helotaxi 5,000+ posts
Kilroy was Here
Trashing his choice of equipment is not helping.
Amazed that JL is still in business in this market? Really? Do you actually know anything about their market demographic? Let's put it this way, their target demographic is NOT kids who only care about how loud it gets.
And, no, SQ isn't all in the box. A great box can make a crap sub sound OK and a lousy box can make a good sub sound terrible, but you can't polish a turd. Motor and suspension non-linearity cannot be corrected by the box.
SQ isn't also completely subjective. Distortion can be measured.
Whoever said that RE series subs sound excellent apparently has a very low standard or has fallen to the common psycho-acoustic phenomena that equates louder to better. RE used to make some fantastic low distortion drivers that as a result of the overbuilt motor and suspension could get really loud, but their entry stuff is not, and has never been, what would be classed as an accurate driver.
Amazed that JL is still in business in this market? Really? Do you actually know anything about their market demographic? Let's put it this way, their target demographic is NOT kids who only care about how loud it gets.
And, no, SQ isn't all in the box. A great box can make a crap sub sound OK and a lousy box can make a good sub sound terrible, but you can't polish a turd. Motor and suspension non-linearity cannot be corrected by the box.
SQ isn't also completely subjective. Distortion can be measured.
Whoever said that RE series subs sound excellent apparently has a very low standard or has fallen to the common psycho-acoustic phenomena that equates louder to better. RE used to make some fantastic low distortion drivers that as a result of the overbuilt motor and suspension could get really loud, but their entry stuff is not, and has never been, what would be classed as an accurate driver.