New Setup

[sr20de4evr]

the install, nothing overly impressive or flashy, just simple and neat enough to make me happy

[Cro]

what made you chose the cadence over a brutus or a nine.1?

[Haibane]

Cadence is a great amp... Nine.1 is the unknown area... brutus is just below cadence IMO...

[sr20de4evr]

brutus = power on a budget, cadence = not

Besides I've heard of some problems with the brutus monoblocks, not many (the normal amount for budget amps really), but I don't want to deal with that crap
Nine.1 is uncharted territory, and I don't know but Ben seems to rub me the wrong way, I feel more comfortable going with someone else for the amp.

[sr20de4evr]

guess it's time for a bump














ugh...brutal...I love it
a real review will come either later tonight or tomorrow, in the mean time I have to study cal 3

[Haibane]

Good thing you posted pictures of the brahma... How is that grill? Think my XXX would work with it? enough clearance? My XXX moves a pissload if I go sealed so...

[sr20de4evr]

Not sure how much excursion that grill can handle, I played it freeair in my room and held the grill up to see, it was moving about 1.25" and still had a bit of clearance, I'd say it would be limited to about 2" p-p before hitting. Of course you could space it out VERY easily to allow another .5-1" of excursion if you wanted to. I might just do that to be on the safe side.

[Haibane]

I might space it out... but don't really want to if I don't have to

[bumpinstang77]

U should definately make us some b15 porn!!

[bumpinstang77]

Hey how much did you get that LP for? Did you buy factory direct?

[sr20de4evr]

it was a little under $400 shipped, factory direct, 6 year warranty, yadda yadda yadda

and I'm working on that b15 porn, I took a little but the crappy framerate on the camera takes away from the effect....

[GSteg]

many people criticize the LP's internal. I love it. May not look neat to some, but the constructions looks like it means business compared to the avionixx.

what made u change from the e12a to the brahma?

[Picquerist]

i like that grill!
where'd you get that from?

[sr20de4evr]

grill is from www.partsexpress.com

I changed because I wanted to go back to sealed, the low end of the A was just abnormally powerful. I mean it wasn't one of those things where you're like, "hey that hits low", it was more like, "wow, I can't hear any bass other than 30hz, and when I turn down the sub so I can hear the rest of the music, I can't hear anything between 40hz and my mids". I'm exaggerating a bit, but that's what it felt like. I wanted to go back to sealed but the A didn't have enough output for me when it was sealed, so a 15 was the next choice, and it went from there.

Very happy too, it sounds amazing. It can play lower than the A without sacrificing the 60-70hz region, and it just sounds much smoother and more natural. Plus it's more efficient than the A and can get louder, and sounds better on quick beats (the A didn't "miss" any, but it just seemed to lack definition and crispness on quick double-bass drums, most likely due to being ported).

[Haibane]

yeah, can't wait to hear my XXX sealed for the same reason listed above...