Khaotic Remasters has become a corner stone in the Aye Kaye Audio franchise. And, the Khaotic Remasters 3.0 pack is on the way. Currently, still in development the new set of remasters are part of a new standard that will be added to future versions.
Even though the 3.0 remasters are the forth installment in the series. They are the third reincarnation. It's confusing. Just a little bit. But, either way; just as the ones before it. Khaotic Remasters 3.0 is going to be just as hard hitting, just with a cleaner sound.
Between the Khaotic Remasters Version Two, SP2 pack, and the 3.0 pack. There has been countless remasters put out in singlar form. That can be found on SoundCloud, and Audiomack. Under the Kaye Khaos screen name. Although Khaotic Remasters 3.0 won't be for download on SoundCloud. They will be for full download on Audiomack, Datpiff, and through OneDrive. Just as the previous versions.
If getting your Khaotic Remaster fix though OneDrive wasn't enough. Khaotic Remasters are now available on AudioMack. Along with AudioMack exclusives that will be uploaded there only, and no where else. Just as they are on SoundCloud.
Don't forget to like Kaye Khaos Facebook fan page for new audio videos that will not be available on YouTube. It is just the beginning of getting Khaotic Remasters into the hands of everyone with ease.
Khaotic Remasters (Version Two) was just recently released, and now Kaye Khaos is putting out a update to the current track list of songs. With Khaotic Remasters (Version Two, Service Pack Two) which will be included in the original Khaotic Remasters (Version Two) pack, and its own solitary pack. When it is released in the coming week.
Kaye Khaos posted a new remaster of 2 Chainz's "Neighborhood" to his SoundCloud page. It available for download on his page. It also can be viewed down below. Stay tune to Kaye Khaos' Facebook page for further updates on the Khaotic Remasters (Version Two, Service Pack Two) pack.
The original set of Khaotic Remasters are available for download in the link below. Along with a tracklisting of artist, and songs. Khaotic Remasters are not re-bassed song, but remastered. Using a isolation, and maximizing technique.Designed for SQ, and SPL purposes. Each song is clip, and distortion free. In MP3 320KBPS formatted files. That can be downloaded a single files, or as a whole in a zip folder in the provided download link.
ASAP Rocky - LPFJ 2 Belly - Might Not Don Trip - Turban Future - March Madness Gucci Mane - Don't Count Me Out Gucci Mane - Got Her Drunk ILoveMakonnen - Swerve Jamie Foxx - You Changed Me Jody Breeze - You Ain't Gone Do Right Mac Miller - Watching MoviesRich Homie Quan - Heard About Me Rich Homie Quan - I Get Riff Raff - Choppin' Blades Rocko - Pizza Starlito - Still Thuggin' Starlito - TLC Tech N9ne - B.I.T.C.H The Dream - That's My Shit Travis Scott - Upper Echelon Trey Songz - Check Me Out Trey Songz - Slow Motion Trinidad James - Homegirls Wiz Khalifa - Bluffin' Young Thug - Never Had It Young Thug - With That
Recently, in a amplifer showcase post. We showed off the Sound Magus VS series amplifiers. Now, its time to see if the specs match up with those on paper. Thanks to Droppin' HZ Car Audio for conducting this SMD Amp Dyno test.
This amp dyno test was conducted with these parameters. Each test is only the certified test at each ohm load of 4ohms, 2ohms, 1ohm, and 0.5 ohms. The certified testing with the SMD Amp Dyno is up to 1% harmonic distortion. Once this peak is hit the testing is completed.
Now with the parameters of the test stated. Lets begin the with the VS series amplifiers since it was shown in the brand showcase. The Sound Magus VS3500.1 amplifier is first up on the the amp dyno.
The first test with the Sound Magus VS3500.1 is at 0.5 ohm load. The VS3500.1 is 0.5 ohms stable according to the manufacturer. And, is rated at 3500 RMS at 14.4 volts. The results at 0.5 ohms load is 3930 watts at 14.7-13.9 volts. Now, lets check the specs for the VS3500.1 on a 1 ohm load. The VS3500.1D is rated at 2200 RMS at 14.4 volts. The results are at 1 ohm is 1920 at 14.6-13.8 volts. On to the 2 ohm load test. The VS3500.1 is rated at 1400 RMS at 14.4 volts. The results are at 2 ohms at 1205 watts at 14.5-14.0 volts. And, finally the Sound Magus VS3500.1 on a 4 ohms load is rated at 800 RMS at 14.4 volts. The results at 4 ohms are 681 watts at 4 ohms at 14.5-14.2 volts.
