Stereo Integrity's new HT Subwoofer - Page 6

mean it is

"Anybody want to speculate on how it did?"

what the heck...i'll guess transient response is unremarkable, a little top end rolloff, otherwise not too bad.

qc issues and availability, who knows.

I dont think the impulse response will be better than the Dayton 18HO, but it will probably have a little more output from 30-20hz and down.

Oh nice! About damn time, pssshh.. Jk

I predict that it will have an overall output capability similar to the new Dayton 18HO but maybe a little extra sensitivity down real low. Maybe more of an inductance hump but not too large. No where near that of the Fi motor drivers but maybe a bit closer to the UXL or just worse by a hair. Compression will be higher above box resonance because of the small diameter voicecoil.

*sigh*

What else?

Should be a nice alternative and a good buy for those on the cheap. I'm sure that will be the endgame.

Based on the smiley face, all I can speculate is that it did better than the haters thought. Let us know when the data is posted!

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs?
By haters you mean the people who put the T/S parameters with the 3 element Le model into their software simulation and said, "Eh, this doesn't look very good." right? Such terrible people...

I was referring to Scotts simulation software.

Lol!

I have been faaaarrr from a "hater" of the SI HT18. The only thing I "hated" on them is that they are unavailable. All they are as of right now is a promised product.

Haha, I wasn't player hating on you brother... NEVER!

Actually my comment wasn't directed to anyone at all. Nothing but love to all of my AVS crew!

I'm working on getting this stuff up. My laptop has taken a crap on me and that is what I usually use. My pc for testing doesn't have an Internet connection because the wifi cards always seems to interfere with the audio.

Long story short on the 3 part LE there is one decimal place off in the LE. It should be about 1.3 not 13. I cannot recreate the export difference that I know I saw on the computer I'm using and I can't go back and check it on the laptop until I get a new power supply and battery in. Sorry about not catching that and the mass amount of confusion that caused. This should be closer to reality but there will still be some differences in the model vs real.


Edited by Ricci - 11/27/12 at 11:58am

That certainly changes things. Your corrected measured T/S parameters give in box responses that are within 1dB or less of the SI T/S parameters from 100Hz down.

Much better.

Looks good Ricci ! =)

From the corrected T/S's Josh recently posted (BTW: thanks for posting the corrected results) along side the obvious design criteria of the woofer I would have thought that some of the people in this thread would have at least thought that the initial Le figure might be a bit off from what Josh first posted. Unless the D2 2.5" coil with an Re below 4 ohms that SI uses was over 3 inches long the inductance wouldn't have been that high. But it's stated on Josh's web site that the coil is 1.7" long. Why didn't anyone question the high Le figure for such a small coil instead of bashing the woofer because of it?

It's interesting to see what people nit-pick about without looking further into the complete data and maybe asking questions instead of jumping to conclusions. To me this woofer has over 50% more linear displacement than the Dayton for a lower cost. And with these new/corrected Le figures I think the SI is the clear winner here

that may be the clearest case of the pot calling out the kettle for being black that i've ever seen.

why don't you ask how it is possible for the dayton to produce such large amounts of excursion limited bass with the specified xmax before comparing the manufacturers' ratings on the two drivers and then proclaiming a winner?

Not to interrupt this stirring discourse currently taking place but...All the measurements are up. Bon appetite!

Thanks Ricci

thanks ricci. i admit the stiching on that first one didn't inspire much confidence and most drivers in this category have inductance issues, but the results are in and they look good. congrats si.

16hz, it appears the difference in xmax for 20hz performance is about 22mm dayton, 27mm si.
Edited by LTD02 - 11/29/12 at 4:28pm

Full review is up on Data-Bass.com!

Pretty good results! Quite literally what I expected out of it. Models extremely similar to the Dayton HO18 (unless I forgot how to read the results ) so those who didn't wait for the SI should not feel bad.

Inductance related ....whatevers... is very good too. The distortion profile on this guy looks incredible!

I'm looking at buying 4 of these...would this be a good choice for a HT room of 18 x 15?
Thanks

Absolutely.

Thanks,

Would it be ok to put these in a 3.4cuft box? I already have these boxes.
Would this be limiting the subs in any way?

Yup and nope.

Scott,

Thanks for helping a newbie out

Heheh. No problem.


Argh! Now I want to order four of these, myself.

Life is good

Yeah. Now maybe all the super sensitive fanboys of this can feel better now.

Does anyone recall those threads a few months back about there being no budget HT sub alternatives anymore? Things are looking up all of a sudden.

Nice, Josh! Great work as usual.

What is the availability on these looking like? Here are my thoughts vs the Dayton.

SI pros:
Larger displacement with a few db more output
Slightly cheaper cost? Although I don't know what shipping wil be.

Dayton pros:
Larger voicecoil
PE service and outstanding warranty support
Higher rated power handling although real world is probably very similar
Availability

Thoughts guys? I love having so many budget DIY options around!

According to their website, they should start shipping on the last of the year, but we know how that goes.. Currently $190 shipped, but that's the pre-order price.