my luck with Adire..

[Jonathan]

come to think of it, the tempest and the maelstrom are supposed to be the spl units of the company.
"We even developed some new glues, and we exclusively use cyanoacrylates. Amazingly expensive (runs about $300/pound), but extremely resilient and strong. Simply the best glues you can use, bar none. The glue for the former joints (spider/cone/former connections) is a new high temperature blend that maintains over 3300 PSI of bonding strength at a temperature of 300 deg C. To rip a spider from the former takes around 400 pounds of force - it just doesn't happen unless something goes REALLY wrong in operation.
Likewise the glue to hold the plate laminations and motor together. A drop of a Koda motor from 8 feet on to hard concrete shattered the aluminum basket, and cracked the magnet, but the motor stayed glued together, and nothing shifted."
"If you want a balls-to-the-wall SPL sub, don't go with the Brahma or Tumult - go with the Tempest or Maelstrom. Those are the SPL units."
sounds like someone should run for a political position. particularly based on the above images. a potentail ed in the making indeed.

Well, I think you of all people know how successful they've been in the past with new glue batches.

Plenty of other companies out there. After hearing the midwoofer that was "Designed to take on - and beat - drivers like the legendary ScanSpeak 8545, Seas Excel offerings, and other high-end European drivers the Extremis 6.8 simply takes everything to another level.", I was left sorely disappointed. Not a bad driver, but it can't wipe the ass of a SEAS Excel or a ScanSpeak Revelator.

[mikechec9]

It’s all pretty surreal to me. The once "legendary" blah, blah... reduced to this. It just so happens that I’m in the shop on the wkends trying to get this front stage set-up. The 6.5 have been out for some time now, so I’m basically listening to 300 Hz and up. While the Brahmas would certainly help to mask the inadequacies of the system right now, I’m really the "all or none" type personality anyway. So, hopefully we'll be done by next month (at this rate). By then, I expect to have my subs back, or I’ll just have to drop another 4-7 on a different pair. I’ve been through shady warranties with eBay stores, but never expected it from the manufacturer itself. It’s like they are straight pimping my subs for hostage and letting me know that there's nothing I can do about it. If they lost the darn things, I would consider the tumults in their stead, but after this tempest issue...*grumble* I’m pretty sure I’m pretty much spent with these guys.
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Well, I think you of all people know how successful they've been in the past with new glue batches.
Plenty of other companies out there. After hearing the midwoofer that was "Designed to take on - and beat - drivers like the legendary ScanSpeak 8545, Seas Excel offerings, and other high-end European drivers the Extremis 6.8 simply takes everything to another level.", I was left sorely disappointed. Not a bad driver, but it can't wipe the ass of a SEAS Excel or a ScanSpeak Revelator.

at least i know who to call if i ever need some fertilizer for the front lawn.