just a question

[95_nissan 0]

How much would yall pay for a brand new orion HCCA 15.2?

[95_nissan 0]

So if someone was selling one for $15 bucks (not me, I want to buy one) none of yall would buy it!?!?

[fbi90909 0]

So if someone was selling one for $15 bucks (not me, I want to buy one) none of yall would buy it!?!?

i'd buy it for 15 bucks. then plant some nice tulips in it, or maybe some of those little bamboo plants that you water every once in a while.

lol i really can't say how good or bad they are as i never played with them. but if you can get it for the cheap then go for it and give a review.

Edited November 25, 2007 by fbi90909

[johnecon2001 82]

How about a little more backround information.

Sounds like its stolen.

[95_nissan 0]

How about a little more backround information.

Sounds like its stolen.

It's not really $15 bucks, just nobody answered the thread, sorry. I bought one on ebay for $355 shipped. Since nobody has ever played with one I figured why not.

Edited November 25, 2007 by 95_nissan

[helotaxi 46]

They get loud. They don't sound good. For those reasons I'd not buy one regardless the price. Same goes for a lot of other subs out there that tons of people drool all over. If loud is your thing, they should do fine.

[johnecon2001 82]

I could think of a lot better subs than that, where I would spend $335.

[95_nissan 0]

Well let's hear them, oh and I'm not saying your wrong, but this is from a guy on the orion forum.

"Hello all and I would like to say that these subs do have a nice sound to them. I was at a Meca show just a couple weeks ago and met with 2fnloud so he can verify what I am saying to be true. Dennis Chapman of DC's Electronics was running the show and judging it. In Meca they like the sound to not have a lot of bass to it but enough to accent the music. So I unplugged 5 of my HCCA 15's and left only 1 playing and turned gains on amp and radio all the way down. He said to me after that the bass was absolutely perfect. I explained to him that I had other subs for sound Q but was not at that point in my install he said to not even mess with it that is how good they sound. Just another plus for these great subs."

Edited November 25, 2007 by 95_nissan

[helotaxi 46]

Sounds like the system was actually designed and tuned properly (6 subs notwithstanding). I.e the system relies very little on the sub for good sound. Kicker L7s have been used in winning SQ installs. That still doesn't mean that the subs sound particularly good.

[95_nissan 0]

I don't think his enclosure was designed with sq in mind.

http://orioncaraudio.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=412

[helotaxi 46]

Which is why the rest of the system matters. If designed and set up properly the sub accounts for little more than fill at the lowest octave. It doesn't need to be hugely accurate, good midbasses handle the accuracy part up front. The instance in which he sound of the sub comes into play is the typical daily install where the sub plays up as high as 100hz and there isn't strong midbass from accurate drivers elsewhere.

[95_nissan 0]

I have strong, accurate midbass from my frontstage. And my subs don't ever see 100hz.

[helotaxi 46]

I have strong, accurate midbass from my frontstage. And my subs don't ever see 100hz.

Then the sub shouldn't have much bearing on the overall quality of the sound as long as it plays low.