Next up is the PK1500.1 amplifier from Sound Magus. The parameters for the testing of the PK1500.1 is going to be an certified, and un-certified run. An un-certifed run is no different from an certified run. But, instead of going to 1% harmonic distortion like the certified run. A un-certifed run goes up clipping. Test are ran at 1 ohm, 2 ohm, and 4 ohm loads. With the parameters set for this test. Lets begin...
Starting with a 1 ohm load certified run first. The PK1500.1 is rated at 1500 RMS at 14.4 volts. And, the results are1309 watts at 14.5-14.0 volts certified, and 1464 watts at 14.5-13.6 volts un-certified. Now onto the 2 ohm load. The PK1500.1 is rated at 950 RMS at 14.4 volts. And, the results are 894 watts at 14.5-14.2 volts certified, and 952 watts at 14.4-13.9 volts un-certified. And, finally the 4 ohm load test at which the PK1500.1 is rated at 500 RMS at 14.4 volts. The results are 533 14.5-14.3 volts certified, and 554 watts at 14.4-14.1 volts un-certifed.
And, for a little extra the PK1500.1 gets a dynamic run. What is a dynamic run on the SMD Amp Dyno? A dynamic test simulates the amplifier in a real world of playing music. And, the rating given is the max wattage output of the amplifier during the test. For the dynamic run the PK1500.1 is going to be at a 1 ohm load. And, the results are 1687 watts at 14.4-14.1 volts.
The last Sound Magus amplifier to see the amp dyno is the DK1800.1 of the K-Series.
The DK1800.1 is rated 1800 RMS at 14.4 volts. The results are 1643 watts at 14.9-14.2 volts certified, and 1732 watts at 14.6-13.6 un-certified. Now for the 2 ohm load the DK1800.1 is rated at 1000 RMS at 14.4 volts. And, the results are 1050 watts at 14.7-14.3 volts certified, and 1082 watts at 14.5-13.9 volts un-certified . Lastly, the 4 ohm load test. In which the DK1800.1 is rated at 650 RMS at 14.4 volts. Results are 612 watts at 14.7-14.4 volts certified, and 618 watts at 14.5-14.2 volts.
For the VS3500.1, PK1500.1, and DK1800.1 the final verdict is they get passing grades. Although not meeting their rated specs during testing. The amplifiers did well within their RMS ratings. And, at some ohm loads doing better than their rated specs. Could they meet their specs, and above? Of course if someone could keep the amps at their 14.4 rating. The amplifiers could easily meet their rated specs. But, knowing the strong points of the amplifier, and the power it can produce is on the power the user can supply it. To the victors goes the spoils. The VS3500.1 seems like a great burping amplifier at 0.5 ohms. Delivering large output in a quick burst. Where as the PK1500.1 is more of a musically amplifier performing at 1 ohms. And, the DK1800.1 performs best at 2 ohms.
Overall, Sound Magus has some quality amplifiers that are not over rated, and not under rated. But, well in the middle. All it takes is going through their line, and finding which one is best for you application.
Modularized circuit design (Separated X-over board and amplifier board )
effectively improve the stability of the performance.
Different x-over board pair up with different amplifier board can offer
flexibility to meet variety of different customer's need.
More innovative designs can be applied easily.
Product features
Modularized circuit design
Double side printed circuit board greatly increase the product
reliability and performance, especially for rigorous car environment.
High quality SMD components can short the circuit path and avoid
EMC interfering. Audio SMD E-Capacitors is optimized for Audio
performance.
High volume capacitors and high redundancy power design to ensure high stability.
Balanced signal input circuit, super noise rejection circuit to ensure Hi-Fi sound quality
Full function x-over (Hight Pass \ Low Pass Filter And Subsonic Adjustable, Bassbosst frequency and level adjustable)
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There is alot of fiction mixed with fact when it comes to car audio. And, many myths outweigh actual fact when it comes to getting loud. But, here are 9 facts about car audio myths. Check them out after the jump. You find something you've been told was a myth. 1. More power equals output.
Often time you see this belief especially in car audio where customers ask if some particular woofer can take some particular amount of power as if that will lead to some partially high amount of SPL. The truth is that even a small constant amount of power will eventually exceed the cooling ability over a long period of time. There are probably no woofers that can even take 1000 watts RMS for over a week if not even past one day. But most woofers can take that and more over the period of a few seconds or up to a few minutes.
As a woofers reaches its power limits, unless failure occurs, there will become a point where the resistance of the voice coil is rising faster than the power going into the driver. This concept is called power compression and it implies that the more power you put into the driver, the less output you get out. For this reason it is often better to choose a driver with higher sensitivity rather than one that requires more power if all things are otherwise equal.
