RE MX15 vs Nightshade 15

[cm2658 10+ year member]

by the way the Nightshade was SOOOOO much meatier than the MX was.. I was actually surprised by how light the MX was when I first handled it in person, but I was shocked by how heavy the nightshade was, its heavier than the RF T2 is, at least the 12" T2.. Anyways The Nightshade is freshly reconed and is beyond stiff right now, whereas with the MX you could tell its got some miles on it.. The guy with the nightshade seemed to know his shit, the guy with the MX is a Mexican kid off CList so yeah...

Another question.. does anyone out there have a version of the Nightshade that has 5 extra stiff spiders and if so whats the RMS of it?? The guy I got the Nightshade from was tellin me about how this one has the 5 extra stiff spiders and it can handle around 3000RMS so I thought I'd ask, although that may be a question for Jacob.. Iv read about how the regular nightshades can handle 3000rms, and Im confident the gut that sold me the NS wasnt BSin me so i was just asking..

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

i used to own a 5 spider...can handle 3k cleanly all day...4k for a while...and over 6k for burps

 

[cm2658 10+ year member]

One final thing here, this is kinda embarassing.. I've never really owned 'new' subs so I'v never had to actually break em in, but my question here is in the case of the NIghtshade 15 what RMS should I start out feeding it and whats the duration of the break-in period (in hours).. lol that was always one of the benefits of buying used subs throughout hte years, but I wanna make sure to do it right with this beast.. FYI the guy said that when I was testing the sub that it was the second time its had power to it after being reconed (the first time was right when he got it back he tested it on a sax-50.4) so this sub is about as new as it gets..

Heres some pics while im at it..

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

lets see pics of the bottom of that motor...does not look like a shade

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

Sundown Audio - Nightshade 15"

check it...the top plate isnt that small on the shade

 

[Brianyakno 10+ year member]

sick sub you where looking for spl? nightshade is what fs of 40hz? if u wanted sq you would have done better with the mx its more of a sql sub and murders lows. also the mx has a neo magnet thts why its so light

 

[thericanballer 10+ year member]

nightshade if you pick just one. but buy both sell the other