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Forum Name: X1
Forum Description: Discussion / Questions about the X1 sub
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Topic: x1 on outdoors

Posted By: sonic boom
Subject: x1 on outdoors
Date Posted: 12 April 2005 at 6:58am

would x1 perform well outdoor? or prolly its better to have horns like 1850 or 186.

Currently i have 4 hd15. i am thinking of having 18s under them.

Cheers boomboom

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Posted By: whitehousejamie
Date Posted: 12 April 2005 at 8:55am

I would just build more HD15s

Posted By: JD01
Date Posted: 12 April 2005 at 9:06am

The X1 is a compact way to go really low. It's not as tight as a big stack of horns, but more compact. One X1 can go down that low.

So if you want a compact system then get two X1 under your four HD15, use a digital crossover and set it up properly. You can go loud and low then.

But if you want to grow larger then the 'build more HD15'-option would be better.

Posted By: Mal X
Date Posted: 12 April 2005 at 2:41pm

the x1's aint that good outside put them in inside and they will destroy all.

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Mal, how loud was that!!!!!!

Posted By: JD01
Date Posted: 12 April 2005 at 3:27pm

You'll need some more of them outside. A fact why the X1 sounds loud is the longer decay of the design. Indoors use extends this decay even further, so it sounds louder (it's psycho-acoustics again, the wacky friend of physics), but the sound gets more mushy (which isn't that noticeable below 60Hz). Outdoors, the sound is cleaner, tighter... but appears to be less heavy. This is the same for all resonator based designs.