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<blockquote data-quote="zebo" data-source="post: 1141246" data-attributes="member: 554717"><p>I recieved my RL-s on Friday and spent the weekend testing\building boxes.</p><p></p><p>Thus far it has been in:</p><p></p><p>4 cube tuned to 46 (spl)</p><p></p><p>5 cube tuned to 30</p><p></p><p>8 cube tuned to 16</p><p></p><p>5 cube sealed</p><p></p><p>The first two applications were obviously not ideal for this driver, but I had them on hand so I gave them a shot. If you model either of those up you come up with a VERY peaky response and it shows when you use them. Neither box sounded good. I am sure there are plenty of people out there that would love the 5 cubes 30hz application if you listen to rap or whatever, but I don't so it wasn't for me. In the spl box it was quite loud, not quite on par with the brahma extreme which it was built for but the RL-s is not built for spl either, so those results weren't suprising.</p><p></p><p>On to a more appropriate application...The 8 cube box just didn't do much for me, got **** low, moved lots of air but seemed like it lacked the output in more of the area of that I listen too. Don't get me wrong, hearing some bass guitar in "My heads in mississippi" was pretty **** cool, but the kickdrum just wasn't there.</p><p></p><p>The sealed box, I thought, was the best as far as output, fr and sq went. It sounded nice and got pretty loud for a sealed 15 (135 on the TL @29 hz). Keep in mind though, I have been driving around for the last few days with the brahma extreme in an spl box. It doesn't matter if the RL-s is has more excursion and sd in that situation, it's just not going to be able to keep up by a pure output standpoint. Throw the brahma extreme in a sealed box and the comparison would be even more ridiculous in favor of the RL-s, its all in the application.</p><p></p><p>Sq was quite good, just on par with my xxx. The only thing that jumped out at me was that the RL-s uses a linear spider, that kindof suprised me for a driver that costs that much.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, these are just intial impressions and tests....on to the pics (on SIN, you may have to register)</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.soundillusions.net/gallery/files/5/2/9/1/xxxrls1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.soundillusions.net/gallery/files/5/2/9/1/xxxrls2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.soundillusions.net/gallery/files/5/2/9/1/rls5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.soundillusions.net/gallery/files/5/2/9/1/rls4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.soundillusions.net/gallery/files/5/2/9/1/rls3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.soundillusions.net/gallery/files/5/2/9/1/rls2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.soundillusions.net/gallery/files/5/2/9/1/rls1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.soundillusions.net/gallery/files/5/2/9/1/box2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zebo, post: 1141246, member: 554717"] I recieved my RL-s on Friday and spent the weekend testing\building boxes. Thus far it has been in: 4 cube tuned to 46 (spl) 5 cube tuned to 30 8 cube tuned to 16 5 cube sealed The first two applications were obviously not ideal for this driver, but I had them on hand so I gave them a shot. If you model either of those up you come up with a VERY peaky response and it shows when you use them. Neither box sounded good. I am sure there are plenty of people out there that would love the 5 cubes 30hz application if you listen to rap or whatever, but I don't so it wasn't for me. In the spl box it was quite loud, not quite on par with the brahma extreme which it was built for but the RL-s is not built for spl either, so those results weren't suprising. On to a more appropriate application...The 8 cube box just didn't do much for me, got **** low, moved lots of air but seemed like it lacked the output in more of the area of that I listen too. Don't get me wrong, hearing some bass guitar in "My heads in mississippi" was pretty **** cool, but the kickdrum just wasn't there. The sealed box, I thought, was the best as far as output, fr and sq went. It sounded nice and got pretty loud for a sealed 15 (135 on the TL @29 hz). Keep in mind though, I have been driving around for the last few days with the brahma extreme in an spl box. It doesn't matter if the RL-s is has more excursion and sd in that situation, it's just not going to be able to keep up by a pure output standpoint. Throw the brahma extreme in a sealed box and the comparison would be even more ridiculous in favor of the RL-s, its all in the application. Sq was quite good, just on par with my xxx. The only thing that jumped out at me was that the RL-s uses a linear spider, that kindof suprised me for a driver that costs that much. Anyway, these are just intial impressions and tests....on to the pics (on SIN, you may have to register) [IMG]http://www.soundillusions.net/gallery/files/5/2/9/1/xxxrls1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.soundillusions.net/gallery/files/5/2/9/1/xxxrls2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.soundillusions.net/gallery/files/5/2/9/1/rls5.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.soundillusions.net/gallery/files/5/2/9/1/rls4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.soundillusions.net/gallery/files/5/2/9/1/rls3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.soundillusions.net/gallery/files/5/2/9/1/rls2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.soundillusions.net/gallery/files/5/2/9/1/rls1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.soundillusions.net/gallery/files/5/2/9/1/box2.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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