[hydrashok]

Thank you, Max, Zak, kvish, Driven!

@ kvish, I got the damping sheets from the same place I got the install done. The cost of the damping sheets is included in the installation charges (last item).

[iraghava]

Congratulations Anup!! Seems you're on way to finishing your ideal system eh!! Happy Listening!

[esteem_lover]

Seems to be Image Dynamics month this april. Now, you guys have started me thinking. Congrats on the fantastic install hydra.

[gunbir]

Originally Posted by hydrashok

This sub both plays tight & goes low really well. And it gives really good definition to bass notes -- for eg. the plucking of each string on the bass guitars stand out so well I can't describe the feeling I have when I listen to the music. And this sub can move between bass notes so fast, its uncanny. The transition between the bass notes is so quick and clean, without that very very short muddy/boomy period while changing over, it feels like I'm listening to new music.

Hmm... I guess this iDQ found its way to a deserving set of ears. You got it right Hydra, this isn't a high excursion sub. And thats part of why it sounds so great. This whole obsession with high excursion subs is just industry trend. I have rarely heard a high excursion sub that sounds great.

To quote from a B.E.P track...

"They don't want music, they don't know how to use it
All they want is (a boom, boom, boom, boom)..."

[navin]

Originally Posted by gunbir

...This whole obsession with high excursion subs is just industry trend. I have rarely heard a high excursion sub that sounds great. ....

Atlast! Someone called a spade, a spade.

[low_bass_makker]

Originally Posted by gunbir

This whole obsession with high excursion subs is just industry trend. I have rarely heard a high excursion sub that sounds great.

But then where will all the SPL guys will go........

[gunbir]

Originally Posted by low_bass_makker

But then where will all the SPL guys will go........

they will go to the Otologist....

[hydrashok]

Thank you, Ishan & esteem_lover!

@ Ishan, I'm definitely about there

@ e_l, yes buddy, give your Esteem some ICE love! I know of one other member (who doesn't hang out in the ICE section) who got an IDQ this month. And with l_b_m getting IDMaxes, April is definitely ID month.

@ gunbir, I can't wait to see how its going to be, with the rest of the system tuned in. I'm taking the car to Zuheimi tomorrow early morning. I'll probably need more tissues before tomorrow evening

[speedzak]

So, tomorrow is the day!!
Hope I am able to drop in too.

That is going to be another long drive around Kerala???

[hydrashok]

Originally Posted by speedzak

So, tomorrow is the day!!
Hope I am able to drop in too.

That is going to be another long drive around Kerala???

Ya! We can meet in the evening at Zuheimi's. It would be great if you could come over! I'll buzz you. A friend of mine (the guy you met on sunday evening) is doing a DSK + DCX speaker install in his NHC VTEC in the evening too. So I'll be right there at Zuheimi's workshop.

Long drive around Kerala? Not tomorrow. But maybe on Sunday

[determinus]

Originally Posted by gunbir

I have rarely heard a high excursion sub that sounds great.

I always felt that Infinity Kappa 12.1 with 15mm x-max and 96dB sensitivity was very quick between the beats. When the bass note hits you feel it, and when it leaves you hear silence.

But when people like you say high excursion, I am not sure how much do you really mean. So if it is couple of inches, I withdraw the comment

[gunbir]

Originally Posted by determinus

I always felt that Infinity Kappa 12.1 with 15mm x-max and 96dB sensitivity was very quick between the beats. When the bass note hits you feel it, and when it leaves you hear silence.

But when people like you say high excursion, I am not sure how much do you really mean. So if it is couple of inches, I withdraw the comment

Determinus, If you read my post carefully, you will see I used a word "rarely" which may be mistaken for "never" but doesn't really mean that.

There are a few subs out there that can sound good with even an inch of one way linear Xmax. Good, but not great. I reserve "great" for the best experiences.

FYI I am running 2x 10" subs (double spider, paper cone, 8.5mm Xmax, 94dB) in my setup right now that kill almost anything out there in terms of speed, accuracy and tonality.

[navin]

Originally Posted by gunbir

FYI I am running 2x 10" subs (double spider, paper cone, 8.5mm Xmax, 94dB).

8-12mm Xmax seems to be hte sweet spot

[Bass&Trouble]

Originally Posted by navin

8-12mm Xmax seems to be hte sweet spot

Yeah. LBM's tweeter does that.

[low_bass_makker]

Originally Posted by Bass&Trouble

Yeah. LBM's tweeter does that.

hmmm....what........ok fine......