no more xbl2 for ascendant

audiobass10 · Post by **audiobass10** » Wed May 04, 2005 9:35 am

wow, if I had the money id pick up an Avalanche 15 and Atlas 15. Damn good deals. I'm sure they wont last long.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Wed May 04, 2005 9:54 am

I'm ready to see the XBL2 tweeter come out. From what Dan has said, drops to 500hz cleanly and extends well beyond 20khz.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Wed May 04, 2005 10:14 am

I agree that it was misinterpreted also. The Avalanche and Atlas differ by from the Brahma in many ways. The motor doesn't say it all, the companies have to take it from there, such as why the XXX has a longer voice coil than the Brahma, the Atlas offers variable Qts, the suspensions are drastically different from one another, all have their own sound and performance even with the same motor structure. Not having XBL^2 isn't the end of the world, though, there are other designs out there that are just as good.

6three6mafia6 · Post by **6three6mafia6** » Wed May 04, 2005 5:27 pm

funny i read this when Dan first posted and i cringed , i was like "damn thats a sneak diss". It would make LOTS AND LOTS of sense that if a driver with xbl2 came out, for half of the price of another sub with xbl2 that there were ona be a lot of noobs and idiots pissing some company off, the comment mentioned NO NAMES and is a true comment, but i can DEFINENTLY see why ascendent would have taken that personal.

Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Wed May 04, 2005 5:59 pm

damn 105 bucks. Is it worth hurrying out and buying 2 15s?

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Wed May 04, 2005 6:55 pm

"Honestly, don't be surprised if you see a lot of companies using the XBL^2 motor back out soon. I think some more testing has been done on this motor and the results haven't been very good.... the XBL^2 motor may be gone soon."

What kind of testing, a dumax report or something along those lines? Just curious, I'd like to see that if you where I could find it. The main complaints I've heard from Adire's products have been the number of recones needed, or anything that was glued for that matter. Not a lot, just every now and then.

Justin from Detroit1 · Wed May 04, 2005 7:07 pm

I don't have any news to back that up or anything, it's just a personal opinion.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Wed May 04, 2005 7:22 pm

I like a good underhung design better than nearly anything for sealed boxes and a relatively long linear throw, the XBL^2 design has a slight dip in the BL curve between about 2 and 6mm of excursion (which ironically is the excursion range that you'd be using most), nothing drastic or really worth mentioning, though. Underhung tends to be flatter in BL until it falls off and uses a shorter voice coil. But an underhung falls off more quickly than XBL^2 after a given excursion level. With a ported box you can get away with motors that have a more parabolic curve to them such as long gap/long coil and short gap/long coil designs like those from Eclipse, JL, Image Dynamics, etc.

nist7 · Post by **nist7** » Wed May 04, 2005 7:36 pm

http://forum.soundillusions.net/showthread.php?t=50350

[quote=" Dan Wiggins"] To all,

As many of you know, Ascendant Audio, which uses our XBL² technology, took a post I made as an offense and are now claiming to stop using our technology. The offensive statement was:

"You even presume that other XBL² drivers are equivalent to ours... Ever done some objective measurements to back that up? I have, and many OEMs have, and I can tell you that just because it says XBL² does not mean it's equal to all other XBL² drivers..."

However, the quote was taken out of context. This part of a post (less than 10% of the entire post) was in relation to questions about our upcoming product line, and many "enthusiasts" claiming that our soon-to-be-released new product was a step backwards and not as good as other offerings on the market. Note that claims were made about our product which has not even been released!

Perhaps some background is in order...

Along with this flare-up many have inferred that somehow Ascendant Audio and Adire Audio were partners. There is nothing to that. In fact, the sum total of all the interaction of the two companies has been 3 e-mails outlining the legalities related to using trademarked terms. There was no agreement, license, NDA, paperwork, letter of intent, phone calls, or any other comments, information exchange, or relationship between the two companies. Just clarification about use of trademarked terms.

The sole "connection" between the two companies was that Ascendant Audio used a build house that is a licensed builder of XBL². That is the total technological/business relationship between Adire and Ascendant. The build house has a fixed royalty rate they must pay us for all licensed product]

bigbassman · Post by **bigbassman** » Sat May 07, 2005 11:46 am

you'd see more underhung designs today if it weren't for their excessive cost, wasted flux (i.e low efficiency), and intolerance of abuse..

and I wouldn't expect XBL^2 to be going anywhere soon.... there's lots of companies using / will be using it in the very near future...

Dan summed it up pretty well on SI.net

you don't suddenly drop a company, and have new designs and motors lined up that quick... sounds to me like Chad just needed a reason to go ahead..

Loyd L.