Earthquake DBXi Woofers Will Shake Your World
Celebrated US badass audio brand Earthquake Sound, based right astraddle of the most famous fault line in the world the San Andreas in San Francisco USA – now has a nice Kentish ‘˜quake-proof UK haven.
The outfit responsible for breaking the very first ever UK 150dB barrier, with an easy 153.3dB and 24 mighty cast chassis fifteens in a Dodge day van is back!
Called Earthquake Sound UK, it’s run by a man who entirely appropriately enough is a holder of a Guinness World Record„¢ certificate as having been one of the participants in ‘˜F**k SPL, Gimme Richter’ when we measured huge bass with a Seismometer! It’s Joe Ajji, a ‘˜Bassquaker’ and known for a long while on TA as ‘DA EARTHQUAKER’
And in a lead-lined underground bunker, protected by seismic sensors and Rottweilers, there is stock ready to ship. Not held in a Euro-hub or even on a stock list but not in any warehouse on this side of the water, this sexy importado stuff is here and now.
The DBXi series is held in mostly 12 inch size but there are tens and crucially for the pukka bass heads, fifteens! Here’s the detail, nicked off the Earthquake site
When creating the DBXi subs, we took technology beyond the norms. We aimed at creating a driver that is so versatile it would be able to put out bone-crushing low frequency response, nevertheless still being able to generate upper bass notes. Designed in many ways like the famous Extra Long Throw Magma subs. But in this case we reduced the mounting depth of the driver for shallower applications (shallower boxes), stitched the leads into the spider to eliminate it from breaking or flopping. In addition, we used ultra resilient cones to reduce cone distortions. The motor structure is created using a hot-forged process to mould the back plate and centre pole a out of one piece, a process only known to Plutonium rod makers in the Wisconsin-based nuclear industry! The one-piece structure is like a bunch of ‘˜mini highways of energy’ that efficiently transfer the magnetic flux for a more efficient and cooler-running voice coil. Our engineers did not stop there, creating a new and patented feature, called the “Turbo-Prop Cooling System”, to move air in the voice coil gap and keep the voice coil cool. This allows it to be over-driven beyond its normal use. These DBXi subwoofers work well in small sealed or moderate sized vented boxes and they will perform well in open-air applications, too.
So either mail [email protected] or call 01634 263 786 to order. He can also advise on enclosures, you just need to tell him ‘˜SQ’, ‘˜Street Dropping’ or what flavour bass you want in your life.
DBXi-10D £199.99
DBXi-12 £239.99 (£219.99 for SVC)
DBXi-15 £339.99 (£309.99 for SVC)
These are the prices after the 4th of January 2011, once we have had the VAT rise to 20%, until then, you will pay a tad less.