SoundStream XXX or BTL???

[muscman 0]

Came across a great deal on a pair of XXX's........now don't know what to do!! I will be using a DD Z1 for daily and weekend competitions....

Which would you choose and why???

[HawaiianBassHead 0]

Came across a great deal on a pair of XXX's........now don't know what to do!! I will be using a DD Z1 for daily and weekend competitions....

Which would you choose and why???

I'd use the FI. someone who was running the SS XXX's said in a post on one of the forums, the XXX SLAMS and is REAL efficient, and all at a sacrifice is what you'll always have. this sub according to the gentlemans post, said it trades low low bass for this efficiency at higher notes, it still drops lows, but not as hard as a BTL and that would make ALOT of difference on music imo. I want someone to do me the favor, of running a 10-100hz sweep with different subs on an rta. small subs that meter loud and large subs that meter the same, as well as some subs that people commonly compare. I'm betting the reason large subs hitting 145, usually sound alot louder than smaller subs hitting 145 both at say 40hz the larger sub will "sound" alot louder on music because it'll play significantly louder under tuning than the small sub.

example,

I was doing a 145@37hz with my MT 18", I was also doing 145@37hz with my soloX 10", the soloX got plenty loud on music, but nothing like the MT. my explanation is the MT could whoop down to 20hz @ say 130dB while the 10" would do 125 or less at 20hz.. so that extra 5dB at 20hz would really give the fundamental feeling that the 18" was much louder than the 10" even though the meter said they were the same. in the larger box the 18" was in, I'm also pretty sure it would resonant lower (box FS, for lack of better term) even though they were both tuned the same, if that makes any sense.. it makes perfect sense to me, and one day I'll possibly try it on my TL as my low extension frequency theory experiment or left-E

[gone_blow_it_up 0]

I'd go for the BTL. This sub just keeps getting better and better the more I listen to it. I haven't listened to the XXX before, but as a daily driver customer of the BTL, I wouldn't be able to recommend anything but!

[theabunai 3]

Also I haven't heard either

But i have dealt with sounstream (my sig)

and i can attest to the fact that Fi has the edge on Customer service......