Has anyone compared a servo sub to a sub built using a higher end driver such as the daytons or peerless? I was looking at the rythmic audio servo subs but i wonder if the sound improvement is big enough to justify the cost? Also has anyone compared the dayton rs ho and hf series? How much difference is there in cone and voice coil mass?
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Originally posted by killa View PostHas anyone compared a servo sub to a sub built using a higher end driver such as the daytons or peerless? I was looking at the rythmic audio servo subs but i wonder if the sound improvement is big enough to justify the cost? Also has anyone compared the dayton rs ho and hf series? How much difference is there in cone and voice coil mass?
I have often considered going with a servo sub, I just haven't done it yet. But I already use a driver similar to the Rythmik with the Oaudio amp, and like it a lot, so I'm not in a big hurry to change.
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Originally posted by killa View PostAlso has anyone compared the dayton rs ho and hf series? How much difference is there in cone and voice coil mass?
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Originally posted by Jeff B. View PostBut the Rythmiks use an even higher-end driver than the Daytons or the Peerless, and it's still servo. The cost of the Rythmik amp and driver isn't much different compared to the Daytons and an amp.
I have often considered going with a servo sub, I just haven't done it yet. But I already use a driver similar to the Rythmik with the Oaudio amp, and like it a lot, so I'm not in a big hurry to change.
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Originally posted by killa View PostHas anyone compared a servo sub to a sub built using a higher end driver such as the daytons or peerless? I was looking at the rythmic audio servo subs but i wonder if the sound improvement is big enough to justify the cost? Also has anyone compared the dayton rs ho and hf series? How much difference is there in cone and voice coil mass?
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I've heard a number of servo subs: Velodyne, Paradigm, Genesis, etc. Never have I been struck that the bass quality was superior to, say, a Peerless XLS/JBL GTi/Aurasound driver. There's a reason that when I decided to go with elite subs, I picked the underhung Aura drivers over any servo design.
I've not heard the Rythmik, but don't expect much from it, given the design choices Ding makes. By design, it trades something of obvious utility (a passband that allows it to be usable to smooth room modes) for something of questionable-at-best audibility (a little bit less distortion).
Also, I can't help but remark that someone who actually believes that a subwoofer can sound different based on the "interconnect" used is a bit of a flake.--
"Based on my library and laboratory research, I have concluded, as have others, that the best measures of speaker quality are frequency response and dispersion pattern. I have not found any credible research showing that most of the differences we hear among loudspeakers cannot be explained by examining these two variables." -Alvin Foster, 22 BAS Speaker 2 (May, 1999)
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Originally posted by killa View PostI already have an Oaudio amp and don't really want to buy another. Maybe ill just start with the driver and then purchase the amp later. I am wanting a really good music sub. This will probably be my last sub ill build or buy.
Jeff B.
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Originally posted by Pallas View Post
Also, I can't help but remark that someone who actually believes that a subwoofer can sound different based on the "interconnect" used is a bit of a flake.
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Originally posted by saabracer23 View PostOut of curiosity Jeff, what driver are you using? I have been curious about this myself as I have an AE AV15h and was wondering if the rhythmik would be an upgrade in sq.
Dan
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Originally posted by killa View PostI was also wondering about his driver and box. I think I remember him talking about having a custom driver a while back.
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