PD154 vs PD158 vs PD1550
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Topic: PD154 vs PD158 vs PD1550
Posted By: tweeter box
Subject: PD154 vs PD158 vs PD1550
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 11:19pm
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which would play the highest in a HD15 without sounding too honky ------------- PRECISION SOUND SYSTEM. Feeding the peoples needs for Roots Music. Strictly premium grade reggae and dub steppers from the early 70's to present day. |
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Posted By: nomis
Date Posted: 13 February 2010 at 12:30am
| you trying to meet the philishaves? |
Posted By: mykey
Date Posted: 13 February 2010 at 5:56am
1550 is a great driver, also the 154, not sure how they would be in the HD15 though but the way you put your systems together I suppose it won't matter   ------------- ......just all them hanging there like giant bananas. |
tweeter box wrote:Posted By: tweeter box
Date Posted: 13 February 2010 at 5:55pm
basically yeah, but i wanna get a decent amount of power out of them aswell, wouldnt 1550's do it?
 ------------- PRECISION SOUND SYSTEM. Feeding the peoples needs for Roots Music. Strictly premium grade reggae and dub steppers from the early 70's to present day. |
Posted By: dj-panoramix
Date Posted: 13 February 2010 at 10:43pm
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the 3 look pretty similar on sim,
0,5PI PD154(grey) VS PD158(black):
 0,5PI PD154(grey) VS PD1550(black):
 0,5PI PD158(grey) VS PD1550(black):
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Posted By: mykey
Date Posted: 14 February 2010 at 3:38am
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if you can handle the weight Tweet, the 1550 is a totally different beast ------------- ......just all them hanging there like giant bananas. |
Posted By: rich_gale
Date Posted: 14 February 2010 at 4:01am
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158 is honky imo. id go with 1550 due to it only being slightly more money. lower fs but lower mms if i remember rightly. the 1550 may have a big ol xmax, but it is smooth higher than most 15's with that sort of xmax. it weired because the 188 is less honky than the 158 in my opinion. in using the 158 i think its reduntant when the 1550 is so close to the price with better lf/ lower fs/ lowe mms / better resale value. ------------- REFLEX ALL THE WAY.... (however, im playing with horns again...) That ok Mister Valiant? :) |
Posted By: billso
Date Posted: 14 February 2010 at 1:22pm
| I once tried some 1550s in the jbl equivalent of the hd15 and it sounded dreadfull. |
Posted By: tweeter box
Date Posted: 14 February 2010 at 4:39pm
if the 1550 plots are so good and the driver can take/give that lil bit more then why is the pd154 the recomended driver?  ------------- PRECISION SOUND SYSTEM. Feeding the peoples needs for Roots Music. Strictly premium grade reggae and dub steppers from the early 70's to present day. |
Posted By: fat_brstd
Date Posted: 14 February 2010 at 5:06pm
Price. The difference in sound between the 154 and 1550 is so small that its not worth all the extra money. I havnt actually heard one but 2nd hand info says the 1550 is unimpressive in this cabinet considering what it can do in other boxes. ------------- Melbournes Rootical Warrior Roots - Dub - Steppers http://www.facebook.com/adrians.wall" rel="nofollow - facebook page |
Posted By: tweeter box
Date Posted: 25 February 2010 at 9:42am
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this is weird coz the PD158 plots are smoother louder than the PD154, so i still dont get why 154 is the recomended driver?? ------------- PRECISION SOUND SYSTEM. Feeding the peoples needs for Roots Music. Strictly premium grade reggae and dub steppers from the early 70's to present day. |
Posted By: ultramars10
Date Posted: 17 May 2016 at 1:36am
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Hello, i've just made this test last week with the PD 1550 and PD 158 drivers i have, and the PD 154 and HD15 that some friends have. We put the HD's loaded with PD 1550 and PD 158 next to one loaded with pd154, and fed them with the same signal amplified by the same amp: a loop taken from the begining of a track i made myself with the hardest kick i ever produced, band limited from 80hz to 250. We noticed that : - 1550 sounded nicer than 154, meaning more defined / musical in the high end, and more brutal alltogether somehow; - 154 sounded undefined and dull in the high end. Not to be used above 180 hz with that driver i'd say... - 158 sounds slighly less good than 154, but so little difference that it can be considered as equivalent. All three drivers were just about as loud, so difference was only in the quality of sound. Considered that 158 cost less and takes more power, i'd say it's a good alternative to 154, while i will keep on using the four PD1550 i have since i intend to cross them as high as 250 hz with my F1 R2SH  |
Posted By: ultramars10
Date Posted: 17 May 2016 at 3:08pm
If anything, the PD 1550 has lower Le, lower EBP and lighter mms than the PD 154, wich i read in this section of the forum is all better for playing higher frequencies. I used the 1550 succesfully up to 350 hz in a bass reflex box, and i liked the result very much  |
Posted By: ultramars10
Date Posted: 09 June 2016 at 1:42am
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Hello again, one question: is it possible for me to recone a PD 158 basket with a PD 1550 recone kit ? will that make a PD1550 then ? ------------- "If it sounds right, it's right" (Joe Meek) |
Posted By: corell
Date Posted: 09 June 2016 at 3:02am
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no. the magnet is still a PD158, not 1550. |
Posted By: ultramars10
Date Posted: 09 June 2016 at 3:17am
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looking again at the specs, i see indeed that the flux density and Magnet Gap Depth are different, so theses are different magnets indeed. Thanx for this valuable answer anyway, u just saved a fully functionnal PD 158 membrane ------------- "If it sounds right, it's right" (Joe Meek) |