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<blockquote data-quote="Buck" data-source="post: 8761106" data-attributes="member: 591582"><p>The Fi BL's are good woofers; the way a sub stage sounds has a lot to do with how the box is tuned and the quality of the sub amp. The quality of the box and amp are, IMO, are more important than the sub itself. A good box will play what your ears really want to hear, and a good amp will properly control the woofer. Crappy amps and boxes can cause subs to have a very narrow bandwidth; both boxes and amps have a very important role on subwoofer stage bandwidth, peakiness, and the quality of sound.</p><p></p><p>IMO, dampening factor is the most overlooked statistics on a subwoofer amp. The dampening factor helps control the cone movement, ultimately, so that the amp doesn't lose control of the subwoofer cone. That means you can typically play further away from the tuning of a sealed or ported box. Sealed boxes do have specific tune to them (peak in Hz and severity of that peak), but it's woofer dependent.</p><p></p><p>You can make many subs play well, just as long as they are of decent quality. Those Brahmas are some of my newer favorites. I haven't heard them, but I design a lot, and their t/s look really good to me. I would really like to hear or have one of the Brahmas. If you mostly listen to Rap and EDM (like me), then those Fi BL's should work excellently, IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buck, post: 8761106, member: 591582"] The Fi BL's are good woofers; the way a sub stage sounds has a lot to do with how the box is tuned and the quality of the sub amp. The quality of the box and amp are, IMO, are more important than the sub itself. A good box will play what your ears really want to hear, and a good amp will properly control the woofer. Crappy amps and boxes can cause subs to have a very narrow bandwidth; both boxes and amps have a very important role on subwoofer stage bandwidth, peakiness, and the quality of sound. IMO, dampening factor is the most overlooked statistics on a subwoofer amp. The dampening factor helps control the cone movement, ultimately, so that the amp doesn't lose control of the subwoofer cone. That means you can typically play further away from the tuning of a sealed or ported box. Sealed boxes do have specific tune to them (peak in Hz and severity of that peak), but it's woofer dependent. You can make many subs play well, just as long as they are of decent quality. Those Brahmas are some of my newer favorites. I haven't heard them, but I design a lot, and their t/s look really good to me. I would really like to hear or have one of the Brahmas. If you mostly listen to Rap and EDM (like me), then those Fi BL's should work excellently, IMO. [/QUOTE]
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