I was thinking of buying a sample unit from these guys.
For this price it is hard to resist.
Gonna test the water, see if they are legit,
Also to see if the product is legit, see how good she woofs.
The magnet on these look absolutely huge. Possibly bigger than the LMS-18 motor or even the BHS-24.
Which means: HEAVY.
Which means: expensive shipping.
As the base price isn't much more than a UM-18, it looks like 50-75% of the cost would ACTUALLY be in the shipping.
I don't really care what the TS specs are, as I really just want a driver that I can "beat up".
Beating heavily on my existing subs ain't an option! (I need all of those to keep on working!)
Too bad the MOQ is 50.
I haven't contacted them yet, so no idea what they might charge for a sample unit at this time. Even if the sample was double the MOQ price, that is STILL a good buy. Because: Where else are you gonna get a 24 for that price?
Hopefully they can read English sentences. They must be able to read some English because I see that they have made 9 +$10K transactions in the last 6 months, and several of those customers were from Trumpland.
Sensitivity 75-90 dB.
Specs remind me somewhat of those fake china tube amps which are actually solid state amps with just couple of tubes that glow there and do nothing.
Sensitivity 75-90 dB.
Specs remind me somewhat of those fake china tube amps which are actually solid state amps with just couple of tubes that glow there and do nothing.
Yeah there was a LOT of risk buying that amp, and I knew I might get burned.
At least it wasn't DOA, and at least it is dual 2-ohm stable, and at least it is more powerful than the XTI4000/EP4000 it replaced.
But yeah, the FP14K is like 2-3 times more powerful, 1/4 the weight, and 1/4 the size and only a few hundid more.
At least with drivers there is a lot less to mess up: a coil in a magnetic field. and hopefully they remember to glue it and magnetize it.
My goal with this 24 is to basically blow it up anyways, so it is not like I'll "cry" if it doesn't live very long.
I'm tired of handling my LMS's with white gloves, knowing that I can never replace them if I cook them.
I just need a woofer where I can get drunk, put my wife beaters on, and go to town with. hehe
It says they had an exhibition at CES this year:
"2.CES 2017(Las Vegas,U.S.A. Jan.06-09,2017)North hall,3017"
Wonder if there's any review info out there, or anybody with hands on experience at their booth at CES. Can't find anything with a simple Google search.
Imo, it might work okay, even be best buy, however, I expect pretty high failure rates, so you just might go through couple of them before you settle on one that won't melt in two days.
Looks tempting, but I'm old for some $$$ ripoffs.
Someone has to try. Yesterday I disassembled some awesomely looking car woofer, shiny parabolic cone without dustcap, so much material on the surround, that they had to melt four pairs of rubber boots to make it, even magnet was solid, but that was it. Very poor spider, very thin pole piece, no optimalization to it whatsoever, mathematical Xmax about 8mm. So except for magnets it all goes...
Was thinking about making levitation device, or making some funny DIY speaker. I spotted base part in bicycle wheel tyre. 26" looks like good starter. How about cone....
Anyway, I'll be watching this thread.
If proved good, I might use this monster under my 21DS115 to go 10-30Hz. ;-)
When u get it make sure someone who knows that stuff tears it to pieces to see whats good and whats bad in the build. With those chinese mass producers you can agree for pretty much anything...so for example, you could ask for copper voice coil instead of aluminum...
Bigus: Flat cone is the worst performing one. It should be conical.
kgveteran: Yes, We know they can do it. The question is, if they really did. Because it´s more likely they didn´t. It would not be wise to jump on it blindly.
donkrard has it right. Disassembly of one piece (after measurement) would tell us a lot.
Mark, you are wrong. Assumtions but zero facts. I do not use JinLida for complete drivers - have not for many years now. I build all of my 24's by hand using various parts from various suppliers.
AFAIK, Mark's quality control is 4 out of 4 bad drivers. See, not accurate but I assumed a lot.
I was just thinking yesterday when I saw the SI dual opposed 11" thread, havent seen an IST vs SI spat in a while. I should have known it wouldnt last.
I'd love to get the two of them in a room together. They could either duke it out or hug it out (maybe both) and then move on to bigger and better things. Maybe they could merge their two companies together and take over the DIY sub driver market completely! LOL
-----In case it's not clear to everyone, my comments are only intended to be in good fun -----
Realistically the majority of individuals that order drivers tend to be silent unless they run into issues so it's really hard to peg QC issues unless you have a decent sample size.
I've ordered multiple drivers from Mark, incuding two current FTW-21's, and have had problems with none. He even helped me out with an old rare car audio sub when I needed a second. Customer service beyond reproach.
I hate seeing QC issues because it scares me away from buying from smaller companies. Last picture I remember seeing was Not's Mal's, I think, all in the snow. Sad day and sad to see another company gone. Anyways look forward to seeing how this turns out. I dont have high hopes but at least someone with money is willing.
Same here. The benefits of domestic manufacturing is usually the quality , or we expect that and gladly support it. Buying from CN is a risk at times, but some have had good QC from CN. The CA30 never panned out but some others have been doing well with the other copy amps.
what enclosure are you going to build for the 24" driver BassThatHz? Is there a T/S sheet for this driver?
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