V18-1200 Test Results.

 

I can only echo what's already been said. I was shocked at how well Shortmans mini-scoop performed, especially with the V18-1200 but i liked the sound of the B-line.

 

It would be interesting to hear four RX18/1850's Vs Shortman/V18-1200's, because although the Void handles more power, i noticed at around 40Hz the 1850 was working alot less for more or less the same output.

 

Tekasis, i cant remember how the Mr Ultimate scoop sounded but your Blockboard Dinasour sounded criss bredrin!!

 

Respect.

It would have been nice to have a rating of each driven in each sccop. So just play say Shortmans full scoop with all the drivers and write down your comments on how each driver differed. I know you did do this and had to to see which combinations worked the best, but still would be nice to have a detailed account of how the different drivers sounded in the same sccop and also how the different scoops sounded to each other.

 

I said it in another post, but I should have sent you up an Invinite 8 V2 to play with. Just forgot sorry. There's stock in the UK right now as well. I think another test needed to be done, and that was how well the driver performs with 2000 watts going into it and after a 4 hour beating. Many in your test I don't think would have survied that kind of test. Yes we all now the 1850 would still be going, but I think you would really start to see the benifits of the V18-1200 when its in real world condidtions. Real world to me is with over 1200 watts per driver and playing for many hours. Thats how drivers get used and I designed the V18-1200 to really come alive when the situation its under starts getting abusive. Time will tell, but there are already a lot of V18-1200's out there getting canned within an inch of there life everynight and there have been no problems yet.

 

Thanks again for a great test.

 

Rog.

 

Intestingly, I have also just measured the front chamber on the Stone Love scoop, which I'll call the SL scoop from now on. The SL scoops front chmaber is 46 litres, so only 2 litres more than a super scooper. Again thats 46 litres minus the 11 for the driver.

 

The V18-1200 was the driver that sounded the best in terms of output, power handling and sound quality when used in the SL scoop. So you say it didn't sound good in a small sized chamber, but if you heard one in an SL scoop I think you would change your mind. Maybe there is something else going on with the SL scoop that makes the driver think the chamber is bigger. The first bend from the throat is a curve and maybe that is effecting where the throat starts. But what ever happens I don't think you can say or right off the V18-1200 in small sized scoop chambers. A lot more testing needs to be done.

 

Another point is this. Its really great that you lot are doing all these tests and raising the bar for the whole roots scene, but I'm not sure that everyone needs or wants to instantly know what the best combination is. It was always down to the soundman doing his own experimention then using what he found to compeate with the next sound. Kind of takes the fun out to know that if you use this scoop with this driver you too can sound like everyone else.

 

Just a thought........