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hey, guys across the pond, vibe audio?


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Sales reps have been pushing the Vibe audio brand here claiming its the best stuff since air.  Comes from England, at least from the models they use.  Any opinions, experiences?

Have a "customer" that wants to build car around this stuff, but it is costly, and I'm told its the best stuff ever.

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Never heard of them, but after spending 30 mins on their site, their stuff looks to be top notch. Some very innovative ideas there.
http://www.vibecaraudio.com/index-global.php
They've got my interest.
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At first when you said Vibe Audio, I right away thought of the Lanzar Vibe series.  Then I looked at their website.  Then I read their "Jargon Buster" section in their Tech Support page. http://www.vibecaraudio.com/support/audio_jargon.php   What really caught my eye and made me think that they ARE the same as the Lanzar Vibe series junk was the Ohms section of that page, I happened to copy that and I am pasting it here.

Ohms

Ohms is a measure of resistance or impedance. Substances conduct or resist electricity on a scale. Rubber isn't very conducive, copper is. This is why some premium cable are made out of silver and such - these substances conduct electricity better than others. In car audio terms the voice coil (see voice coil) of the speaker is generally made from copper and will have an impedance of 4 ohms. When the electricity passes into the speaker, some of it is 'resisted.' The ohms rating of the speaker is how much is resisted, and an indication of how much energy it takes to drive it - the higher the ohms rating, the more difficult it is to drive. , Some subwoofers have dual voice coils which can be connected in series or parallel to increase or decrease the impedance shown at the amplifier

Then I looked through some of their dealers.  Not a single dealer in any Major Market in my area, nor near Beverly Hills.

Then I read the FAQ in the tech support section http://www.vibecaraudio.com/support/faq.php  and the part that really caught my eye was question number 3.  And you guessed it, I copied that one too. 

Q3: I like the look of this enclosure but would like to know what the lowest frequencies are that it will be able to reach?

This will vary with enclosure type and woofer size, the bigger the woofer the lower the frequency it can produce ­ so if you want extra low, deep bass go for 15" woofer, while if you want fast and punchy bass go for a 10". The 12" subwoofer is combines a mixture of the two. The design of the enclosure is important too and you will find that bandpass enclosures are the deepest of all. See VIBE AC range for more details.

It might be just me, but I am steering clear.

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You have to read question 11 as well.  I did not know that there were 2 different types of RCA cables available, turns out that there are cables with solid conductors that are specifically designed to carry the more demanding Low Frequencies of a bass signal. 
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Vibe is a UK company who designe their own speakers and amps that are made at the same OEM factories who also make several other brands, all of which share certain design characteristics.  They are not part of Lanzar, although their amps may come off some of the same assembly lines.  I'd put them in the same class as Audiobahn used to be.
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i am an idiot wrote:
You have to read question 11 as well.  I did not know that there were 2 different types of RCA cables available, turns out that there are cables with solid conductors that are specifically designed to carry the more demanding Low Frequencies of a bass signal. 
Wait what?
i didn't know that copper can distinguish what song it likes best! LOL

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