very wrong.

 

[Liquid Bass 10+ year member]

The coils look fine it just looks like you destroyed them by hand lol

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

4K each.... Coils burnt through and turned to slinkys when pulling them out of the gap. If you plan to run 4K to one don't do it for more than 30 seconds.

 

[Liquid Bass 10+ year member]

I have seen hccas take 4k daily I am running just over 3k to mine and it wants more. It barely moved on 2k

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

OK, good luck to you at 4K. Mechanically they can handle it no problem, but those coils really didn't like it.

 

[Liquid Bass 10+ year member]

OK, good luck to you at 4K. Mechanically they can handle it no problem, but those coils really didn't like it.

Would you think 3500 would be ok thermally?

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Like I said, not for long, continuous (like sine wave night and day, forever) a 4" coil can handle about 1600W after that the more power, the less time before it fails thermally. Do you know what your box rise is? Could be your "3500W" amp is only pushing 2K to them.... or less. Really I'd say they'd do 2500 on most normal music as long as you could stand it.