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<blockquote data-quote="Evan Kirkendall" data-source="post: 5888" data-attributes="member: 5"><p>Well in the spirit of writing reviews, Randy Frierson was kind enough to bring his Tour Subs and Tour Traps out to a recent show of mine in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The venue was a 1,400 cap room sold to the max. The House rig(which I didn't take any pictures of...) was a Turbo Floodlight rig. It's quite dated to say the least, and has been pounded on for many years. The house 21" subs didn't do much below 50hz(really much at all), and I knew this coming in, so I had Randy supplement the house rig with 3x Tour Subs per side, and 1 Tour Trap per side for front fill. </p><p></p><p>First up, the Tour Trap:</p><p></p><p>It's a pretty basic design. A triple 12, with the top 12 being a co-axial driver. The HF was a beefy 1.4". Randy powers all of his boxes very well, providing plenty of amp for each driver. These were used as front fills for my gig, but enough of them would have probably destroyed the house turbo rig. They're a nice, smooth sounding box out of the gate. Very little EQ was required up top- just a little 2.5 & 5k as you cranked them up. The box stayed solid up to limit- no distortion and no breaking up. They were a bit overkill for front fills, but they did a good job! I'd put them on par with an EV QRX212 or similar. Good little utility boxes that can scale up well.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://soundforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=5264&stc=1&d=1352954954" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p>Next up, the Tour Sub:</p><p></p><p>These guys are a basic 6th order bandpass dual 18. Nothing too crazy about the design. The boxes are not too bad to move around- 2 guys can easily pick them up and stack them. They have heaps and heaps of output in the 40-60hz range. I found after playing some music through them that they'd make great dance music subs. Lots of rumble, but not a lot of punch. They did very well on the long, sweeping low notes, but not so much with the impact of a kick drum. I did bring this up to Randy and he said that the version 1 sub(which is what I had) isn't as "tight" as their new V2 sub. The V2 addresses the almost "boomy" sound of the v1 tour sub and tightens up the low end a good bit. Hopefully next time I can hear the v2 sub! </p><p></p><p>The subs held their own though, and passed the Evan(tm) test. No breaking up, and no farting out, even all the way into limit. They do roll off quickly around 35hz, but again, the v2 is said to go lower. During the show, I was hitting them as hard as I could at some points(per their request!) and could not find anything bad sounding. They are protected very well! I ended up low passing them at 63hz and using the house subs for the "punch" and the Tour Subs for the rumble. It worked out very well! </p><p></p><p><img src="http://soundforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=5265&stc=1&d=1352954965" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks again to Randy and crew for driving out and letting me play! </p><p></p><p><img src="http://soundforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=5266&stc=1&d=1352955222" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Evan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Evan Kirkendall, post: 5888, member: 5"] Well in the spirit of writing reviews, Randy Frierson was kind enough to bring his Tour Subs and Tour Traps out to a recent show of mine in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The venue was a 1,400 cap room sold to the max. The House rig(which I didn't take any pictures of...) was a Turbo Floodlight rig. It's quite dated to say the least, and has been pounded on for many years. The house 21" subs didn't do much below 50hz(really much at all), and I knew this coming in, so I had Randy supplement the house rig with 3x Tour Subs per side, and 1 Tour Trap per side for front fill. First up, the Tour Trap: It's a pretty basic design. A triple 12, with the top 12 being a co-axial driver. The HF was a beefy 1.4". Randy powers all of his boxes very well, providing plenty of amp for each driver. These were used as front fills for my gig, but enough of them would have probably destroyed the house turbo rig. They're a nice, smooth sounding box out of the gate. Very little EQ was required up top- just a little 2.5 & 5k as you cranked them up. The box stayed solid up to limit- no distortion and no breaking up. They were a bit overkill for front fills, but they did a good job! I'd put them on par with an EV QRX212 or similar. Good little utility boxes that can scale up well. [img]http://soundforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=5264&stc=1&d=1352954954[/img] Next up, the Tour Sub: These guys are a basic 6th order bandpass dual 18. Nothing too crazy about the design. The boxes are not too bad to move around- 2 guys can easily pick them up and stack them. They have heaps and heaps of output in the 40-60hz range. I found after playing some music through them that they'd make great dance music subs. Lots of rumble, but not a lot of punch. They did very well on the long, sweeping low notes, but not so much with the impact of a kick drum. I did bring this up to Randy and he said that the version 1 sub(which is what I had) isn't as "tight" as their new V2 sub. The V2 addresses the almost "boomy" sound of the v1 tour sub and tightens up the low end a good bit. Hopefully next time I can hear the v2 sub! The subs held their own though, and passed the Evan(tm) test. No breaking up, and no farting out, even all the way into limit. They do roll off quickly around 35hz, but again, the v2 is said to go lower. During the show, I was hitting them as hard as I could at some points(per their request!) and could not find anything bad sounding. They are protected very well! I ended up low passing them at 63hz and using the house subs for the "punch" and the Tour Subs for the rumble. It worked out very well! [img]http://soundforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=5265&stc=1&d=1352954965[/img] Thanks again to Randy and crew for driving out and letting me play! [img]http://soundforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=5266&stc=1&d=1352955222[/img] Evan [/QUOTE]
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