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    Posted: 11 May 2009 at 12:31pm

This is the 18XB600W available for a number of years, which Blue Aran has now decided to advertise as an 18XB800W here  , even though no such driver is detailed on the Fane website. Confused

High power bass and sub bass driver

High quality 18" sub bass driver. 800w E.I.A. Continuous Power Rating (equivilent to 600w A.E.S., over 3200w Peak).
The Fane Colossus 18XB is a renowned sub bass driver, and has been used in many excellent bass cabinet for years. Fane is well known as a British manufacturer of speaker drivers, and has been used for years by many top cabinet brands. Fane has recently been acquired by Eminence Speakers Europe, who also own Precision Devices, the Fane brand is set to be relaunched this year, taking the best of Fane's products, and adding new designs and technology.

Sorry chaps, but is this the way the industry is going? Dead

Have seen this upgrade of power handling, just by editing of specs elsewhere.. The manufacturer's name escapes me for the moment. Wink
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Ah, yes I think we have read the same catalogue Levyte. Looks like they've moved to a new standard for their measurements. This company always did have a reputation for underrating drivers though. Maybe they've just decided that given that other manufacturers aren't so conservative they'd be shooting themselves in the foot continuing to sell to the AES standard?

I've seen 18XBs driven with much more than 600W and be fine for long periods though. Its a very nice sounding driver indeed and definitely more resilient than 600W AES would suggest.
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Originally posted by Steak'n'ale Steak'n'ale wrote:


I've seen 18XBs driven with much more than 600W and be fine for long periods though. Its a very nice sounding driver indeed and definitely more resilient than 600W AES would suggest.


+1

I'm sure Fane could have easily upgraded this driver to handle 1kw, with slight tinkering, and still kept the musical sound, especially if B&C have been doing this with a 4" VC for years.Confused
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looking at an old flyer for the xb says it has been independantly tested at up to 900watts this is early 90s .I know what you mean though.You would hope that pro people would stick to the facts and leave all the hype to the car sound people..
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Ive stuck a bridged PLX3402 into a pair of these for a few gigs with no problem. Obviously i didnt run into clip though
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Is the xmax listed on the specs erring on the safe side too? In sims on a reflex box you can't get anywhere near 600W without exceeding it by quite a margin
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hi.
 
so if i buy two fane 18xb and they are rated 800 watts does this mean they are the exact same driver as the ones that were rated 600 watt. ?
 
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Is there a way of finding out the power rating?

i have 2 old ones that say 600w and 2 brand new ones that dont mention the power rating.

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Originally posted by levyte357 levyte357 wrote:


This is the 18XB600W available for a number of years, which Blue Aran has now decided to advertise as an 18XB800W here  , even though no such driver is detailed on the Fane website. Confused

High power bass and sub bass driver

High quality 18" sub bass driver. 800w E.I.A. Continuous Power Rating (equivilent to 600w A.E.S., over 3200w Peak).
The Fane Colossus 18XB is a renowned sub bass driver, and has been used in many excellent bass cabinet for years. Fane is well known as a British manufacturer of speaker drivers, and has been used for years by many top cabinet brands. Fane has recently been acquired by Eminence Speakers Europe, who also own Precision Devices, the Fane brand is set to be relaunched this year, taking the best of Fane's products, and adding new designs and technology.

Sorry chaps, but is this the way the industry is going? Dead

Have seen this upgrade of power handling, just by editing of specs elsewhere.. The manufacturer's name escapes me for the moment. Wink
I have these running in 2   18" superscoopers   
At the moment i run them on 8Ohm (450W) so can't test them on full power cause the amp can't handle it.
Is there a way to registrate the watts at the moment you play them on full power?
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hi.
 
this is what it says on the driver.
 
 
 
 
when i got my xb's a few years ago Embarrassed this is what it says on the side of the box.
 


Edited by RUS - 17 September 2009 at 2:39pm
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Originally posted by Steak'n'ale Steak'n'ale wrote:

Ah, yes I think we have read the same catalogue Levyte. Looks like they've moved to a new standard for their measurements. This company always did have a reputation for underrating drivers though. Maybe they've just decided that given that other manufacturers aren't so conservative they'd be shooting themselves in the foot continuing to sell to the AES standard?

I've seen 18XBs driven with much more than 600W and be fine for long periods though. Its a very nice sounding driver indeed and definitely more resilient than 600W AES would suggest.
 
 
hi gethin.
 
steak n ale is spot on.
 
 
have a read of this.
 
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Why only mention bluearan with this.
On the first goolge page you'll find several online shops who advertise this driver as "800W".
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