Question About RE

[ctmaudi 10+ year member]

At what point did they become bad, and are they really all that bad now?

How can you tell if its an old one or new one? If it doesnt have the "i" or "x" in the name, is it an original good one? If not, does the b00b cone mean its a good one? Is there something in the listed specs that is different?

Back in summer of 07 I got an SE 12 that still works and sounds great to this day. It wasnt the plain brown box, it came in a grey box with whatever designs on it.

Like these, they arent SRXs, it says they are just SRs,

RE Audio SR12

And they have b00b cone REs,

RE Audio RE12

Is it possible those are good ones that they have just had in stock that never sold?

How do they (the originals and the new stuff) compair to the newer stuff like SSA and Sundown?

If that SR 12 is legit, for $110 shipped, I might grab one.

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[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

i think they took a dive around 08....what subs are u interested in?

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

went down hill late 05 after they sold to us amps...

the se,sx,mt motors are all the same the soft parts and quality is what dropped....

 

[ctmaudi 10+ year member]

Does this look like an original SE15? B00b cone, and doesnt have the new black back cover thats on the new ones.

RE Audio SE15

 

[09civic 5,000+ posts]

Does this look like an original SE15? B00b cone, and doesnt have the new black back cover thats on the new ones.RE Audio SE15

i beleive those are good ones but im not completely sure

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

first off the se is 600rms not 1000. not a old skool **** dustcap. the motors were all the same just soft parts.

older se flt wound alum coil and single med spiders, new round wire alum and a soft spider...

 

[ctmaudi 10+ year member]

first off the se is 600rms not 1000. not a old skool **** dustcap. the motors were all the same just soft parts.
older se flt wound alum coil and single med spiders, new round wire alum and a soft spider...

It says 600rms in the specs. For some reason they make up some rating in the title for just about all the subs. Ive seen others rated like 175rms in the specs, but it calls it a 250w.

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

easiest way to tell between new and old RE is the basket design. the new ones are all covered in plastic casing.

new RE also uses shorter tinsel leads which causes them to break a lot more easily

 

[09civic 5,000+ posts]

easiest way to tell between new and old RE is the basket design. the new ones are all covered in plastic casing.
new RE also uses shorter tinsel leads which causes them to break a lot more easily

yea i was just going by basket design

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

all of RE's great minds left after the company was sold. now those great minds are making great subs for other brands (think Fi) and RE is becoming mass produced chinese garbage.

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

Ive heard mixed reviews about most of the newer RE stuff

I really dont think its as bad as people make it.

Everyone just likes to jump on/off bandwagons.

 

[TeamPSI 10+ year member]

Anything with an X in the series name is going to be Chinese built.

Any SE that has ever come in anything other than a brown box is Chinese made. The last year of SE production looked like the old SE's, but came in an orange or grey box with US amps all over it. They're Chinese.

I personally oversaw the 1st production of Chinese SE's in China. They were well-built, as I was there to stop any mix-up's or improperly built products before they were packaged. The 2nd run of SE's.... LOL They weren't so great without someone watching over the production.