[CADOBHuK]

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGFDSBj_zaQ

Not sure if it's gonna be implemented in any home subs, or just cars.

Does it move far enough? People are posting about "surround deforming" though. How big of an issue is that?

 

[ribbit]

that vid is at least 6 months old ... and probably of a prototype


I asked Chris about the surround thing and he said they fixed the surround already for the finished product.


when they arrive is also when they will try to design HT-use enclosures for these things ...

 

[Temple]

I am pretty sure that is the old version. The new version looks much different than that. Black basket and much taller. That was posted in 2006.

 

[Temple]

Chris has done one enclosure already and it was a nice size cab. Not all that large. Can not remember what it was tuned to but it was very low.

 

[rlj5242]

All high excursion subs with a butyl rubber surround will have a problem with the surround deforming at the excursion limits. If you compare the ED sub on YouTube to the picture on the ED site, you will see that they changed from a tall, rubber surround to a flatter, wider, foam surround. It was a trade-off. The surround won't deform but they sacrifice cone area. Everything in subwoofer design is a tradeoff.


I run a pair of 15" TC-3000's in my home theater. They have a tall, rubber surround and more linear excursion than the ED driver being discussed. In this YouTube video , you can see that this surround also deforms at the excursion limits. As you can see, it deforms equally all around. That's good. That means the surround is still keeping the cone centered. I've taken my sub to these limits as well. In a free-air test like I linked to, the sub has very little mechanical noise. I have no problems with a surround doing that as long as it is even and quiet about it. I'd much rather have additional cone area.


-Robert

 

[Chris Schempp]

Robert,


The real downside to the rubber vs. foam was the extra ~200g of mass. The thing was a low end beast but don't ask it to play much over 60~80Hz which meant it wouldn't work too well in a car. The deformation, as you noted, did nothing to hamper the speaker, most people just don't realize that's a normal thing when you're pushing something that far.

 

[rlj5242]



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Originally Posted by Chris Schempp /forum/post/12977159


Robert,


The real downside to the rubber vs. foam was the extra ~200g of mass.

I'm prepping some blown TC-2000 top assemblies for reconing and the surround is extremely heavy (for a surround). Same with a recone I'm doing of an Eclipse sub. The 12" recone kit with the rubber surround is as heavy as an 18" recone kit with a foam surround. But I have enough motor strength and amp power to overcome the extra weight.


-Robert

 

[Chris Schempp]

Plus more moving mass is fun in the right application

That driver in an HT box is pretty much awesome. We just can't afford to have two variations of those things currently stocked...maybe one day, but the foam surround is still a beast in an HT app as well.