a/d/s mans Koda review...

sandt38 · Sep 30, 2002

I am quoting this from SIN...

I have the a/d/s/ 336is.2 components which sound awesome, but in the factory location they lack a little in the midbass. I will be building kicks pretty soon, and kind of figured sealing them would get rid of the problem. I asked Dan if he felt that I was correct, or if I should use his Kodas. His answer to me was that he was coming down my way, and would drop off a set of Koda's for me to try.

I'm using the a/d/s/ crossover, which didn't seem to cause a problem. The high pass is taken care of by my 4000X digital processor. It is set at 78 Hz with a 72 dB per octave slope. The sub's low pass is set at the same frequency with the same slope.

I got them in, and imediately tried to install them. Unfortunately they are too big for my doors, so I had to cut a little, and formed some backstrap to secure them down. This pulled them away from the door about an inch. Unfortunately that gap was all open. It made the a/d/s/ midbass sound really good. I was losing so much output from that gap.

Our other installer suggested for me to tape up the gap fully to seperate the front wave from the back wave. I tried this, and it worked like a charm. They sound a lot like the a/d/s/ mids, but with the lost midbass. I am very impressed at the performance for the price. Ah heck, I am impressed with the performance period. Remember that the a/d/s/ mids come from a $650 component set.

The CD that really showed that the gap was causing a problem was Jars of Clay's self titled album. It sounded very airy and dry and lacked warmth. Now it sounds perfect. The guitarre in the beginning of Liquid sounded awesome. And then when all the other instruments came in, the ambiance made it seem like I was actually there.

I then put in Mickey Hart's Planet Drum. I heard this album for the first time at Adire Audio. I quickly bought the album, and it is now becoming my favorite test disk. I need to thank Mickey Hart for coming all this way and playing his music in my car. I don't know how he fit that really large drum he plays on song 7, on my dash. But I guarantee you that it was there. The midbass blended perfectly with the Brahma and pulled all the bass up front. On song 13, the large drums sounded flawless. This is right at the transition between the sub and the midbass, so it should tell me if there is a problem. There isn't.

I then threw in the Fifth Element soundtrack. Track 2 sounded as good as it did in Dan's office on his home speakers. It has a lot of bass, which sounded great. I quickly turned on track 14, which has the blue opera singer from the movie. She has a very impressive voice. From what I understand, female vocals are very revealing of flaws in speakers. Her voice was produced flawlessly. And the music was very enveloping.

In conclusion.......wow! Dan has done it again. If you are looking for new mids, then definitely consider these. The pain of install was definitely worth it. Especially for the price. For the price of the speakers, plus the price of custom installation will still be a bargain for the quality music you will have in your ride.

THANK YOU DAN!!!!!!!!!

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pimo_40_oz · Sep 30, 2002

who the hell cares about midbass? how does the tweet sound???

sandt38 · Sep 30, 2002

From my review:

"Our other installer suggested for me to tape up the gap fully to seperate the front wave from the back wave. I tried this, and it worked like a charm. They sound a lot like the a/d/s/ mids, but with the lost midbass."

So yes, I did get the midbass I was lacking in the a/d/s/ mids.

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A bit of clarification...

I asked about the tweets and I will post his reply here...

sandt38 · Sep 30, 2002

All he's got are the Mid drivers. Well, now back to square one...

Hey Dan, if you want to give me a set to demo and brag on for months to come, you have my address .

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