The what driver to buy, conundrum.....

[ThomasW]

Word from Deon B. is that there won't be any new AE-IB15"s or AV15"s for 2-3 months. As of a couple days ago they had 6 AV15's available.

Rumor is that Adire's having problems getting product from the plant in Chile. There are people waiting more than a year to get drivers reconed. So unfortunately Adire is no longer a viable supplier for our needs.

The time line on the bigger Ascendant Audio drivers is approx 2 months...

SoundSplinter is out of their dual 4 ohm 15" for a month or more, they have the dual 2 ohm version.

Oaudio is having a pre-order sale on their 15" TC2+

Parts Express has their usual 15" drivers available. At the CES Darren K. said they'll be offering a 15" version of the new RS woofers. It won't be an Xmax leader though since the current 10"-12" have 14mm. This driver probably won't be available until late spring.

[eggi]

Just for fun I wrote a email to a chinese manufacturer of subwoofer drivers, I gave them the desired specs (14-20 Fs, 25+mm xmax, 0,4-0,7 Qts), I got a very fast reply were they said " this is okey for for us" They say they can make a sample driver if Im willing to pay for it and the shipping, its tempting, but to risky for my wallet I guess.

[bricor]

So how do the 15er's compare between the sound splinter, Oaudio tc2+, and arsenal 15?

[ThomasW]

It's a little difficult to make comparisons against a nonexistant prototype.

[jeffp]

Lots of promises and no deliveries.

Seems like the Dayton's are going to be the best buy for a while. As long as you have room for a large volume of them I guess they'll do the trick. At their price point though you can buy 10x of them compared to 4x of the SoundSplinters.

[zbigb]

eggi,

eggi said:

They say they can make a sample driver if Im willing to pay for it and the shipping, its tempting, but to risky for my wallet I guess.

Did they indicate the amount of risk? ($) How long to get a sample?

[eggi]

zbigb,

It sounded like it wouldnt take long to make a sample, and they havent given any price yet, my guess is the freight will cost more than the sample.

[eeyore]

Thanks for the info about the AE IB15's.

I haven't been around here for a while but I came back specifically to find out what happend.

After having my IB hooked up for about a year I finally used my BFD and got the upgrade bug.

My basement is way too big for just four IB15's and I am ready to buy another four. I'll wait.