Sexiest woofer ever? specs?

[planet10]

Originally posted by jleaman
I think that this thread has turned from sexiest woofer to..

Longest throw driver with most power
or biggest

And they are all the kinds of guys that like overlarge mammalian protruberances as well

I know every time i open a box and find something like these in them i get a rush... unfortunately no pairs yet.

dave

[Cal Weldon]

OK, Dave has a contender. Simple beauty. He's right, my entry was more manly than sexy. I'll look some more.

Cal

[BassAwdyO]

The enclosure should probably count most in this "sexiest" woofer ever buisness if you ask me. Most of the time you only get to see half of the driver anyhow, and even then its typically not the good side (the backside of course). Add a cloth grill and you cant see it at all!

Personally I think poly-mica cones are pretty sexy on subwoofers. Put a light behind them and the cone glows when its dark!

[simon5]

That one is a bit sexy too...

[planet10]

Originally posted by simon5
That one is a bit sexy too...

That one is way over the top... i'd call that downright ugly...

dave

[jleaman]

Originally posted by planet10


That one is way over the top... i'd call that downright ugly...

dave

You might even need 4000watts to just move the cone a little.

[simon5]

Originally posted by jleaman
You might even need 4000watts to just move the cone a little.

With something that big, you don't need that much power.

[BAM]

I have caught wind of some of the details of the new AE Speakers HE15 woofer. How does 43mm Xmax, 50mm Xsus on a 15", an 18", and possibly even a 12" grab you? The cone may be aluminum, or it may be some woven composite. No word on power yet, though. It tries to straddle the Home Theater, Hi-Fi and insanely-high-end car audio markets, so power may be in the neighborhood of 1500 watts but that's just a wild guess. Also a new proprietary linear motor technique, so it still sounds good at high excursions.

[planet10]

Originally posted by BAM
new AE Speakers HE15 woofer

John has a god handle on woofers... is he going to migrate some of the Llambda tech into these?

Now thw Llambdas were sexy (and that is even before considering what they looked like)

dave

[BAM]

Having conversed with John on the subject, all the signs I have recieved say that the Lambda series (or at the very least the motor technology) isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Lambda drivers are available from AE Speakers even now, though phone ordering is needed. As time goes on, I would say it's a sure bet that we'll see Lambda-series motor technology rolled into the other driver offerings of AE Speakers, as well as a special top-secret linear BL motor technology that will make its first appearance on the HE15 later this year or early next year, depending on how things go with the AV series rollout. The HE15 and HE18 will be some seriously lusty woofers, if the information on his forum is any indication. Expect them to be a visual knockout as well.