BASSMAXX takes a
"Trip" to ProSoundWeb's
New York Shoot-out...

Subwoofer designers competed head-to-head at
ProSoundWeb's Subwoofer Shootout this week...

(www.prosoundweb.com). Included in the line-up was BASSMAXX's X3C cabinet, also known as the "Trip".

This latest design from BASSMAXX departs from the earlier B-Series with a multiple driver design, more power handling and increased output. The X3C competed with some of the latest designs from a dozen leading manufacturers, with a pair of X3C "Trips" hitting a reported 146db at 16 feet out during music playback. BASSMAXX unveiled the X3C late last year and had to wait until this January to show it off.

BASSMAXX president David Lee attended the shootout personally. Lee states, "For many years now we have been a top competitor at shootouts with our B and Z series cabinets. Shootouts for us are about more than just hitting the maximum SPL; they are also about sounding good while doing so. It was very exciting to take the "Trip" to New York this year knowing we would probably hit the top SPL, as that seems to be what gets the most attention no matter the quality. Sounding good is, and always has been, our first priority and the Trip delivered-- we were doubly pleased to also hit the MAX SPL. We have always designed our products to sound natural, and our designs of the last five years have achieved the lowest distortion and cleanest output we have ever heard anywhere. Today the "Trip" has clearly established that we can reach record sound levels and still maintain sound quality. We are VERY happy with the Trip's performance. We may not have hit 150db (SPL at one meter) but it may also have been higher. The calibrated mic was at 16 or 17 feetfrom the speakers and it read 143 to 146dB peaks on the TEF analyzer. The Trips were still sounding great when we did it, and it sure was a lot of fun."

Scott Hibbard, an audio professional at the event, descried the Trips' performance this way: "If bass were a controlled substance, David Lee would have been arrested on the spot and thrown in the slammer w/o bail! Simply stated, the Trip X3 walked away the 'King of SPL', truly amazing output."

Paul Bell of PBell Sound (www.pbellsound.com), a professional sound integrator based in New York, was also at the shootout. Bell said, "On to the Trips... wow, I've never realized that they were this much better... the Trip cabinets outperformed the Quakes by a wide margin as well as going lower in frequency. They survived the test, while being louder and lower, they just sounded better-- more like a front loaded box than a horn."

David Lee states further. "The "Trip" will likely be used most often as a club and fixed install product but the X3C design was actually developed for a major US based touring company last year. We are now finalizing a smaller, flyable design with two woofers and less weight for them since the "Trip" went over 300 lbs and outperformed the spec we were looking for-- a happy fact. The smaller version, the X2C, also known as the "Deuce", will ship this summer for touring markets. Although both the Z-5000 and the soon-to-be-released "Deuce" are smaller and lighter, there are those touring companies who still want the "Trip", and we are glad to deliver it. The ground stack touring version is now available. It includes additional handles, a cover and a caster board."