2. More xmax equals more SPL.
Subwoofers really can be broken down in two categories: Mass controlled drivers and Compliance controlled drivers. Mass controlled tends have low xmax and high sensitivity. These tend to be punchy and very loud and mostly used in live concerts for sound reinforcement or even car SPL competitions. Compliance controlled subwoofers which tend to be the majority of home and car audio subwoofers. They have high xmax, more weight, lower sensitivity, but more SPL in the lower frequency spectrum. Any woofer in these categories can perform well or poor but it largely depends on the required bandwidth. Using a low xmax woofer for subsonic content is probably not ideal and will not only cause distortion but it won’t be efficient. Likewise using a high xmax low sensitivity driver for higher frequencies is not going to be very effective. In truth, there is no one stop solution and most drivers can overlap these areas with good results.
So yes, more xmax does mean more SPL but only for lower frequencies where power is not the limit. Generally speaking, during lower frequencies, the driver tends to run out of usable throw (beyond xmax) before high thermal compression occurs. 0-40Hz is primarily mechanical, 40-60 is in between) 60 and up is going to be thermally limited almost exclusively for most subwoofers. Surprisingly, even the largest drivers with high xmax and big voice coils can be bottomed out or run past a safe mechanical state with only a few hundred watts if the frequencies are low enough. Without a high pass (subsonic) filter, or in a low tuned system, bottoming out or breaking a driver could be a very real possibility without careful modeling and testing.
3. Subwoofers are fast/slow.
Often times people make the mistake that sound quality is in fact related to the woofers quickness, but in fact the woofer’s quickness is exactly related to SPL. The faster the driver, the higher the SPL. There are two ways to change a woofer’s speed. 1. Lower the frequency of the input its reproducing or 2. increase the volume. Sounds silly, but its true. There are many other factors that go into making a subwoofer sound fast or slow (boomy or tight) but that divulges into system design. What’s important about this myth is that speed is an inappropriate concept of sound quality.
4. Subwoofers can miss notes.
If your subwoofer sounds like it might be missing noted it could be a sign that its either in a box too small or tuned for a very non-linear response in a bass reflex system or ther room / car response is creating a peak or null that is affecting the output in an important frequecny range. Good subwoofer systems will play all types of music or movie material very well. A bad subwoofer system may have a null or peak in the frequency response that may benefit some material over others but in essentially this non-linear behavior in the frequency domain is not always ideal. It is true that movies have lower frequency content and perhaps more dynamic bass than music, but a good system can be used for movies or music alike.
It is also true that it tends to be more important to emphasis subsonic frequencies in the home theater environment versus the music environment where there is simply less emphasis on subsonic inaudible material. As a tradeoff, you can align a system to be more efficient above 30Hz or so. This trade off reduces the bandwidth but increases the SPL. Careful consideration should be taken to insure linear response is still maintained if that is the goal. It is very easy to have peaky bass with high BL drivers in high tuned ported systems. This is approaching the concept of basic SPL vehicles. Such systems are not very ideal for listing to music material of any kind. If you want your system louder, then it is better to add a second driver, more volume and more amplification, rather than tuning higher. It is important to understand that getting more SPL without compromise is never very cheap.
5. Sensitivity doesn't matter for subwoofers.
Sensitivity is very important for subwoofers. Not all frequencies are limited by xmax. In fact most of the bass frequencies for music are really limited by sensitivity rather than driver displacement. Higher sensitivity means more SPL and ultimately better performance especially for upper bass output. There are several standards for sensitivity. SPL at 2.83 volts or SPL at one watt. The SPL at one watt is the more appropriate number for a fixed amount of energy while 2.83 volts is the small single frequency response standard. Also sensitivity is a function of, in part, the driver’s cone area. Its also a common mistake to assume that for example a 12" driver has a 12" cone. In truth, they are more often less than 10". You need to read the manufactures' sd specification cone area comparisons.
6. Smaller woofers sound better than bigger woofers.
One of the biggest myths about woofers is that 8’s and 10’s are “tighter” and “cleaner” than 15’s or 18’s. Nothing is really further from the truth. What tends to happen is that the smaller drivers have lower Q’s because manufactures tend to put large cones on smaller motors to increase SPL and sensitivity. Well unless the motor can compensate for the extra mass it has to push, then the Qts will not be the same as the smaller drivers the and ultimately the driver may not be suited for the same kinds of alignments and could ring too much and compromise the perceived sound quality. Having said that, high Qts drivers are not any less “tight” or “musical” than well damping drivers, it’s just they require larger boxes and less internal pressure to prevent ringing. All things equal, a well designed 18” woofer will sound louder with lower distortion than a well designed 12” or 10” woofer. Bigger is better, but its almost more expensive.
