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anyone have experience with DS18 midranges?
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Posted on December 29, 2016 at 23:16:50 | ||
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i'm looking to "upgrade" a sound system from a pair of proel flash 8P 96dB mains to 2 pairs of high efficiency mains, probably with air motion tweeters. in reading reviews, i stumbled on the DS18 brand which gets good reviews for high output clear sounding drivers that just so happen to be pretty cheap too, but, all of the videos for them i watched didn't do much to make them sound impressive other than how far they project. in all of the videos, they sound edgy, thin and "papery" if not quite screechy. i wonder if maybe it's just an artifact of recordings made at really high SPLs, the lousy mics in cellphone cams, or even the mids overpowering the bass. they don't sound distorted as much as they sound midbass challenged and high mids forward. is anyone familiar with the brand who could assure me that the mids (looking for 6.5s) are actually capable of a more neutral, even warm sound than on the videos that all remind me of the thin hollow sound of those giant mexican truck systems that have little to no midbass or even bass in any video i can remember seeing? i'm looking for a loud system, but NOT at the expense of sound quality. i'd rather stick with what i have, or go the "sweet sixteen" route with regular hifi mids than compromise sound for output. anyone that owns the brand, or has at least demoed it that can weigh in on its sound quality will be giving much appreciated info. i'm inclined to think that the videos just aren't doing the drivers justice as they are popular in competitions and installed in some pretty expensive rides that look like they could afford high end brands. thanks in advance for any input. |
RE: anyone have experience with DS18 midranges?, posted on December 31, 2016 at 09:40:22 | |
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I've play with the 8 inch 8 ohm Crunch "Screamer" which looks similar. The Crunch goes out smoothly on-axis to 9KHz and are $29.95 each (maybe cheaper if you shop around) from Ebay. you'll have to ignore the cavity peaking and cancellation effects on this graph - since the Crunch is compared directly to a very sensitive L.Cao 6.5", I'd say its about as sensitive as Eminence's Delta Pro8a. That's not so say its as capable in the low end as that driver. click on the link below to see the Crunch Crunch 8 inch mid speaker Crunch 8 |