Blade in the Ascendant

Am Singh at Blade Ice is happy to announce that the long awaited Ascendant Audio subwoofer range is now shipping. The folks behind the line are USA car subwoofer aristocracy and have had years in design and manufacture of some savagely high performance subs in the past – now they are making their own under the ‘Fi’ and Ascendant banners. 
The Ascendant line has five ranges and many go up to the mighty 18 inch size and all are made just for car use. Here’s what they have to say&;. 
‘Ascendant Audio was started to meet the needs of the new breed of custom car audio enthusiasts. Our subwoofer lines are the culmination of years of experience in auto sound manufacturing, resulting in detail, clarity, power and bottom octave performance never before heard in car audio. All subs are hand built at our facility in Las Vegas. Subwoofers from Ascendant Audio help you achieve your sonic goals.
  There are five series: Assassin, Arsenal, Chaos, Havoc and Mayhem. All offered with cast basket frames and FEA optimized motor structures. The new Mayhem series offers FHC technology (Forced Helical Cooling) similar machining as used on the Fi BTLs with 28mm of Xmax (cone travel) for good measure.’
 There’s lots of detail on the Blade website here), where they offer the Thiele-Small parameters as well as a slew of box designs on what is one excellent resource from one of the most switched-one distributors in the game. 

Assassin – 8 inch (£95); 10 inch (£100); 12 inch (£105)
Great lower power handling SQ sub that works well in smaller ported enclosures 
Dual 4 Ohm 
Double stack FEA optimized motor 
2 inch 4-layer Copper coil 
Linear spider 
Curvilinear cone body 
Hybrid foam surround 
Cast Aluminium basket 
Wrap round rubber gasket 
Rigid poly dustcap 
Silver 8AWG Push terminals
250W RMS    

Arsenal – 10 inch (£149); 12 inch (£159); 15 inch (£169)
Clean daily driving sub that works well in both ported or sealed applications. 
Dual 4 Ohm 
Triple stack FEA optimized motor 
2.5 inch 4-layer Aluminium coil 
Triple layer reinforced collar 
Dual linear spiders 
Ultra rigid reinforced cone body 
Hybrid foam surround 
Cast Aluminium basket 
Wrap round rubber gasket 
Silver 8AWG Push terminals
500W RMS

Chaos – 10 inch (£189); 12 inch (£199); 15 inch (£219); 18 inch (£239)
Tough daily driving sub that has excellent SQ and output ability. 
Dua1 & 2 Ohm models 
Double stack FEA optimized motor 
3 inch 4-layer Aluminium coil 
Triple layer reinforced collar 
Triple progressive spiders 
Ultra rigid reinforced cone body 
Hybrid foam surround 
Cast Aluminium basket 
Wrap round rubber gasket 
Silver 8AWG Push terminals
800W RMS

Havoc – 12 inch (£259); 15 inch (£279); 18 inch (£299)
Tough daily driving sub that has excellent SQ and output ability.
  Dual 2 Ohm 
Triple stack FEA optimized motor 
3 inch 4-layer Aluminium coil 
Triple layer reinforced collar 
Triple progressive spiders 
Ultra rigid reinforced cone body 
Hybrid foam surround 
Cast Aluminium basket 
Wrap round rubber gasket 
Silver 8AWG Push terminals
1250W RMS

Mayhem – 12 inch (£379); 15 inch (£399); 18 inch (£419)
Brutal Streetbasser
Dual 1 & 2 Ohm models 
Triple stack FEA optimized motor 
3 inch 4-layer Aluminium coil 
Triple layer reinforced collar 
Five progressive spiders 
Ultra rigid reinforced cone body 
Hybrid foam surround 
FHC Motor technology 
Triple Woven tinsel leads 
Cast Aluminium basket 
Wrap round rubber gasket
  Silver 8AWG Push terminals
2500W RMS
There are some mad videos to be seen of the effects of these woofers.
Am said ‘Probably the most violent hair trick I’ve ever seen.’ About this one:

The lass was NOT digging it, so much as tolerating it and then she has enough and has to get her head out of the door. The big cuddly lady to her left (your right) was, I think experiencing the 33Hz CRE. ( A type of resonance effect.) She’s my kinda gal!