Whats Your Dream System

Steven,

The Extremis 6?  What is this driver?  I can't seem to find any info on it at Adire?  Also, I remember reading a thead on another board about a XBL^2 4" driver .. any info on that?  Given the size of my giant feet I would be REALLY interested in that driver for my kicks.  :-)

Dream system you say?  No dollar cap?

Head Unit:   McIntosh MX406 + McIntosh MD5000 D/A Converter

                                              sq setup

dct-z1 denon hu

dqx audiocontrol

audison thesis amp on front stage or tru or braxx

audison vrx on sub

front stage - focal "new" utopia's6,4,tweet

midbass - koda 8 "center"

subbass - focal k2p 13"

all kimber wiring

                                                spl setup

z1 denon

ac 3.1

xxx re 6.5 set

4 mt 18's 10000 per...or 1 parthon 42"plate built for 27" excursion put in a diesel truck 50000 rms burping 17hz

Here's a link to our page on it: http://www.adireaudio.com/Files/Dan/Parthenon/

It's the only sub in the world that can produce reference levels of output at 20 Hz and without an enclosure.  It will out-displace 12 of our Tumults (15" ultra long throw subs).

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

Hmmm, the Extremis 6's parameters used to be up on the site, but they must have been taken down when we changed the website.  But anyway, it has about 12mm of linear throw one way, a neodymium motor, ultra smooth response and ultra low distortion.  Dr. Kippel himself actually tested the driver at CES and was most impressed with it.  The BL distortion is actually lower over most of the bandwidth than the Cms distortion, wich is most impressive.  Usually it is over twice as high.  I can't say any more than to suggest to keep checking our site over the next month.

As for the 4, it is actually being developed for one of our OEM's called Creative Sound Solutions.  You can find their site at  www.creativesound.ca .  BTW, it is an 8 ohm unit with a bucking magnet.  So it is kind of deep, and might be a problem to power.  But it has flat response on axis all the way out to 18 kHz, and down to about 60 Hz in a ported enclosure.  We had a pair running full range (no crossover used, just hooked directly to the amp) at CES.  I can't wait till they come in.  They will be used as my surround speakers at home.

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

Man, you know too well my work habits.   I haven't worked on it for about 6 months.  Of course having other side projects doesn't help.

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

well, i guess it was spelled wrong. thanks Steven for the link. that thing sounds amazing. does anyone know how much one of those thing costs? how much power can it handle?