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Originally Posted by kmbkk
I agree the Integrity Concepts boxes look great. However, shipping is really expensive t the east coast. Luckily another company in Alabama is making one similar, and a little cheaper.
Here's a link to them:
http://www.caraudio.com/forums/subwo...enclosure.html
I'm going with an 8" enclosure & it's only $219 right now.
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I as well noticed this enclosure posted on another forum about 2 months ago while doing market research for obvious reasons. While their 10" enclosure size seems to be a good airspace at .72 cu ft, their 8" enclosure appears to be the exact same enclosure with just a different mounting ring which makes it a very large internal volume for most 8" woofers.
Their website says that their 8" enclosure's internal airspace is .69 cu ft. which confirms just a swapping of the mounting ring/face on the 10" enclosure. Link to 8" product:
http://www.256motoring.com/index.php/vse-products.html#!/~/product/category=5817112&id=23500659
My question is: If they are planning to release another 24 models in the next 4-6 weeks (according to this article:
http://www.12voltnews.com/2013/07/02...ub-enclosures/) that's more than 1 new model released each week, and at that speed I wonder why they can't just make an actual 8" version, with a more proper airspace?
I have no idea what proprietary specialized materials they are using (I would guess an FRP - Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic), how their enclosure's sound, or even how they can realistically research, develop, cast molds, and release a new product model each week while still continuing to manufacture the actual products. And while I can't speak of the quality either, it does seem to me that they are focused more on the quantity of products they can push out, regardless of how well it fits an average 8" woofer's suggested airspace range. Yet they mention that they "incorporate analytical data for lower resonant frequency" and perform "extensive testing of a vehicle’s specific low range resonant frequency".
The price is great, and they claim to be "far superior to those found anywhere else in the marketplace" but even if I didn't research and develop a competing product and I was just another fellow audio nut, I would probably look the other way based solely on their fancy terminology and low price.
I do think that their incorporated RFID tagging technology could be pretty useful for dealer tracking, but who pays for this extra added tag / feature that is relatively useless to the end user, or is it just further taking away from the overhead cost of building this already inexpensive "far superior" product.
Just some food for thought. Sorry for the continuation of the thread jacking. I'll get back to answering our emails and PM's now.
