Just got my magnum

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I just got my magnum 15 in the mail and installed it. It's in a 4.3 cu.ft. (after port and sub displacement) box w/ 2 4" ports tuned to 30hz, and its easily as crisp as the 2 sealed box 12"s I had before, and louder. Right now its wired @ 4ohms to a HiFonics Brutus BX1500D so its only getting 500wrms until its broken in, then I will unleash the entire 1500wrms on it. The thing is a beast too, I took some pictures of it before I put it in the box, I will post them when I get a chance. If anyone is looking for a 12" or 15" sub www.stereointegrity.com has their Magnum D2s in stock, but I guarantee they will be gone very quickly. Last time they sold every single driver they had, Nick (the owner) even had to take his out of his car to sell it. I believe the prices are $300 for a 12" and $350 for a 15" after shipping. They are easily one of the best subs on the market, right up there w/ the w7, and easily blow mainstream subs away (i.e. Solo-Barics, RF power series, Audiobahn, you name it)

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I just got my magnum 15 in the mail and installed it. It's in a 4.3 cu.ft. (after port and sub displacement) box w/ 2 4" ports tuned to 30hz, and its easily as crisp as the 2 sealed box 12"s I had before, and louder. Right now its wired @ 4ohms to a HiFonics Brutus BX1500D so its only getting 500wrms until its broken in, then I will unleash the entire 1500wrms on it. The thing is a beast too, I took some pictures of it before I put it in the box, I will post them when I get a chance. If anyone is looking for a 12" or 15" sub www.stereointegrity.com has their Magnum D2s in stock, but I guarantee they will be gone very quickly. Last time they sold every single driver they had, Nick (the owner) even had to take his out of his car to sell it. I believe the prices are $300 for a 12" and $350 for a 15" after shipping. They are easily one of the best subs on the market, right up there w/ the w7, and easily blow mainstream subs away (i.e. Solo-Barics, RF power series, Audiobahn, you name it)

they were a decent buy last year when stereointegrity was selling them for 200 shipped
they are DEFINATELY not on par with a w7
sq wise, don't even think about making a comparison
sure they blow away audiobahn, but 'blow away' the others? no way

brahma's, idmax's, ed eA's-- and many more are much better bang for the buck

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I just got my magnum 15 in the mail and installed it. It's in a 4.3 cu.ft. (after port and sub displacement) box w/ 2 4" ports tuned to 30hz, and its easily as crisp as the 2 sealed box 12"s I had before, and louder. Right now its wired @ 4ohms to a HiFonics Brutus BX1500D so its only getting 500wrms until its broken in, then I will unleash the entire 1500wrms on it. The thing is a beast too, I took some pictures of it before I put it in the box, I will post them when I get a chance. If anyone is looking for a 12" or 15" sub www.stereointegrity.com has their Magnum D2s in stock, but I guarantee they will be gone very quickly. Last time they sold every single driver they had, Nick (the owner) even had to take his out of his car to sell it. I believe the prices are $300 for a 12" and $350 for a 15" after shipping. They are easily one of the best subs on the market, right up there w/ the w7, and easily blow mainstream subs away (i.e. Solo-Barics, RF power series, Audiobahn, you name it)

they were a decent buy last year when stereointegrity was selling them for 200 shipped
they are DEFINATELY not on par with a w7
sq wise, don't even think about making a comparison
sure they blow away audiobahn, but 'blow away' the others? no way

brahma's, idmax's, ed eA's-- and many more are much better bang for the buck

ok I really dont even want to argue w/ you over this, but ok. How dare you compare magnum to audiobahn, for same. The magnum is totaly an SQ driver. The SQ of the brahmas is good but the SQ of the magnum is unbelieveable and is without a doubt on par w/ the w7. Idmax makes great sq subs but don't make a 15 and they are more expensive. And bang for the buck? Are you serious? $350 shipped for a sub that has the sq of the w7 and can take 1500wrms daily, I'll say the XBL^2 drivers are great subs and definitly as good as the magnum, but they are a good $125 more expensive. SQ and bang for the buck are the two things that the magnum has that almost none other can touch. You're letting me down man, I thought you knew what you were talking about.

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a few days ago i replied saying the d2 is quite comparable to the A, idmax, brahma, etc but i think it was deleted.

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ok I really dont even want to argue w/ you over this, but ok. How dare you compare magnum to audiobahn, for same. The magnum is totaly an SQ driver. The SQ of the brahmas is good but the SQ of the magnum is unbelieveable and is without a doubt on par w/ the w7. Idmax makes great sq subs but don't make a 15 and they are more expensive. And bang for the buck? Are you serious? $350 shipped for a sub that has the sq of the w7 and can take 1500wrms daily, I'll say the XBL^2 drivers are great subs and definitly as good as the magnum, but they are a good $125 more expensive. SQ and bang for the buck are the two things that the magnum has that almost none other can touch. You're letting me down man, I thought you knew what you were talking about.

magnum is definately in another class than audiobahn subs...
never said anything different
yes the magnum is underrated, but 1500wrms daily would burn it...
there's really no point in going in this
i'm simply warning ppl u might have convinced to get this sub

