You can if its over 10%...however we need to consider those tests are done with sine waves and burst tones. They are much more taxing then even the most demanding electronic bass music. A 50hz compression sweep will turn 100% dut and melt a voice coil fast...the only point of that test is to see if the OEM did their home work correctly and employed the correct protection circuits. The most demanding material never exceeds 25% dut. Now when we place the sub's in room, distortion wi go down due to boundary reinforcement upping the efficiency which allows more output with less excursion = lower distortion.
That being said I was just making a point that the Rythmik is far from the cleanest sub from a distortion standpoint when outdoor burst testing @ data-bass, but has always been held with high regards for how good it sounds. That tells me what is being measured outdoors needs to be looked at carefully because it does not translate into the same experience you will get in room.
ShadyJ and I argued over this all the time because he always tried to use those certain Databass measurements to nit pick a sub.
Moral of the story, do not go to data-bass and try to read a few graphs and think you know everything about how the sub will perform. Its not that easy and half of that information needs to be taken as a grain of salt unless you truly understand the data JR is putting out there.
Rythmik makes a great product that uses Servo as one of their technologies to make a solid product. It is not magical and you can still achieve great results with other methods. Just clarifying this because you always hear "It's Servo" and I truly believe 95% of those people do not even fully understand what that means.
Back to original programming....
Any word on the new FV18 and 25?