"The Sound (And the Beast):
Cody informed me that he was struggling to find the limits of these subwoofers in his exhaustive testing. In my room they proved to live up to his findings. Thank to both Cody and @fattire (Jeff) for their help with tuning the subs to my room and improving their performance! This took many days and I appreciate them both. During initial REW sweeps they made the structure components of our house groan like I have not heard before, even with a pair of JTR Cap 4000s. The Elite Four Fifteen are so powerful that I had to reduce gain in my processor by -10dB, an additional -3dB in each sub DSP and the room calibration cut the gain by an additional -13dB. Cody estimates that they can produce 135-140dB in my room at full tilt. I’m not interested in damaging my hearing or our house, so I will not be pushing them anywhere close to those levels. But Cody did push their limits for his testing that flexed the door frames from across their 72K CF shop. We determined that for my use and in my room, I could probably have fulfilled my needs with a single fifteen based on the capabilities of his subwoofers. The engineering is so incredible that something so small could provide so much powerful clean output. The nuanced sonics are super clean with zero distortion or compression at any volume or octave, even with multiple octaves at once. Music sounds completely natural with a ton of slam when demanded easily resonating through my body at 10-20 feet away. Nenad Vasilic’s Bass Drops track is a real treat with each pluck of the bass strings seemingly present in the room while natural and nuanced. Several more tracks tested proved fun like Tiesto’s Boom, Trentemoller's Chameleon and most everything from Deadmau5. The pressurization of the room makes movies a ton of fun too as you can feel the impact which seems to have an immediate start and stop, fast. We watched several of our favorite demos scenes and Mad Max Fury Road in entirety. The roaring of the cars engines and explosive battles had many nuances to the details that pulverize our bodies pulling us into the movie. We also watched Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning where the car chase impact of the SWAT truck’s growl and crashes was visceral. I’m looking forward to rewatching so many movies that I have been putting off until these subs arrived. We’re anticipating copious nights of enjoyment.
Final Thoughts:
My goal expectations have been surpassed in every measure. The sonic fidelity with no distortion or compression is incredible, the smaller size is about 1/4 of the previous subs, they are sexy as hell, and I believe that they produce even more output. I honestly believe that these are the best subwoofers on the planet! These are just too much fun and add tremendous happiness for our lifestyle via the aesthetics & sonics. We will experience decades of enjoyment with these beauties. Thank you Harbottle for allowing me to be part of your process and creating these amazing custom subwoofers based on our requirements. I am over the moon!"
~ Brian, Eagle Idaho
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