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Eminence driver that can handle 1250 wattts RMS, with heat sink [message #28110]

Thu, 20 October 2005 07:31

akhilesh
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Illuminati (3rd Degree)

I saw this at parts express:
Part Number 290-434
Sells for around $350 each. (Already has a heatsink in the front of the cone, I think).
It's an 18 incher with 97 db eff that can do 1250 watts rms.
Xmax: 9.8 mm.
Wonder what would happen with 2 of these and a suitably modified
12 pi cabinet. Should get 135 db SPL continuous you think?
-akhilesh

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Re: Eminence driver that can handle 1250 wattts RMS, with heat sink [message #28112 is a reply to message #28110]

Thu, 20 October 2005 08:15

Wayne Parham
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That's the Eminence Kilomax, and you're right, it uses a small vented heatsink, probably why they were able to increase power handling 2x.

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Re: Eminence driver that can handle 1250 wattts RMS, with heat sink [message #28114 is a reply to message #28110]

Thu, 20 October 2005 08:38

Bill Wassilak
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Wouldn't work to good, for one thing the horn cabinet would be massive, another thing it dosen't have the magnetic strength (BL) for good cone control in a long horn, the fs is to high so it would have trouble getting down to 30hz. The Qts is also a little high for horn loading, you want Qts to be like between .2-.4 preferably. It would probably be kick ass in a horn that was designed for 50hz though, but not 30. Try running some models in McBeans and see what you come up with.

HTH
Bill W.

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Re: Eminence driver that can handle 1250 wattts RMS, with heat sink [message #28116 is a reply to message #28114]

Thu, 20 October 2005 08:59

akhilesh
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Thanks Wayne & Bill.
I figured you guys knew about it, i was just browsing thru the catalog and saw it, and with the memory of the shootout fresh in my mind, thought about psting it here.
-akhilesh

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Re: Eminence driver that can handle 1250 wattts RMS, with heat sink [message #28117 is a reply to message #28116]

Thu, 20 October 2005 09:24

Bill Wassilak
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Design one up you can build it in my garage but they'll be bigger than your A-7's then you can see the look on your wife's face when you bring them in through the door

LOL.

Bill W.

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Re: Eminence driver that can handle 1250 wattts RMS, with heat sink [message #28118 is a reply to message #28117]

Thu, 20 October 2005 09:38

Wayne Parham
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Re: Eminence driver that can handle 1250 wattts RMS, with heat sink [message #28120 is a reply to message #28117]

Thu, 20 October 2005 10:52

akhilesh
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Registered: May 2009

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HEYYY!. My new ALtec system is up in my family room, and guess what?! My wife thinks it looks cool!
I think bringing in the A-7s was great to set the expectation bar really low in terms of WAF...she loves the "only 5 cubic inch" boxes I have now.

-akhilesh

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