What does RE have on the xbl^2

[icemayne696 10+ year member]

Everyone tells me that RE and adire...the xxx vs. the brahma....that they are the same performance wise. Whats so special about the xxx, kinda like the brahma has the xbl^2??

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[skeptikal Premium Member]

the xxx has XBL^2 also homie... they are both great subs. personally i think the XXX looks better lol. it can handle a little more power too i think.

 

[icemayne696 10+ year member]

OHHHHH....im dumb...learning tho! How is that though? Are they like the same company or some shit? i thought that waz only adire....

 

[skeptikal Premium Member]

no... adire owns the rights to it.. im not sure exactly how it works, im not sure if RE is developing some sort of XBL^2 type thing for themselves or they are paying adire rights to use it. i have no idea... look on RE audio's site about hte XXX and it says XBL^2 under the description. im out though. advil's kickin in 1.

 

[smullen 10+ year member]

I'm sure they worked out a deal Adire and paid them alot to use their XBL2 technology...

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Completely different companies. Adire licenses out that technology....there are many other "brands" that use it (Creative Sounds for example)

 

[Termlab 10+ year member]

what the hell is xbl^2???? pm me with an answer if you would..... i probably wont be able to find this thread again.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

I'm not pm-ing...if ur that lazy...i'm also lazy

here it is:

http://www.adireaudio.com/Files/XBL2TechPaper.pdf (motor overview)

http://www.adireaudio.com/Files/XBL2DetailsPaper.pdf (motor details)

NG

 

[mattj 5,000+ posts]

They are very close in performance. Id say flip a coin.

 

[jellyfish420 10+ year member]

isn't the xbl^2 kinda the same as the dual gap tech. in the H2's?

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

isn't the xbl^2 kinda the same as the dual gap tech. in the H2's?

Well, not really the same, but the same concept. IIRC, the H2 (and other "dual gap" subs like the PPI DCX series) actually use two separate top plates and a 2nd set of magnets to create their "dual gap", whereas XBL^2 just uses a single top plate to create the dual gap. And then, IIRC, JBL had a "dual gap" design that actually used two separate voice coils.

Here is a pic of the PPI dual gap motor: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/npdang/IMG_1436Medium.jpg