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ok I really dont even want to argue w/ you over this, but ok. How dare you compare magnum to audiobahn, for same. The magnum is totaly an SQ driver. The SQ of the brahmas is good but the SQ of the magnum is unbelieveable and is without a doubt on par w/ the w7. Idmax makes great sq subs but don't make a 15 and they are more expensive. And bang for the buck? Are you serious? $350 shipped for a sub that has the sq of the w7 and can take 1500wrms daily, I'll say the XBL^2 drivers are great subs and definitly as good as the magnum, but they are a good $125 more expensive. SQ and bang for the buck are the two things that the magnum has that almost none other can touch. You're letting me down man, I thought you knew what you were talking about.

magnum is definately in another class than audiobahn subs...
never said anything different
yes the magnum is underrated, but 1500wrms daily would burn it...
there's really no point in going in this
i'm simply warning ppl u might have convinced to get this sub

People run 1500wrms daily to a single 12 and have no problems. If you have a problem w/ the company for some strange reason, keep it to yourself. This is a pointless argument, I was just trying to let people here know about Stereo Integrity b/c they make awesome subs and most people have probably never heard of them. PM me if you want to argue over petty garbage.

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People run 1500wrms daily to a single 12

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i drove my D2 off a RE 35.1 day and night for 2 months or so and it handled it fine

http://forum.soundillusions.net/showthread.php?t=35292[/code]

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i drove my D2 off a RE 35.1 day and night for 2 months or so and it handled it fine

http://forum.soundillusions.net/showthread.php?t=35292[/code]

re 35.1 is rated at 14.4volts(constant w/line driver) @ pretty high distortion
u won't see 14.4 off of your battery anyway, and not many people even know what line drivers are...

from the research i've done the subs can handle 1200watts rms ish daily
they don't get as deep as w7 brahma etc etc
but still have really good sq

on their boards they stress that there is no warranty when you go above the recomended power

i'm clueless to why they rate the sub (the 15) at 650w rms if it can easily handle-- even within 500w rms of what you say

doesn't make sense at all-- maybe they have poor customer service-- in terms of repairs under warranty

personally i think warranty is the biggest load of krap anyway, but that a whole other topic

either way, enjoy your sub
i won't say anything more untill i borrow one from a friend

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u won't see 14.4 off of your battery anyway, and not many people even know what line drivers are...

really? then why did my distribution block with built in voltage meter always read 14.4 when my car was running?

i'm clueless to why they rate the sub (the 15) at 650w rms if it can easily handle-- even within 500w rms of what you say

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headroom

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u won't see 14.4 off of your battery anyway, and not many people even know what line drivers are...

really? then why did my distribution block with built in voltage meter always read 14.4 when my car was running?

i'm clueless to why they rate the sub (the 15) at 650w rms if it can easily handle-- even within 500w rms of what you say

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if u have stock alternator-- your distro blocks volt meter isn't correct...
13.8 is generally the highest u'll see stock

yeah, that's tons of headroom
they don't cover burn vcs-- the warranty

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i'm clueless to why they rate the sub (the 15) at 650w rms if it can easily handle-- even within 500w rms of what you say

doesn't make sense at all-- maybe they have poor customer service-- in terms of repairs under warranty

personally i think warranty is the biggest load of krap anyway, but that a whole other topic
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Burned voice coils aren't covered under warranty anyway, I have no idea why Nick recommends 650wrms, he even recommends amps 1200wrms+ when people ask him what to power it with. Stereo Integrity has great customer service from everyone I have heard, and it definitely seems like it when I talk to Nick. I have heard nothing but great things about his customer service, so I really doubt his rating is a scheme to get him out of warranty work.
The 15 has a slightly different motor that was made to play deeper notes more powerfully than the 12.

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if u have stock alternator-- your distro blocks volt meter isn't correct...
13.8 is generally the highest u'll see stock

then i guess both of my volt meters are wrong too

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Just in case anyone was interested, Nick wrote this on another forum.

We rate our products slightly above what the coil would actually be rated if we were to use the EIA testing method, which is the method in which almost all high-fidelity home audio drivers are rated at (Morel, Scan Speak, LPG, etc). The coil can take a LOT more than what we rate it at (keep in mind that it is 3" diameter - which fits over a Coke can with ease - and the windings are almost 2.5" tall). 1200 watts all day with music isn't a problem. 1500 watts with pure sine waves for hours on end is another thing, but music usually has changes in it. But anyway, we like keeping with the hi-fi rating system. 'no need to inflate numbers just to sell our product. Ask any rep or anyone on virtually any stereo forum and you'll get responses back about how much the Magnum's can actually handle.

Daily driving, 1500 watts rms, the Magnum's could hold their own for years...literally.

The number you got with the Magnum is very respectable IMO. A single vented 12 doing mid 140's is about average for our subs. Specialty vehicles put up higher numbers, but then again, they should (like the 150 in SStoner's car). They have a lot of potential and considering how good they sound I think that's an excellent number.