7. Cone material effects the sound.
For low frequencies, the cone on a subwoofer makes no difference in the sound whatsoever, end of story.
The only remote possible affect it could have is in the case of a metal cone or very stiff composite cone that resonates at a high frequencies and buzzes. However this frequency would be up around 500 to 2000Hz and unless you play the subwoofer at those frequencies, you’ll never hear it. . The cones sole job to push air, not break and ideally not be too heavy. But they don’t change the tone, pitch or sound of a subwoofer whatsoever.
8. Big woofers require big amps.
Often times larger drivers require less amplification, that’s sort of the idea. The concept that bigger woofers need more power is not always true and plays into a major misconception common in car audio. What you should consider is the efficiency of the subwoofer. Efficiency will literally tell you how much acoustic output you will get given a discrete amount of power. If the driver is bigger, has a larger motor and has a higher sensitivity, there is no mystery about it, you are going to get more SPL with the same amplifier provided the impedance is similar. Sensitivity is most easily achieved by a weight reduction usually from the cone surround and voice coil. Sensitivity is often a tradeoff for xmax.
However there are many larger drivers that don’t have ultra high sensitivity. A good pro audio subwoofer may have 6 to 10dB higher sensitivity over an average high excursion car audio subwoofer making them very capable with quite a bit less power, at least for their frequency range which is usually above 40Hz. Likewise, SPL drivers ironically enough don’t need much power! Let me repeat. True SPL drivers ironically enough don’t need much power! That’s because they are used in the higher frequency range and generally have great sensitivity numbers. They need this in order to get the excursion and ultimately SPL. High sensitivity and lots of power means lots of SPL provided the driver is still reasonably linear and does not break. It’s important you know the TSP’s of the driver you buy, otherwise it could be the wrong driver for you!
9. Frequency response is efficiency response.
This is a common assumption, especially when doing simulations. The most obvious example can be done theoretically. Take any woofer and double the BL product and compare it to the original in a simulated sealed box design. The driver with double the BL has a 6dB advantage in sensitivity but it will role off quicker making it appear to make less bass. This is not completely true, but rather shows how system design often requires going beyond the box and woofer to achieve the SPL goals you need. If the driver has very high BL product it will have very high dampening and impedance. The high impedance reduces the current from the amplifier under the same voltage (gain) and while the driver is extremely efficient, it also pulls less power from our voltage source. The driver with lower BL product will pull more power from the amplifier and displace more air but with lower dampening.
To correct this low Q problem we must place EQ into the system to shape the response and boost the amplifier voltage where appropriate to pull the same amount of power as before. If the driver has headroom (xmax) Then it will move more air than its lower BL counterpart with the same amount of power even for extremely low frequencies. The lesson here is don’t assume the box + driver raw frequency response is the final say in your performance as port or additional filters can also play equally important roles in our final response. The real limits are power and displacement.
At CES 2015 in Las Vegas. Rockford Fosgate showed off their additions to their subwoofer series. The T2 Power subwoofers in the odd size of 13 inches and 16 inches. Which old, but new as the 13 inch subwoofers category has been pretty much dominated by JL Audio with their W7 subwoofer series. While other brands have tried the size as a gimmick. Such brands being Soundstream, Precision Power, and Power Acousik. Just to name a few.
But, Rockford Fosgate have engineered their own in competition of JL Audio assumingly. And, rated it as a SPL rated competition subwoofer. In the diagram below is a cutaway of the structure of the T2 Power subwoofer.
As you can see this subwoofer is coming in with Rockford's VAST surround to increase total effective radiating area. Dual spiders for exceptional travel of cone assembly, and support. With a new motor structure that incorporates a new proprietary split yoke for exceptional sonic linearity while updated IDHS heat-sing with encapsulating voice coil to former coupling technique give the subwoofer impressive power handling. Along with a 4 inch voice coil. Coming in at 1 and 2 ohm impedance, and rated at 2000 to 2500 watts RMS.
All fancy talk aside. This subwoofer was made to be a BAMF. For the 1 ohm, and 2 ohm configuration of the 13" T2 Power subwoofer will cost $1,299.99. And, the 16" version will cost $1,499.99 MSRP.
American Bass USA introduced their new VFL Audio series subwoofers, and component speakers. Along with Power, and Ground wire.
The subwoofers have a 400 oz magnet, and 4 inch flat wire wound coil. And, will be released in 12,15, and 18 inch sizes. While they have only announced the 6.5 inch component speaker sizes. Other sizes have been rumor to come soon.
