{"id":2797,"date":"2013-01-15T16:30:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T03:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/?p=2797"},"modified":"2013-01-15T16:30:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T03:30:47","slug":"soundqubed-hdc318-18-sub-woofer-product-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/soundqubed-hdc318-18-sub-woofer-product-review\/","title":{"rendered":"SoundQubed HDC318 18″ Sub-Woofer Product Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

I though I’d start the year off a little different with a Product Review<\/strong>, your most likely sitting there thinking “whats so different about that?” or “You do Product Reviews<\/strong> all the time!”. Well this time round I will writing the Product Review<\/strong> as I run the Sub-Woofer<\/strong> in and as the SoundQubed Sub-Woofers<\/strong> are new to ABTEC<\/strong> and I am actually very interested how it will sound when it is run in!<\/p>\n

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Out of the box I must say the SQ HDC318-D1<\/strong> surely looks the part, the weave of the Cone<\/strong> is just thing of beauty and I keep finding myself opening the boot to look at it everyday! Apart from the beautiful Cone<\/strong>, the rest of the Sub-Woofer<\/strong> looks to be built flawlessly from the Basket<\/strong> that allows air to free-flow directly to the Voice-Coils<\/strong> to the Spider-Suspension<\/strong> that is insanely hard from factory.<\/p>\n

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Once it was installed into the box that usually houses the almighty Digital Designs Z18<\/strong> it was time to start putting some music through the SQ HDC318-D1<\/strong> and start the running in process. Because I am running the SQ HDC318-D1<\/strong> on a Digital Designs M4a<\/strong>, I have set the Bass Controller<\/strong> for it just above 1\/4 just for a bit of piece of mind so I don’t over-drive it during the run in period.<\/p>\n

The first thing I noticed was that the sound was very similar to a Digital Designs Sub-Woofer<\/strong> yet with a slight warm tone to it, I’m not to sure if that is due to the material of the Cone<\/strong> or overall design but the SQ HDC318-D1<\/strong> has a\u00a0distinct sound that started to grow on me even after twenty minutes of listening to it.<\/p>\n

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Even after only five hours of running time I could already notice it hitting the lows slightly louder and even though my run in volume isn’t the loudest you could still feel the\u00a0dominance from the 18. I can’t even start to explain how I much wanted to turn it up, in saying that though it was time to turn the bass controller up just a touch which did put a smile on my face.<\/p>\n

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After ten hours of running time you can really hear the difference in the HDC318-D1<\/strong> now, its like its finally coming alive with the lows being more dominate than ever! The overall sound is still very smooth too, the more I listen to it the more it is starting to grow on me and I bring this down to it having the kevlar weaved cone.<\/p>\n

I have so far played all my usual bass-heavy tracks that I demo to people in ABTEC3<\/strong> and I must say it is very impressive, I have also played other genres of music through the HDC318-D<\/strong>1 just to do a proper\u00a0comparison\u00a0and found that even though the box its in is tuned relatively low it still has a good response with rock music.<\/p>\n

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As time passed to the\u00a0fifteen hour mark of playing time the HDC318-D1<\/strong> has really started to come into its own, I have turned the bass controller up a touch more now (1\/3) and keep on thinking what it would be like with two of these beautiful Sub-Woofers<\/strong> in the Vitz! I have finally getting back my beloved window flex back, only slightly since I don’t want to give the HDC318-D1<\/strong> the full force of the mighty M4a<\/strong> just yet.<\/p>\n

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Finally I’m at the twenty hour mark of the running in time for the HDC318-D1<\/strong> and it keeps on getting lower and louder, I have finally got to the point of turning up the bass controller up (1\/2) and this Sub-Woofer<\/strong> is just mental but in a good way! Even though it has had a good twenty hours in it I believe it is still not full run in but in saying that it has such a beautiful sound as is!<\/p>\n

If I was to compare the HDC318-D1<\/strong> to anything it would have to be the DD-3518-D1<\/strong> as they have almost an identical sound to them, the only difference would be the cone material which I must say gives it a unique sound.<\/p>\n

Overall, the SoundQubed<\/strong> Sub-Woofers<\/strong> are very bang for buck. Are very appealing to the eye, have a very amazing sound and can handle a lot of power! I will be buying a couple of these to put into a car in the near future!<\/p>\n

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