New 2008 Soundstream R1 12's

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Has anyone heard these yet? They weigh in at 46lbs each. I got 2 of these cheep. Never heard anything about them but the price was to good to pass up. If anyone has heard these please let me know what you think. Depending on what I hear I may keep them or just resell them. Thanks for looking guys. This is whats on the SS page for the subs.....

Soundstream

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I haven't gotten a chance to look at the t/s parameters. I doubt it will have exceptional output. 12.7mm of one way excursion is rather tiny especially for a sq woofer which should be able to reproduce frequencies down to 20hz with ease.

From what it sounds like they basically built a very low movement woofer. The reasoning behind a low movement woofer is to minimize the effects from a non-linear coil moving through the gap. They would probably sound good. They are soundstream though, which is why I'm trying to wade through their marketing bs to see what they are actually saying. And like most soundstream products they have that gaudy basket which makes it impossible to really see the internal parts.