sub impression with pics

Well I finally got my sub and amp in and got everything running, so I thought I would post my impressions on a couple different forums so people could see what I think of it.

First the cosmetics, the sub is an elemental designs e12A.22 and it looks amazing. It is facking heavy, but after turning it on I can easily look past that. The cone is beautiful, it's nomex and almost looks like carbon fiber, it's also flat (if you can't tell from the pics ). The magnet is huge, and the suspension is very sturdy. It has woven tinsel leads so there's no problem of tinsel slap and the overall design shows all the thought that was put into it.
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~areynol1/eD12A_01.jpg
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~areynol1/eD12A_02.jpg
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~areynol1/eD12A_03.jpg
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~areynol1/eD12A_04.jpg - size comparison
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~areynol1/eD12A_05.jpg

The amp is an Avionixx AXT 800.2, it puts out 800x1 @ 4ohm at 12.5V, so on most cars it puts out up around 900x1, because most cars don't run at 12.5V. It looks very nice, much nicer in person than in any pics I've seen. I don't know what it is, but pictures just don't do it justice. All those imperfections and smudges you see in these pictures are just from my hands, the amp is flawless. Sorry about the crappy quality on those last couple, I could have changed the settings on the camera to take better ones but I was so eager to install it that I said "screw it". All of the connections are very nice, the wires just slip right in and you screw them down, no need to crimp terminals on so you can attach them to the amp.
pics of the amp:
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~areynol1/amp_01.jpg - just to let you know, for some reason the Avionixx logo looks like sh*t in this pic, it is actually very nice looking with a chrome border around it, I guess it didn't like the flash on the camera very much
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~areynol1/amp_02.jpg
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~areynol1/amp_03.jpg
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~areynol1/amp_04.jpg
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~areynol1/amp_05.jpg


I have it in a 1cf sealed enclosure that I built myself to the exact design on edesign's website. Right now I'm breaking in the sub so I can't turn it up full, but first impressions are "DAMN!". With the bass boost up half way, and the bass at about mid on the headunit's eq, it was hurting my ears and making a complete blur out of everything in all 3 rear views. It is very punchy, very loud, and very "strong" sounding (I don't know how to put it into words, but it sounds like it is very confident, it juts blasts through any note you give it). I started it out with slipknot and mudvayne, if any of you have every heard them the double bass drum on songs like SIC is pretty insane. I heard no overhang and it pounded every note right into my chest without missing one. I can't wait to turn it up to see what this bad boy can really do.

very nice! i must say ben did a great job this time (HUGE HUGE HUGE improvement over the first gen A's).

i'm going to try to get my hands on the O's and run them in an IB setup just to compare it with the idmax. shoule be fun. the flat nomex cone looks sexy!:tongue:

I just went out and took a vid of the sub for shits and giggles if anyone is interested
I love this sub more with each passing day

http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~areynol1/sub.avi